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Sen. Lisa Murkowski leads in her battle to win reelection in Alaska's three-way Senate race, a new poll found Wednesday.

Murkowski, the Republican senator who's waging a write-in campaign for another term after having lost the GOP nomination in a primary, leads her Republican and Democratic challengers, according to a Craciun Research Poll.

Forty-one percent of Alaska voters said they want to send Murkowski back to Washington, compared to 30 percent who back Republican candidate Joe Miller, and 19 percent who favor Democrat Scott McAdams.

Ten percent of Alaska voters say they're undecided about they're vote.

The poll comes after a CNN/Opinion Research survey released earlier on Wednesday suggested that Murkowski was in a dead heat -- 38 to 36 percent -- with Miller in her battle for reelection.

Craciun Research is an Alaska polling firm, and found that Murkowski is drawing significant support across the board, from self-decribed liberals, to conservatives and centrists.

The polls, taken together, suggest that the former member of the Senate GOP leadership and ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee might be able to pull off the tough feat of winning as a write-in candidate.

She still faces significant hurdles, though. As a write-in candidate, Murkowski's name won't be on the ballot, and voters will have to remember how to spell her name. Alaska elections officials have said they'll allow for some variation, but that hurdle alone could make for an uphill bid for Murkowski.
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The Craciun poll, conducted Sept. 24-25, has a 5.7 perce! nt margi n of error.