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Alaska vote count continues today: 2008 Election
Elections workers today will count 24,000 votes from Anchorage, the Kenai Peninsula, Southwest and Southeast Alaska. Senate race As it stood before today's count began, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich led Sen. Ted Stevens by 1,022 votes in the race for U.S. Senate. Stevens: 137,937 Begich: 138,959 ...
Vote tally trend favors Begich for Senate
Vote tally trend favors Begich for Senate
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
Begich lead over Stevens grows: 2008 Election
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 ... (more) Begich lead over Stevens grows: 2008 Election
Stevens-Begich vote count narrows: Alaska News
Stevens-Begich vote count narrows: Alaska News
adn.com — Staff photographer more Bill Roth / Anchorage Daily News Early votes and absentee votes were counted at... the Alaska Division of Elections in Anchorage on Wednesday, November 12, 2008. Roughly 90,000 votes, about a third of the total vote, are yet to be ... (more) Stevens-Begich vote count narrows: Alaska News
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Senate Race Update
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — ... In Alaska, the Anchorage Daily News notes the vote count begins again with approximately 24,000 left. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) trails challenger Mark Begich (D) by 1022 votes. ...

Stevens Expulsion Vote Postponed
Capitol Briefing — ... (D) by 1,022 votes, with about 24,000 ballots remaining to be counted today. If Stevens loses, DeMint may not bother pushing forward to expel the veteran lawmaker. "After talking with many of my colleagues, it's clear there are sufficient votes to pass the resolution regarding Senator Stevens," DeMint said ...

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