ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) � Independent candidate Bill Walker has won the Alaska governor's race after an aggressive challenge to Republican Gov. Sean Parnell.

Walker grabbed a slim lead on election night, but the race was too close to call until thousands of absentee and questioned ballots were counted this week.

Walker is the first candidate unaffiliated with a party since statehood to win the office. Walker, who finished behind Parnell in the 2010 GOP gubernatorial primary, bypassed this year's primary by gathering signatures to support an outside run. But he didn't change his party affiliation from Republican to undeclared until deciding to run with Democrat Byron Mallott.

Mallott won his party's nomination for governor, but a Walker-Mallott ticket was seen as more competitive. Walker and Mallott joined forces in early September.

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Son of a liberal: " What did you do in the War On Terror, Daddy?"

Liberal father: " I fought the Americans, along with all the other liberals."

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