( CNN ) -- Alaska 's top two elected officials on Thursday certified Sen. Lisa Murkowski 's re-election in November as a write-in candidate , clearing the way for Murkowski to be sworn in on time for the new congressional session that starts next week . Gov . Sean Parnell and Lt. Gov . Mead Treadwell signed the paperwork certifying Murkowski as the election winner , according to a statement by the governor 's office . The papers now will be hand delivered to the secretary of the Senate in Washington before noon Monday , the deadline for Murkowski to be able to get sworn in when the Senate convenes again on January 5 , the statement said . Murkowski is the first senator to win election in a write-in campaign since Strom Thurmond did it in South Carolina in 1954 , and her victory followed a lengthy legal battle over the way the votes were counted . She was defeated in the Republican primary in August by Joe Miller , a Tea Party-backed candidate . Murkowski then waged the write-in campaign in the general election in November to defeat Miller , who filed a lawsuit challenging the result . On Tuesday , a federal judge dismissed Miller 's lawsuit , clearing the way for final certification of the vote . Miller said he was disappointed with the ruling , adding that he still believed his challenge was on solid constitutional ground . `` Thus , we are evaluating the ruling and determining what our next step should be , '' Miller said Tuesday . 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 . Miller argued that Alaska law does not allow the counting of misspelled names on write-in ballots . However , the Division of Elections set guidelines before counting began that allowed for a voter 's intent to be considered when determining whether to count a ballot for a write-in candidate . Earlier this month , the Alaska Supreme Court ruled that the Alaska Division of Elections conducted the election according to state law . The Associated Press called the race for Murkowski last month when she had a lead of more than 10,300 votes over Miller , a figure that included 8,159 ballots contested by Miller observers . Not including the contested ballots , Murkowski 's lead still exceeded 2,100 votes . The final certified vote count had Murkowski ahead by 10,252 . CNN 's Kevin Bohn contributed to this report .
NEW : This means the product will ship as received by the manufacturer, sealed, with all advertised components, and with the manufacturer warranty. Murkowski won as a write-in candidate after losing the GOP primary . A legal challenge to the vote-counting was dismissed this week . Murkowski is set to be sworn in for her second full term next week .