JUNEAU, Alaska (Legal Newsline) – The former attorney general of Alaska secured the Republican U.S. Senate nomination Tuesday evening, earning the right to face the incumbent Democrat.

With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Dan Sullivan collected 40 percent of the vote. His Republican rivals, Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell and tea party favorite Joe Miller, had 32 percent and 25 percent, respectively.

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