bloomberg.com - 11/13/2008
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Nov. 13 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic challenger Mark Begich leads by 814 votes in his bid to oust incumbent Alaska Senator Ted Stevens , according to the state's elections division. Alaska is still counting absentee ballots from the Nov. 4 election. Anchorage Mayor Begich had been trailing Stevens ...
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.
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Vote tally trend favors Begich for Senate
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Begich Opens Substanial Lead in Alaska Senate Race
MoJo Blog Posts: mojo —
"Substantial" is relative, of course. Here's Bloomberg:
Democratic challenger Mark Begich leads by 814 votes in his bid to oust incumbent Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, according to the state's elections division.
Alaska is still counting absentee ballots from the Nov. 4 election. Anchorage Mayor Begich had been trailing Stevens by 3,257 votes until state officials started counting approximately 90,000 absentee ballots yesterday... Officials counted approximately 50,000 ballots yesterday and may finish counting the ...
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Hotline On Call Part Deux —
... Meanwhile in the Senate race, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) now leads convicted Sen. Ted Stevens (R) by 814 votes, or 0.3% -- a result that only Moore predicted. (Note that 40K ballots must still be counted.) In Moore's final survey, completed 10/19, Begich led by only 1%. The other pollsters, Hays and Research 2000, did not fare quite as well. In the last polls taken, Hays had Begich ahead by 7%, and Research 2000 showed the Dem with a startling 22% lead. ...
Begich Now Up By 814 Votes
Ace of Spades HQ —
Begich Now Up By 814 Votes They're not done counting yet, but this one is looking like another loss. No Palin Senatorship, most likely. Meanwhile, Al Franken ...
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First Read 11/13/2008
ALASKA: “Mark Begich made a dramatic comeback Wednesday to overtake 40-year incumbent Ted Stevens for the lead in Alaska's U.S. Senate race,” the Anchorage Daily News writes. “Begich, who was losing after election night, now leads Stevens by 814 ...
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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