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Let's Help Mark Begich become Alaska's new Senator
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... If Alaska is competitive -- and it is -- anything is possible in 2008. Recent polls have shown Begich with a lead over Stevens. And, there is that ...
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) indicted on seven felony counts
Crooks and Liars —
... In real world terms, this has huge ramifications for the Republican Party. Stevens is up for tough reelection this year and is actually currently polling behind challenger and Anchorage mayor Mark Begich. Today’s news may very well put us one seat closer to that coveted super-majority. ...
The Stevens Indictment
Weekly Standard Blog —
... that Stevens's Republican challengers are not as well known as the presumed Democratic candidate Mark Begich; the deadline for candidates to enter the race has already passed. The most recent Alaska Senate race poll--conducted before the indictment was handed down--showed Stevens trailing Begich by 8 points. ...
AK-Sen: Begich held big lead BEFORE indictment
Daily Kos —
... With "leaners" included, it's 52-44. Begich has been coming on strong, and this poll pushed the Pollster.com composite to Begich 49.5, Stevens 44.5. ...
House and Senate Race Roundup: Big Oil Edition
Daily Kos —
... If Stevens is the Republican more likely to survive of the two - and he trails Democrat Mark Begich by an average of 18 points - things are very, very bad for Rep. Don Young. ...
Senate picture
Daily Kos —
... State Incumbent Margin over challenger NM Open (R) -26.3 VA Open (R) -25.3 AK Stevens (R) -18.2 NH Sununu (R) -10.6 CO Open (R) -6.4 MS Wicker (R) +1.5 MN Coleman (R) +6.8 OR Smith ...
In Red State Alaska, Dem Senate Hopeful Moves With Confidence
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... Begich's optimism is supported by Pollster.com's chart of recent polls, which shows a consistent lead before Stevens's indictment, and an even bigger advantage since that news broke. ...
Stevens Wins Alaska Primary, Young in Dead Heat
Capitol Briefing —
... Berkowitz , who defeated 2006 candidate Diane Benson in the Democratic primary, 55 percent to 37 percent. Stevens, meanwhile, cruised to a solid GOP primary victory. With 88 percent reporting, the incumbent had 63 percent of the vote, while banker David Cuddy earned 27 percent and self-funding millionaire Vic Vickers had just 6 percent. He now squares off in November against Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D), who has led Stevens by double-digits in recent polls . As Paul Kane laid out in Tuesday's Post , and Karl Vick also ...
Don Young Inches Ahead, With a Boost From....Ron Paul?
Hit & Run —
... this morning (but fret not—polls show he's going to get clocked in the general election) the big news up here from last night's primaries is that the state's sole representative in Congress, Rep. Don " ...
Alaska Races, Post-Palin
Capitol Briefing —
... not to keep fighting in the House contest. If McCain/Palin win, Parnell is governor, and if they lose, he's still got a decent job as Lt. Gov. And what if McCain/Palin win, and Parnell wins both the primary and the general election to the House seat? State Attorney General Talis Colberg (R) would become governor . 2) The Senate Race. Make no mistake, Sen. Ted Stevens (R) was in serious trouble before the Palin pick, and he is still in trouble today. Polls suggest he is trailing Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) by a wide margin. Don't expect ...
House and Senate Race Roundup
Daily Kos —
... It is one poll, and Begich's lead via Pollster's average is still strong - nearly 17 points. Stevens still has to face trial in October, and Begich's fundraising has been terrific. So in the absence of a poll to confirm, this race can be considered Likely Democratic. ...
AK-Sen: Stevens surge confirmed
Daily Kos —
... After a month of bliss when Mark Begich was putting up consistent double-digit leads (call it the "Ted Stevens indictment bounce"), the race appears to have reverted to its pre-indictment form. ...
A look at the 2008 Senate races, September edition
Open Left - Front Page —
... entered the race. His father Nick Begich was a former Congressman, who was killed in a plane crash along with House Majority Leader Hale Boggs (D-LA) in 1972. Now while the polls had already shown Begich leading Stevens before the indictment, Stevens was still able to easily win his primary at the end of August, and combined with McCain's Sarah Palin pick, the polls have suddenly gotten much friendlier to Stevens, and I don't think it was from his primary win over some no-name challengers. Non-partisan polling now shows Begich only up by 2 or 3 points. ...
Voters Are Stupid
The Agitator —
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-ealy Corrupt) has pulled within two points.
AK-Sen, AK-AL: Yeah, Still Close
Swing State Project —
... Fairleigh Dickinson has decided to expand its operations from New Jersey... to Alaska? Well, at any rate, it's at an opportune time, as they join the pack of pollsters seeing tightening races in Alaska in the post-Palin environment (and as the initial shock of Uncle Ted's indictment fades). In fact, these numbers quite closely resemble those announced by ...
On the road to 60
Daily Kos —
... AK Stevens Begich 45.6 48.0 D+2.4 ...
AK-Sen: Stevens Inches Back Ahead
Swing State Project —
Rasmussen (10/6, likely voters, 9/9 in parens):
Mark Begich (D): 48 (48)
Ted Stevens (R-inc): 49 (46)
(MoE: ?4.5%)
Ruh-roh. This poll was taken on the same day that some damaging phone conversations were aired in court -- probably not enough time for that piece of news to sink in. However, it does reflect a worrying trend.
I've been speculating that the DSCC's decision to launch attack ads against Stevens is having some perverse consequences in a state unfriendly to outsiders (especially ...
