the first round is 60 seconds and lisa murkowski has the first question. >> mr. miller, you have run for senate twice as republican. why didn't you file as a republican this year and repeat in the republican primary? >> you know, i was honored she received the unanimous endorsement of a libertarian board of directors, of the libertarian party. they had their nominee step aside. i was not planning to run. in fact, i had a plan for the week in the-- in which i declared and it turned out to be something i think has provided alaskans with that committee's opportunity this season to have a conservative choice and someone that will fight for their liberties. i'm excited to be in this race and thankful to my wife-- wife that she gave me the green light and i'm excited about the platform of the party and bringing decision-making closer to home, where you can be in charge of the decisions made and bring accountability to your government and have a hand in making changes that can bring greatness back to the state of alaska. >> ms. stock, being an independent party candidat

republican incumbent lisa murkowski is the chair of the senate energy and national -- natural resourcesommittee. democrat ray metcalfe is a real estate broker and former state lawmaker. independent margaret stock is an immigration attorney. and retired army reservist. and joe miller is a libertarian, an attorney, and an army veteran who won the republican primary for the seat in 2010. i'm lori townsend, news director for alaska public media, and i will moderate. we will begin with a series of questions from our journalists, our panelists. we are in anchorage, simulcasting on public radio and television. we will also air video questions from alaskans in fairbanks and dealing and. ngham.li candidates, your answers will be timed. the limit for your first round is 60 seconds. liz has the first question. >> mr. miller, you have run for the senate twice before as a republican. why didn't you file as a republican this year and compete in the republican primary? mr. miller: i was very honored to receive the unanimous endorsement of the board of directors of the libertarian party. they had their

republican incumbent lisa murkowski is the chair of the senate energy and national resources communityest committee. is a realay metcalfe estate broker and former state lawmaker. independent margaret stock is an immigration attorney. and joe miller is a libertarian, an attorney, and an army veteran who won the republican primary for the seat in 2010. i'm lori townsend, news director for alaska public media, and i will moderate. we will begin with a series of questions from our journalists, our panelists. we are in anchorage, simulcasting on public radio and television. questionsso air video from alaskans in fairbanks and telling him. candidates, your answers will be timed. the limit for your first round is 60 seconds. liz has the first question. mr. miller, you have run for the senate twice before as a republican. why didn't you file as a republican this year and compete in the republican primary? honoreder: i was very to receive the unanimous endorsement of a libertarian -- of the board of directors of the libertarian party. i was not planning on running for the united states senate.

fred upton, house majority leader kevin mccarthy, and senate energy and natural resources chair lisa murkowskikelcy warren owns a small music label and recording company, and is the founder and driving force behind the cherokee creek music festival in texas. later in the show we will be , joined by the grammy award-winning indigo girls who have written an open letter to kelcy warren. but first, i want to turn to sue sturgis. editorial director of facing south. her latest piece is headlined, "meet the texas billionaire and gop donor behind the north dakota pipeline controversy." amy: we also invited kelcy warren to join us on the show, but did not receive a response back. sue sturgis, you wrote this very interesting piece in facing south. can you talk about who kelcy warren is? >> kelcy warren is a native of east texas and he studied civil engineering at the university of texas at arlington and went to work in the gas industry. his father, interestingly enough, had been a field hand for the sun pipeline, which kelcy warren's company owns. he worked his way up through the industry. in 1995, he c

later, the the alaska senate debate between lisa murkowski and democrat and libertarian candidates. >> tuesday, the cochairs of the commission on presidential debates, frank and mike on the 2016 presidential and congressional campaigns. that's live congressional campaigns. that's live at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> tuesday we bring you an international look at the election. we'll simulcast the coverage live at the apm eastern on c-span2. >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact too. coming too. coming up on tuesday morning on election day, cortez, the secretary of state joint talks about polling locations and potential voter turnout. we'll talkbo

lisa murkowski, the incumbent, that's a net hold in alaska. and here's what that means. the larger graphic, the senate at this hour, democrats plus one, republican control of the senate. this is what we've been talking about all night. if trump goes on to victory and the white house, if this holds as we believe it will, as our early, early evening projection of the house, republican control holdings as we think it will, all three branches. and so as chris matthews and others have been talking about tonight, those people who were motivated to cast their vote for the supreme court, among other issues, and here's another projection. alaska, we are projecting when all the votes are counted, will go to donald trump. three electoral votes. you think three electoral votes, small peanuts, don't matter, look at what they do to your total, when they push you up to 248, versus 218. a word about our national map, here's the reds and the blues. and notice that land mass out in the pacific with the aleutian islands trailing. alaska has gone to donald trump. hawaii has gone to hillary

republican incumbent lisa murkowski is the chair of the senate energy and national resources communityrat ray metcalfe is a real estate broker and former state lawmaker. independent margaret stock is an immigration attorney. and joe miller is a libertarian, an attorney, and an army veteran who won the republican primary for the seat in 2010. i'm lori townsend, news director for alaska public media, and i will moderate. we will begin with a series of questions from our journalists, our panelists. we are in anchorage, simulcasting on public radio and television. we will also air video questions from alaskans in fairbanks and dilling ham. if time allows, we will also have rebuttal. candidates, your answers will be timed. the limit for your first round is 60 seconds. liz has the first question. >> mr. miller, you have run for the senate twice before as a republican. why didn't you file as a republican this year and compete in the republican primary? mr. miller: i was very honored to receive the unanimous endorsement of the board of directors of the libertarian party. they had their nominee

stock: congress has an 11% approval rating thanks to folks like senator lisa murkowski and her palace and -- person colleagues who have done nothing over the last six years but engage in partisan gridlock. i am an independent. i'm a problem solver. i have a proven track record of getting things done in washington. alaska is ready for new leadership. i am ready to be your leader. vote for me on november 8, i am all work and no party. >> and your closing statement. mr. metcalfe: before you vote, ask one question. what has that candidate done for alaska? i was the co-author of the language that established the investment program for the permanent fund. it has held up pretty well. i will continue my efforts to root out corruption like i did with their bribery of the legislators to give oil away. i will do everything i am able to do to end the pay to play game congress is so heavily involved in. >> thank you. thank you, that is it for alaska public media's 2016 debate for the state. thank you to our reporter's. thank you to the candidates for participating, and thank you for joining us. st

lisa murkowski won her reelection, as did patty murray in washington. in new hampshire, a woman will win that race. just a question of which one. ahead ofelly ayotte governor maggie hassan. that is one of those outstanding contests that we are still watching. we will bring you news as more votes come in. host: we are approaching the top of the hour. we continue taking your phone calls. what do you think and what is your take about last night's election? thanks to all of you have waited on the line. .emocrats, 202-748-8000 republicans, 202-748-8001. .ndependents, 202-748-8002 if you are watching outside the united states, 202-748-8003. troy in maryland. a democrat. thank you for taking my call. i'm a lifelong democrat but i voted for donald trump yesterday. i hope it doesn't come back to bite us all. host: who was your first choice? caller: hillary just seemed a little less honest to me. so come i went for donald. host: what about in the primary? caller: i went hillary. host: and then you changed and went to donald trump? -- i sawith e-mails through her.