Late Sunday, Joe Miller's Senate campaign issued a media release saying that he will drop his fight to block the Alaska Division of Elections from certifying the U.S. Senate election, noting that a deciding factor was for Alaska to have full representation in the Senate when new members are sworn in at the beginning of 2011.
Last week, the Alaska Supreme court ruled unanimously against Senate election challenges brought to court by insurgent conservative Republican nominee Joe Miller.
Miller won't be giving up the fight in federal court, however. The release says he will be moving forward with a federal suit, "for the sake of the integrity of the election." Specifically, it says Miller "will be filing a motion in federal court to stay the post certification election contest timeline until after the federal case has concluded."
It has yet to be seen what ground Miller's federal case may argue from, but the release notes several issues that his legal team thinks warrant "further review," issues that include:
Read the complete release here via the campaign site JoeMiller.us.