Former Alaska AG Sullivan wins GOP Senate primary
Source: Faux News
Republican establishment favorite Dan Sullivan will take on vulnerable Alaska Democratic Sen. Mark Begich in the fall after winning his party’s hotly contested Senate primary on Tuesday.
Sullivan, his state’s former attorney general and natural resources commissioner, beat two Republican rivals for the nomination. He faced Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell and Tea Party favorite and 2010 GOP primary winner Joe Miller.
With 98 percent of precincts reporting. Sullivan had 40 percent of the vote, while Miller had garnered 32 percent and Treadwell placed third with 25 percent. Sullivan led Miller by more than 7,300 votes out of over 90,000 cast. Treadwell had conceded defeat late Tuesday night, surrounded by supporters, including his three children, at the downtown Anchorage venue where election results were posted.
Sullivan, with millions of dollars at his disposal and major GOP players behind him, had been considered the front-runner in the race. Begich already was treating him as the presumptive nominee, with allies running costly attack ads against him.
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