adn.com - 11/15/2008
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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 Stevens' best chance to make a comeback. That's ...
politico.com - 11/19/2008
ktuu.com - 11/19/2008
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ktuu.com —
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Mark
Begich, the Democratic Anchorage mayor, has defeated Sen. Ted
Stevens in a closely contested, see-saw race for the United States Senate. After the Division of Elections most recent tally of about ...
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Alaska's news and information source | Begich defeats ...
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 11/19/2008
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politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com —
(CNN) – Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has conceded
defeat to Democratic challenger Mark Begich in the Alaska
Senate race. Stevens, 85, was the longest serving Republican senator in the chambers history. “Given the number of ballots that remain to be ...
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Stevens concedes race
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Begich Lead Grows
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) "is in grave danger of losing re-election after Mark Begich (D) widened his lead to 1,022 votes Friday," the Anchorage Daily News reports. ...
Mark Begich Defeats Ted Stevens to Become Alaska’s Next U.S. Senator
Firedoglake —
... More than 90 percent of the votes are now counted, and Friday's count of absentee and questioned ballots could have been Stevens' best chance to make a comeback. That's because it included all the ballots left from the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, where Stevens has enjoyed his most unwavering support. ...
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Palin Congratulates Begich after Sen. Stevens Concedes
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Sen. Ted Stevens, the man Alaskans know as “Uncle Ted”, quietly conceded his re-election fight Wednesday, a day after his opponent defeated the 85-year old Republican.
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Ted Stevens refuses to talk to Mark Begich.
thinkprogress.org 12/12/2008 — Last month, convicted felon Ted Stevens lost his U.S. Senate re-election bid to Democrat Mark Begich. The Anchorage Daily News reports that while Begich has tried to reach out, Stevens is ignoring him. Begich’s press secretary Julie Hasquet, ...
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 ...
Begich lead increases in race for Senate: Top Stories
adn.com 11/15/2008 — 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 ...
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 ...
Stevens leads Begich by thin margin: 2008 Election
adn.com 11/5/2008 — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was leading challenger Mark Begich with most of the election returns in hand Tuesday night, despite being found guilty of seven felonies and polls showing him in deep trouble. With more than 80 percent of the precincts ...
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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