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AP: Stevens loses Alaska Senate race to Begich
hotair.com - 11/19/2008
AP: Stevens loses Alaska Senate race to Begich
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DeMint was preparing a resolution to boot him from the Senate on Thursday just in case he squeaked through, but all for naught as it turns out. [...] Read the rest »
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid (AP)
news.yahoo.com - 11/19/2008
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid (AP)
— 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 ... (more) Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid (AP)

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Begich defeats Stevens in Senate race
adn.com - 11/19/2008
Begich defeats Stevens in Senate race
— adn.com — Mark Begich has defeated Sen. Ted Stevens in the election for U.S. Senate.... (more) Begich defeats Stevens in Senate race

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Stevens loses Alaska Senate race
— klewtv.com — 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. (more) Stevens loses Alaska Senate race

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News — ... . Republicans should have pushed Stevens out when he was indicted last summer, writes Hot Air's Allahpundit . Stevens's loss means that Senate Democrats now hold 58 seats, and are close to winning a filibuster-proof majority, according to QandO's ...

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News — ... Sen. Ted Stevens's (R-Alaska) loss to Democrat Mark Begich shows that Republicans should have booted him back when he was indicted and leaves two centrist Maine Republicans, Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, as the most powerful members of a chamber with 58 Democrats, writes Allahpundit . ...

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