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At midnight, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski last long Tuesday to Wednesday morning, aides pored on the reports of precinct election the Senate and sat on the couch green with her family and staff.

And supported the race between Republican incumbent Murkowski, tea party atmosphere for cross-Miller - a race most of the polls and called for an easy win on the Murkowski just days before - has turned into a hit to the bottom of the counter looking to extend to a longer period than expected.

The Murkowski, through the evening until late at night, and one on the losing side. Recent reports put her down almost 3000 votes with nearly 80 percent of the constituencies.

Backed former Gov. Sarah Palin Miller against Murkowski, who mocked it and over the years. Palin did not particularly do not like the governor's father, Lisa Murkowski, Frank, Lisa, who was appointed to his seat in the U.S. Senate after his election in Alaska in 2002.

Held the staff, Lisa Murkowski, in the hope that some precincts still to report, including many from rural areas in Alaska, can win the swing path. Murkowski was the same just trying to stay calm.

"I have decided that the best thing is to remain outside the computer room, because the results do not come in any faster when I was looking at the presence of more than everyone on the shoulder," she said Tuesday night.

In the Central Elections in downtown Anchorage, Miller appeared in the early evening surrounded by supporters. And stayed until after midnight and chatted with an offer well-wishers, many of them want a picture with him.

Miller attributed his popularity to the large increase in the last minute fueled by the flow of funds that helped him to spread his message through the air waves on television. The message "the same letter are consistent from day one," he said, he was warned that the federal government is on the verge of bankruptcy, and the new leadership is required.