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Alaska counting ballots
The Reaction —
... workers began poring over questioned ballots Monday in Anchorage, a process that will likely continue through the final count, which is expected Nov. 19. Meantime, absentee votes are still arriving in the mail and precincts are sending in more questioned ballots. Stay tuned. We'll be following this closely. (CNN has the full results here, but it may be useful to check Alaska Elections here, with results here, for updates.)
Ted Stevens Falls Behind in Senate Race
Politics Daily —
... According to the latest unofficial count from the Anchorage Daily News, Democrat Mark Begich has pulled ahead of convicted felon Ted Stevens in the Alaska Senate race. By three votes. ...
AK-Sen: First update of the day
Daily Kos —
This isn't the last update of the day, just the first: Stevens (R) 118,602 Begich (D) 117,631 That's a 971 vote difference. That an extra 12,008 votes for Stevens, and an extra 14,294 votes for ...
AK-Sen: Begich takes lead
Daily Kos —
Sweet. Begich leads. Stevens (R) 125,016 Begich (D) 125,019 About 40,000 votes are in from today's batch of absentee, early, and question ballots to be counted today, so we still have another 12,000 or so ...
Dem leads in Alaska
Ben Smith's Blog —
... By the count on the site of the Anchorage Daily News, Democrat Mark Begich now leads Ted Stevens for Senate in Alaska, where they're counting the early votes. ...
Jonathan Garthwaite: Re: Senator Stevens
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
The Alaska Secretary of State just released new numbers in the Senate election. Democrat Mark Begich now leads by three votes. That would give the Dems 58. Al Franken and his buddy in the MN elections office have a better than even chance of making him #59. Georgia could the only thing standing in the way of a filibuster proof Democrat Senate majority.
Begich Passes Stevens in Alaska
Drudge Retort —
As early voting and absentee votes are counted in Alaska Mark Begich has taken a lead in the count for Ted Stevens' Senate seat. According to the Alaska elections site Begich now leads by 3 votes. Posted by ...
Begich overtakes Stevens in Alaska vote count
The Reaction —
... Stevensesque sort of way, is still well ahead in his House race against Democratic challenger Ethan Berkowitz.) But let's not get ahead of ourselves, however much we may wish to bid good riddance to Stevens. There is still much more counting to do. CNN has the updated results for the three Alaska votes -- President, Senate, House -- here. See also Alaska Elections here (with updated unofficial results here).
AK-Sen: Begich takes a "big" lead
Daily Kos —
Hey, it's all relative. Stevens (R) 131,382 Begich (D) 132,196 That's a Begich lead of 814 votes. A landslide! This brings the total number of votes counted today to roughly 53,000, ...
Alaska Senate Update
Political Animal —
Alaska Senate Update Mark Begich is now leading Ted Stevens by 814 votes in the Alaska Senate race. Nate Silver : "The remaining votes come from Begich-friendly districts. Mark Begich is now an overwhelming favorite to win the Alaska Senate seat." We might be spared the question what to do if a felon is elected to the Senate. This is a good thing, since Sandy Levinson thinks that excluding him might be unconstitutional. Whether or not he's right is beyond my competence, but he notes that allowing the Senate to add to the constitutionally specified list of ...
Alaska Senate Update
Obsidian Wings —
... by hilzoy
Mark Begich is now leading Ted Stevens by 814 votes in the Alaska Senate race. Nate Silver:
"The remaining votes come from Begich-friendly districts. Mark Begich is now an overwhelming favorite to win the Alaska Senate seat."
We might be spared the question what to do if a felon is elected to the Senate. This is a good thing, since Sandy Levinson thinks that excluding him might be unconstitutional. Whether or not he's right is beyond my competence, but he notes that allowing the Senate to add to the ...
Begich To Win Alaska After All
Open Left - Front Page —
After eight days of waiting, Alaska finally started counting votes again. With about 30,000 votes remaining to be counted, one-third of which are from ...
Ted Stevens, Walking the Bridge to Nowhere
Hit & Run —
... We're starting to get an answer: He actually didn't survive the race. Alaska is big and weird and it takes ages to count early ballots from close races, and the state counted 53,000 ballots yesterday that put Democrat Mark Begich in the lead. ...
Begich expands lead in Alaska Senate count
The Reaction —
... and Alaska Elections have the same numbers), Begich is now up by 814 -- "132,196 to 131,382 -- with the state still to count roughly 35,000 more ballots over the next week." In percentage terms, it's Begich 47.41, Stevens 47.12. ...
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.
Huge Gain for Begich in Alaska Vote Counting
Open Left - Front Page —
There's an update in the vote counting for the Alaska Senate race and it's great news for Mark Begich: Begich: 146,286 Stevens: 143,912 The difference is now 2,374 votes. That's up from 1,022 I believe, and good for a percentage lead of 0.77%. The number of votes remaining to be counted is small which makes it unlikely Stevens can close the gap.
AK-Sen: Begich lead now 2,374 votes
Daily Kos —
... Not only does it look as though Mark Begich is going to win a U.S. Senate seat, but the the count is now past the point where Ted Stevens would have to pay for a recount. ...
