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Correction: Alaska SenateANCHORAGE, Alaska — In a story Sept. 2 about the Alaska Senate, The Associated Press erroneously attributed a quote to University of Alaska Anchorage political science professor Carl Shepro. The following was said by Alaska Republican U.S. Senate candidate Joe Miller on CNN's "John King, USA:" ''So this is not a Joe Miller comes to D.C. and Social Security is gone, Medicare is gone. But what Joe Miller does do, and what those that I think are joining in this message do is get this government back from the fiscal brink, back from bankruptcy so that we can ensure that the contracts that we've made with our seniors, that we can honor those."

Senate upset erases Alaska seniorityANCHORAGE, Alaska — The defeat of Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski by an upstart fiscal conservative in the GOP primary could mark a significant shift for a state that has so long relied on federal pork to survive.