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Apart from Strom Thurmond, who else has been elected as U.S. senator by write-in vote?

  • John McCain

  • Nancy Pelosi

  • Lisa Murkowski

  • No one else

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Lisa Murkowski was the second person elected to the United States Senate by write-in vote. She was elected in 2002 after losing the Republican primary to Joe Miller, who had been endorsed by then-President George W. Bush. Murkowski was able to win the general election by garnering write-in votes from Alaskans who were dissatisfied with Miller's candidacy.
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