fivethirtyeight.com - 11/15/2008
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There's been an update today in the Alaska Senate race, with 11,612 more votes counted. Mark Begich now leads incumbent Ted Stevens by 1,061 votes. Per Sean Cockerham at the Anchorage Daily News, the ballots counted today: About 510 questioned ballots from Southeast, the Peninsula and ...
adn.com - 11/13/2008
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adn.com —
The elections division still has over 10,000 ballots
left to count today and thousands more through next...
week, but the latest numbers show Mark Begich leading Sen. Ted Stevens 125,019 to 125,016.
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Latest tally: Begich leads Stevens by 3 votes
fivethirtyeight.com - 11/13/2008
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fivethirtyeight.com —
The Alaska Board of Elections has finally updated
(pdf). With 17,728 votes counted since the previous update,...
Democrat Mark Begich has the lead over Republican Ted Stevens, 132,196 to 131,382. More votes to be counted tomorrow and possibly Friday. As ...
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Begich Leads By 814 Going Into Thursday
adn.com - 11/14/2008
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adn.com —
More than half the absentee and questioned ballots
still to be counted in Alaska's U.S. Senate race...
come from areas of the state that backed Democrat Mark Begich on Election Day.
(more)
Vote tally trend favors Begich for Senate
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Slowly slowly Begich increases his lead over Stevens in Alaska Senate race
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
From 538.
Mark Begich Defeats Ted Stevens to Become Alaska’s Next U.S. Senator
Firedoglake —
... not seem very large, victory was in sight for Begich.
After the ballot counting on Nov. 12th was completed, the tables had turned and Begich had not only erased his three thousand plus deficit, he was ahead by 817 votes. Things were not looking good for Mr. Toobz as most of the 40,000 ballots that had yet to be counted were from Begich-friendly areas.
More results were released on Nov. 14th. With 90% of the votes counted, Begich's lead had increased to 1,022. ...
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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 ...
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