Chilkat Valley voters turned out in relatively high numbers for Tuesday’s statewide primary election, and bucked some statewide trends.
In the election’s most closely watched contest – between Republican U.S. Senate candidates Lisa Murkowski and Tea Party-endorsed challenger Joe Miller – valley voters went strongly for Murkowski, the incumbent.
She beat Miller 206-124 in the downtown precinct and by 9-6 in Klukwan, although Miller won in the Haines Highway precinct, 25-18. At press time…
