voices.washingtonpost.com - 11/16/2008
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Democrat Mark Begich now leads Sen. Ted Stevens (R) by just over 1,000 votes with more than 90 percent of the total ballots counted in the high-profile Alaska Senate race. The Alaska Division of Elections counted another 14,500 votes on...
news.yahoo.com - 11/19/2008
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news.yahoo.com —
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 ...
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Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid
(AP)
adn.com - 11/18/2008
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adn.com —
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich's lead over Sen. Ted
Stevens is growing as ballot counting continues today in
the race for U.S. Senate. The latest numbers, issued just before 1 p.m., show Begich up by 2,374 votes. The state has counted over 16,000 ...
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Begich lead over Stevens grows: 2008 Election
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Mark Begich widens lead over Ted Stevens
Crooks and Liars —
Let's hope this trend continues and Stevens finally gets the axe.
Democrat Mark Begich now leads Sen. Ted Stevens (R) by just over 1,000 votes with more than 90 percent of the total ballots now counted in the high-profile Alaska Senate race.
The Alaska Division of Elections counted another 14,500 votes on Friday and Begich's lead increased from 841 before the day started to 1,022 when the counting ended.
That means that Begich has gained more than 4,200 votes on Stevens since the 90,000 early, ...
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Sister Toldjah —
... —– Here’s the latest on the Alaska Senate race: Democrat Mark Begich leads Ted Stevens by just over 1,000 votes, with 10% more ballots needed to be counted. ...
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org 11/19/2008 —
Of all the Election Day results, Ted Stevens’ re-election in Alaska was probably the one that surprised me most. Except now the recount’s done and it seems that Stevens has lost . It’s a pretty earth-shattering event in Alaska ...
Begich takes lead in Alaska Senate race —
CNN Political Ticker 11/13/2008
(CNN) — Republican Sen. Ted Stevens has fallen 814 votes behind Democratic challenger Mark Begich as vote counting continues in Alaska.
The Anchorage mayor was trailing Stevens in the initial count, which did not include at least 90,000 ...
Down the ballot: Begich's lead increases —
First Read 11/17/2008
ALASKA: Per the Anchorage Daily News , “Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is in grave danger of losing re-election after Mark Begich widened his lead to 1,022 votes Friday. More than 90 percent of the votes are now counted, and Friday's count of absentee ...
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