Submit a Story!

Vote Count Indicates Alaska's Ted Stevens Will Lose Senate Seat

 

Published 11/19/2008 by Paul Kane at Wash Post In Congress

Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) defeated Sen. Ted Stevens, ending the tenure of the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, after the counting of more ballots yesterday gave him a larger lead than the number of votes still untallied, Alaska elections officials said. (link)

Tags:

Related Content
Moment Of Doom Creeps Closer For Stevens As Begich's Lead Grows
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 — It looks more and more like GOP Senator and convicted felon Ted Stevens is finished. The latest numbers from Alaska: Democratic challenger Mark Begich 146,286 votes, Stevens 143,912 votes, a Begich lead of 2,374 votes. Begich's lead has more than ...
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid (AP)
news.yahoo.com 11/19/2008 — AP - Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count. That's an insurmountable lead with only about ...
Stevens loses Alaska Senate race
klewtv.com 11/19/2008 — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count.
AP: Stevens Loses Senate Race
thepage.time.com 11/19/2008 — Tuesday's vote count showed the convicted Alaska Senator trailing Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,700 votes-- more than the 2,500 overseas ballots still uncounted.      
Alaska Sen. Stevens Loses Re-election Bid to Democratic Challenger
foxnews.com 11/19/2008 — Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich had an insurmountable lead over Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens with only about 2,500 overseas ballots left to be counted
Stevens loses Alaska Senate seat to Democrat — Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News
AP Calls It For Begich — Obsidian Wings
AP Calls It For Begich — Political Animal
Stevens Loses — Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
Another one bites the dust — Wizbang
Democrat claims victory in Alaska Senate race (Reuters) — Yahoo! News: Politics News 11/19/2008
Reuters - Democrat Mark Begich claimed victory on Tuesday in the race for an Alaska seat in the U.S. Senate, defeating six-term Republican incumbent Ted Stevens.
Democrat claims victory in Alaska Senate race — Reuters: Politics 11/19/2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Democrat Mark Begich claimed victory on Tuesday in the race for an Alaska seat in the U.S. Senate, defeating six-term Republican incumbent Ted Stevens.
Begich claims victory over Stevens — CNN Political Ticker 11/19/2008
Democrat Mark Begich (left) has claimed victory over Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska. (CNN) — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the Republican lawmaker convicted on felony corruption charges in October, appears to have lost his bid for re-election to ...
Alaska Democrat says beats Republican Sen. Stevens — Reuters: Politics 11/19/2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich claimed victory on Tuesday as the first Democrat elected to Congress by Alaska in more than a quarter of a century, unseating powerful Sen. Ted Stevens who was convicted last month of ...
Sen. Ted Stevens Loses Reelection Bid — Wash Post Elections 11/19/2008
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) defeated Sen. Ted Stevens, ending the tenure of the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, after the counting of more ballots yesterday gave him a larger lead than the number of votes still untallied, Alaska ...