Challenger Miller Behind Murkowski In Money Race

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With less than a week to go in his primary challenge to Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), fundraising reports filed last week show Joe Miller well behind in the money race.

According to the reports, Murkowski had $1.9 million in the bank after raising $300,000 from July 1 to Aug. 4. Miller brought in just $68,000 in that span and now has $84,000 on hand. Miller previously loaned his campaign $103,000.

Miller boasts endorsements from such national GOP figures as Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee, but it's not apparent that will be enough to push him past the 8-year Senate veteran. A poll released last month by Ivan Moore Research found Murkowski ahead by a 32-point margin.

Murkowski was appointed to the Senate by her father, then-Gov. Frank Murkowski, in 2002. She won a close 2004 election to a full Senate term over Democrat Tony Knowles, who lost to Palin two years later in the gubernatorial race.


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