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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The number of write-in candidates for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat has swelled to about 160 amid an effort by conservatives to target the write-in candidacy of GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, and it could still grow as officials process filers’ paperwork.
The number by the write-in deadline Thursday had grown from just a handful earlier this week.
Murkowski mounted her bid after losing the primary to Tea-Party backed Joe Miller, and some conservatives have urged Alaskans to make their own write-in runs.
Denver Post wire services
