Although the final tallies are not yet in for the Alaskan Republican Primary, it does in fact look as if Joe Miller may oust Lisa Murkowski from the running. Lisa Murkowski is a sitting US Senator in Alaska, and would be the 3rd Senator ousted by their own party in this years primary election in the US, should she lose.

At the time of this article, Lisa Murkowski was trailing Joe Miller by about 2,000 votes, 45,909 to 43,949. If Joe Miller is the victor in this Alaskan Primary, it would be a victory for Sarah Palin in a way, since Miller is considered a Tea Party Palinisto. Before this election Joe Miller was a little known attorney within the state of Alaska, who with the help of Sarah Palin and husband Todd, became a national political figure. No one really thought Miller would pull off a victory, so this really does indeed shatter the idea that the candidates were pretty much already set for November despite the primary elections. Murkowski didn’t really seem too worried about Miller, especially in these last few days before the primary, even though Palin threw her weight behind him. As the votes were counted, and Miller took the lead, he gave a lot of credit to Palin, stating, “I’m absolutely certain that was pivotal,” when referring to Palin’s endorsement of him