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In 2016, Cean Stevens withdrew after winning the state Libertarian primary to allow Republican Party member and Tea Party favorite nominee of the 2010 U.S. Senate election, [[Joe Miller]] her spot on the ticket in the 2016 Senate election and Miller was unanimously approved by the executive board to take Stevens' place.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923030904/http://www.adn.com/politics/2016/09/06/joe-miller-to-run-as-libertarian-in-hopes-of-unseating-us-sen-lisa-murkowski/|title=Joe Miller to run as Libertarian in hopes of unseating US Sen. Lisa Murkowski | In 2016, [[Cean Stevens]] withdrew after winning the state Libertarian primary to allow Republican Party member and Tea Party favorite nominee of the 2010 U.S. Senate election, [[Joe Miller]] her spot on the ticket in the 2016 Senate election and Miller was unanimously approved by the executive board to take Stevens' place.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923030904/http://www.adn.com/politics/2016/09/06/joe-miller-to-run-as-libertarian-in-hopes-of-unseating-us-sen-lisa-murkowski/|title=Joe Miller to run as Libertarian in hopes of unseating US Sen. Lisa Murkowski | ||
|publisher=Alaska Dispatch News|agency=Alaska Dispatch News|last=Herz|first=Nathaniel|date=September 6, 2016|accessdate=September 7, 2016}}</ref> Miller came in second place and garnered nearly 30% of the vote, the highest percentage ever received by a Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate, but did not beat the total vote record established in 2002 Massachusetts Senate election by Michael Cloud. | |publisher=Alaska Dispatch News|agency=Alaska Dispatch News|last=Herz|first=Nathaniel|date=September 6, 2016|accessdate=September 7, 2016}}</ref> Miller came in second place and garnered nearly 30% of the vote, the highest percentage ever received by a Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate, but did not beat the total vote record established in 2002 Massachusetts Senate election by Michael Cloud. | ||