ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Voters elected fresh-faced Republican Sarah Palin Alaska's first female governor in a six-candidate race in Tuesday's midterm election.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Aug. 23 (UPI) -- Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski lost the Republican primary to a former town mayor, who will face former two-term Democratic Gov. Tony Knowles in November.

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Sept. 20 (UPI) -- Alaska Republicans are backing incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski, reducing the chances internal divisions could propel Democrat Tony Knowles to Washington.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- Incumbent Lisa Murkowski easily defeated an intraparty rival in Tuesday's Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Alaska.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, July 7 (UPI) -- Support for U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and her Democrat opponent, former Gov. Tony Knowles, splits almost evenly in the latest KTUU-TV poll.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, April 14 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Senate President Mike Miller announced Wednesday he will challenge U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Aug. 24 Republican primary.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 29 (UPI) -- GOP hopes of keeping control of the U.S. Senate have been raised by the National Rifle Association's endorsement of Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles has a narrow lead in the race for U.S. Senate according to a poll of 500 likely voters conducted in early February for KTTU-TV.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- A poll of 459 registered Alaska voters shows former Gov. Tony Knowles, a Democrat, leading GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski in next year's U.S. Senate race.