Photo courtesy Murkowski campaign

U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski went trick or treating with a tough little security contingent Sunday night, poking fun at Joe Miller and the incident in which his security team handcuffed Tony Hopfinger, the editor of Alaska Dispatch.

Instead of the active-duty soldiers Miller uses, however, Murkowski's security team consisted of her three young nephews: two four-year olds and a six year-old wearing dark suits and pipe cleaner earpieces, with their candy buckets handcuffed to their wrists.

This isn't the first time an Alaska candidate made fun of Miller's security detail: U.S. House candidate Harry Crawford released a funny video two weeks ago, and in an interview last week Crawford's opponent, U.S. Rep. Don Young said, "I've been in this job 38 years, and the only people I've had do security for me was my wife."

The event Murkowski is making fun of occurred Oct. 17 when Miller's security team handcuffed and detained Hopfinger for asking questions of Miller about his departure from the Fairbanks North Star Borough.

Murkowski took her nephews trick or treating in Goldenview Park, a tony subdivision in South Anchorage. Murkowski spokesman Steve Wackowski said the idea of printing up Drop Zone Security badges had been floated, but in the end that plan was dropped in favor of Murkowski campaign stickers.

The details surrounding the Halloween nights of Miller and Democrat Scott McAdams are unclear at this time.