Joe Miller to run as Libertarian in hopes of unseating US Sen. Lisa Murkowski

Two-time U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller will make another run at the office this year, he said Tuesday, trying again to unseat U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, this time as a Libertarian.

Miller will take the place of Cean Stevens as the Libertarian candidate on the Nov. 8 general election ballot after Stevens withdrew.

The Alaska Libertarian Party appointed Miller to run on its ballot line after Stevens told its half-dozen executive board members last week she was withdrawing from the race, said Terrence Shanigan, the party's chair.

Stevens didn't respond to a request for comment Tuesday. But she "voiced her support for Joe," Shanigan said, and party leaders shared the Libertarian platform with him afterwards to see if it fit his outlook.

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