AK-Sen, MN-Sen: SSP Moves Both Races to "Tossup"
Swing State Project —
... After enjoying a brief bounce in the polls with the news of Stevens' indictment, Begich's numbers have come back down to earth, with one Rasmussen poll even showing Stevens taking a marginal lead. There's no denying that Stevens is an institution within Alaska, and it's not surprising that many voters feel reluctant to dump a man who has been representing the state in Washington for 40 years. ...
Cranky, crooked Ted Stevens, in a tight race for re-election, spent yesterday on the witness stand in his corruption trial
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
... pay for all the gifts -- the deck, the grill, the Christmas lights, the furniture, the art, the puppy -- given to him by Veco's chief executive. Not helping himself. Ted will be back on the stand on Monday. Stevens is in a very, very close race with his opponent, Mark Begich. We have an ActBlue page for Begich. A little goes a long way in Alaska. Begich also did a video for us over the summer: Via Pollster.com, the state of the race: ...
AK-Sen, AK-AL: Slimming Leads for Begich, Berkowitz
Swing State Project —
... Kos says that "we got spoiled by months of big leads in both these races", but aside from a quick flurry of post-indictment polls showing Begich with a bounce, the Senate race has been close for a while now. (The at-large House seat less so, but it's clear that Young is ...
AK-Sen, AK-AL: Senate's Close; House Not So Much
Swing State Project —
... After the initial shock of Ted Stevens' indictment wore off (giving Mark Begich a huge boost), it seems like voters have been more and more willing to give Stevens some of the benefit of the doubt until a verdict is handed down, as the numbers in this race have drawn back to a tossup. With the case now in the ...
Better Democrats Busted Through $50K
Open Left - Front Page —
... it's very good news that Darcy's gone up by 8 points since the last Kos poll, when she was behind 49-41. Reichert's dropped 3 points and Darcy's gone up 5.
The Mormons are pulling the plug on Prop 8 calls from Utah.
Progressive Democrat Senate candidate Jim Martin is about two points off of Chambliss in a composite of polls, which is far closer than anyone could have imagined a month ago. Al Franken is up by three, Begich leads by two, and Merkley's up by six.
We managed to convince Debbie Wasserman Schultz ...
Ted Stevens Will Have One Fewer Vote Next Tuesday
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
... until their time is served. (No word on whether Stevens will get to vote in the event he is sentenced to no jail time.) Stevens is currently neck and neck in his Senate race against Anchorage mayor Mark Begich. We'll soon see if Alaska is red enough that a Republican can win reelection despite being a convicted felon and despite being unable, by law, to support his own cause. ...
Stevens: 'I've Not Been Convicted Yet'
News —
... on Thursday. "There's not a black mark by my name yet, until the appeal is over and I am finally convicted, if that happens. If that happens, of course I'll do what's right for Alaska and for the Senate. … I don't anticipate it happening, and until it happens I do not have a black mark." Stevens is continuing to campaign for an eight Senate term. He trails Democrat Mark Begich in polls . He was ...
Sheri and Allan Rivlin: Hour by Hour Guide to Election Returns -- Part 1: Introduction
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... to this theory, and if they hold up, Republicans may be in for a real drubbing. Beyond the presidential race, the real test of this theory will be found in the 11 senate races where the Republican defending the seat is polling under 50%; New Hampshire, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi (B), Colorado, New Mexico, Minnesota, Oregon, Alaska and especially Kentucky where ...
Final U.S. Senate Polling Averages
Daily Kos —
Quote of the day: Democrats were optimistic that the only two Democratic senators who will lose their Senate seats as a result of the national elections will be Barack Obama and Joe Biden. Final polling averages all tabled in one handsome place. Averages courtesy of the venerable Pollster.com: ALASKA ...
The Stevens Effect
Weekly Standard Blog —
... , but there are still 40,000 absentee ballots to be counted, so Begich would need to beat Stevens by 9 points among absentee voters in order to win. Stevens's performance is unexpected based on the polls. Who could have imagined some voters didn't want to tell pollsters they were voting for a convict? ...
Ickes admits Dean was right
Daily Kos —
... Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) who opposed Dean for the DNC chairmanship. "There are special circumstances in each state. In Alaska, who would have predicted the conviction of Sen. [Ted] Stevens [R]?" "Partial vindication"? I'll take it. Of course, Democrats were helped by Stevens' conviction, but his Democratic opponent Mark Begich was competitive long before the indictments. In fact, Begich was up 47-41 in a poll _last December_. In fact, Stevens has led in very few polls this year. And even in the presidential race, until Palin was added to the ...
Today We'll Find Out if Mark Begich Can Overtake Ted Stevens in Alaska
Open Left - Front Page —
... Somehow, contrary to pre-election polling, incumbent felon Ted Stevens leads challenger Mark Begich in votes tallied so far in their race for Senate: ...
Mark Begich Defeats Ted Stevens to Become Alaska’s Next U.S. Senator
Firedoglake —
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Congratulations United States Senator Elect Begich!
This victory for the Democrats is a major defeat for Ted Stevens and the Republican party. Since first being elected to a full term in 1972, Sen. Stevens has never received less than 66% of the votes and is currently the longest serving Republican in the Senate. After his conviction on 7 felony counts a week before the election, Stevens found himself in a tough spot -- he was way behind in the polls.
Undeterred by, and seemingly in denial about his conviction, Stevens stayed ...
Palin Draws Democratic Challenger for 2010 Governor's Race
Weekly Standard Blog —
... that we should be skeptical the latter poll because The Alaska Standard is a pro-Murkowski site. Then again, for whatever reason, the final Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll in the Alaska Senate race was pretty terrible, so perhaps we shouldn't trust either poll. ...
