at a news conference friday , miller told a group of supporters he would not appeal murkowski 's 10,000 - vote write - in victory , effectively ending two months of legal battles in which the gop nominee challenged the legitimacy of the incumbent 's win .
” eleven minutes after his news conference , senator murkowski ’s campaign issued the following statement , “ i was glad to learn that joe miller has bowed to the rulings of the alaska courts and decided to abandon his challenges .
 
miller won alaska ’s republican u.s. senate primary , lost the general election to a write - in campaign waged by incumbent republican senator lisa murkowski , then unsuccessfully challenged the results in court .
he also needs senator lisa murkowski ’s phone number .
miller had sued the state over what he considered its improper attempts to determine voters 's intent , arguing statute required voters to spell murkowski 's name correctly .
a federal judge ruled against miller saying that voter intent was paramount and that miller 's interpretation " would erode the integrity of the election system . "
” when asked if he had sought out her phone number joe miller finally conceded the alaska senate race to sen. lisa murkowski friday , indicating he would not pursue further legal action in the last unresolved race of the 2010 cycle .
” in his first interview after his public concession , miller appeared on “ john king , usa , ” where cnn ’s ed henry asked him if he had called murkowski to personally concede .