adn.com - 11/15/2008
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Mark Begich has extended his lead over Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens to 1,022 votes with the latest count of absentee and questioned ballots. The Elections Division counted 14,508 ballots today. The count of absentee and questioned ballots will pick up Tuesday. The state has an estimated 24,000 more ...
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
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.
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Vote tally trend favors Begich for Senate
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
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Begich Expanding Lead Over Stevens -- Little By Little
TPM Election Central —
... The Anchorage Daily News points out that some of these new ballots have come from the Mat-Su area, the right-wing stronghold that gave us Sarah Palin -- so the fact that Begich's lead is still going up is a very bad sign for the incumbent Republican. Not only is the pool of remaining votes shrinking, but Stevens is running out of GOP areas that could put him over the top. ...
Begich leads increases in Alaska over Stevens
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
From the Anchorage Daily News. You can find the ongoing tally here.
AK Election Update
PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts —
Via the Anchorage Daily News: Begich lead increases in race for Senate: Top Stories
The latest count shows Begich with 138,959 votes to 137,937 for Stevens. Alaskan Independence Party candidate Bob Bird is in third place with 12,144 votes, followed by Libertarian David Haase and nonpartisan Ted Gianoutsos.
That gives Begich a 1,022 vote lead with roughly 24,000 ballots left to count.
We may yet miss out on the spectacle of a Stevens expulsion and a special election in AK. Drama lovers in the audience will, no doubt, be ...
Begich pulls ahead in Alaska Senate count
The Reaction —
... . It's now 1,022, with "about 24,000 ballots left to be counted, coming from Anchorage, Southeast Alaska and the Kenai Peninsula," according to the Anchorage Daily News. "The state will tally them all Tuesday." ...
Mark Begich widens lead over Ted Stevens
Crooks and Liars —
... 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. ...
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Begich lead over Stevens grows: Top Stories
adn.com 11/15/2008 — 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 and questioned ballots could have been ...
Begich takes lead in latest vote count: Top Stories
adn.com 11/13/2008 — Mark Begich made a dramatic comeback Wednesday to overtake 40-year incumbent Ted Stevens for the lead in Alaska's U.S. Senate race. Begich, who was losing after election night, now leads Stevens by 814 votes -- 132,196 to 131,382 -- with the state ...
Begich Expanding Lead Over Stevens -- Little By Little
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/16/2008 — Some more ballots are being counted in the exhausting Alaska Senate race, with Democrat Mark Begich's lead over GOP Senator and convicted felon Ted Stevens increasing just a little bit more.
Begich's lead has gone from 814 votes to 1,022 votes. In ...
Begich lead over Stevens grows
adn.com 11/16/2008 — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is in grave danger of losing re-election after Mark Begich widened his lead to 1,022 votes Friday.
Begich Takes Lead Over Stevens
feedproxy.google.com 11/13/2008 — Mark Begich (D) made a dramatic comeback to overtake Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) for the lead in Alaska's U.S. Senate race, the Anchorage Daily News reports.
After a day of counting absentee and early ballots, Begich, who was losing after election night ...
Begich takes lead in latest vote count
adn.com 11/13/2008 — Mark Begich made a dramatic comeback Wednesday to overtake 40-year incumbent Ted Stevens for the lead in Alaska's U.S. Senate race.
Uncounted Votes May Push Begich Past Stevens
fivethirtyeight.com 11/8/2008 — Although Ted Stevens currently holds a lead of approximately 3,200 votes in ballots counted to date in Alaska's senate contest, there is good reason to believe that the ballots yet to be counted -- the vast majority of which are early and absentee ...
Begich After All
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 ...
Alaska Senate: Begich Widens Lead Slightly
voices.washingtonpost.com 11/16/2008 — 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...
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 ...
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