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Murkowski's Write-In Surprise (2010)

Published: Nov. 16, 2021, 2:49 p.m.

It\u2019s November 16th. This day in 2010, Alaskan Senator Lisa Murkowski prevailed in her re-election effort \u2014 one in which she was forced to mount a write-in campaign after losing the primary.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how hard it is to get a successful write-in campaign going, and what the Murkowski story says about the way in which parties and voters can moderate themselves.

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