Alaska senate hopeful admits earlier policy violation

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska GOP Senate candidate Joe Miller says he was once disciplined for violating policy while he worked as a local government attorney.

The admission came Sunday night in an Anchorage debate with two rivals followed a judge's order that his personnel file from his time at the Fairbanks North Star Borough be released.

Speculation over the issue and Miller's earlier refusal to discuss it had become a key topic of the campaign.

After a former borough mayor said Miller was nearly fired for using government computers in a failed effort to oust the state GOP chairman in 2008, Miller told CNN he had violated ethics policy.

On Sunday, Miller said he was suspended for or docked three days' pay for participating in a private poll during his lunch hour. He said it was a mistake he's learned from.