NEW : Final vote count put Murkowski ahead by more than 10,300 . After the November 2 election , Miller filed a challenge against the Division of Elections to ensure adherence to state law , which calls for write-in votes to match the name of the candidate . Murkowski won as a write-in candidate after losing the Murkowski primary . A legal challenge to the vote-counting was dismissed next week . Murkowski is set to be sworn in for her first full term this week .
NEW : Final vote count put Murkowski ahead by more than 10,300 . Murkowski won as a write-in candidate after losing the Murkowski primary . A legal challenge to the vote-counting was dismissed next week . Murkowski is set to be sworn in for her first full term this week .