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Reflections on the elections
The Reaction — ... Finally, in Alaska, incumbent Republican Ted Stevens, a convicted felon, continues to hold off challenger Mark Begich, 48 to 47, with 99 percent reporting. The race has tightened, and still to be counted, as the Anchorage Daily News ...

And The Beat Goes On… Rahm as Chief of Staff
Firedoglake — 1:56 -- Michelle Bachman holds on.  Ugh. 1:54 -- Ding, dong the witch is dead -- Musgrave goes down. 1:51 -- 14 House pickups so far, per the DCCC. 1:43 -- Howard Fineman on MSNBC just reported that Josh Marshall just emailed him and told him Rahm Emanuel has accepted the job of White House Chief of Staff. 1:38 -- 37% reporting -- Stevens 49%, Begich 46%. Will those crazy fuckers who voted for Sarah Palin re-elect even crazier Ted Toobz?

Ace of Spades HQ Decision Desk Makes Two Calls...
Ace of Spades HQ — ... The Decision Desk also calls AK-Senate for the convicted felon Ted Stevens as well. Now let's get a fresh election cooking. (I'm informed now that Alaska doesn't allow the Governor to appoint a short-term replacement, but requires a special election immediately). Finally, David tells me that the only "No" counties left in California for 8 are smallish ones and there just aren't enough No votes left to make up for the 315,000 advantage that "Yes" has. So the Decision Desk will call this in favor of ...

Stevens Holds Slim Lead in Alaska Senate Race
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... The convicted incumbent is ahead 48% to challenger Begich's 47% with 99% of precincts reporting. See latest totals here.       ...

Alaska’s Voters Pass on Accountability
The Agitator — ... With only early voting ballot counting remaining, convicted felon Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) leads challenger Mark Begich by by 3,300 votes. ...

Alaska's Voters Take a Pass on Accountability
Hit & Run — ... With only early voting ballot counting remaining, convicted felon Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) leads challenger Mark Begich by by 3,300 votes. ...

The Stevens Effect
Weekly Standard Blog — ... With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Ted Stevens is winning by 3,353 votes, but there are still 40,000 absentee ballots to be counted, so Begich would need to beat Stevens by 9 points among absentee voters in order to win. Stevens's performance is unexpected based on the ...

Alaska Gives the Finger to the Rule of Law
If I Ran the Zoo — With 99% of the votes counted, convicted felon Ted Stevens (R-AK) appears to have won re-election to the US Senate. I wish I could say I'm ...

Mark Nickolas: Will Prospect Of Palin Self-Appointment To Senate Save Stevens From Expulsion?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Not to rain on our post-election parade...but here's some food for thought...Among the yet-to-decided U.S. Senate races is the Alaska seat where 7-count convicted felon Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) is seeking re-election. The last count I've seen shows him with a modest lead. ...

Will the Re-Election of Convicted Felon Ted Stevens Lead to Sen. Sarah Palin?
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash — ... . Though Sen. Ted Stevens hasn't yet been confirmed as the winner of the Alaska Senate race, as of today, CNN has Stevens up over Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by more than 3,000 votes with 99 percent of precincts reporting. Stevens, who was convicted on all seven counts of failing to report improper gifts, has appealed the decision reached last week, and is not expected to be sentenced until after the appeal is settled. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has stated that Stevens ...

Reflections on the Elections
The Moderate Voice — ... Finally, in Alaska, incumbent Republican Ted Stevens, a convicted felon, continues to hold off challenger Mark Begich, 48 to 47, with 99 percent reporting. The race has tightened, and still to be counted, as the Anchorage Daily News ...

Senate Races Update: And Then There Were Three
Weekly Standard Blog — ... Merkley only holds a lead of 2,000 votes, most of the uncounted votes are from heavily-Democratic counties. If this projection holds up, that would give the Democrats 57 seats to the Republicans' 40. In the three other races still up in the air, GOP incumbents are poised to hold on to their seats by razor-thin margins, and thus help sustain the Republicans' ability to block some Democratic legislation with a filibuster. In Alaska, Ted Stevens is leading Mark Begich by 3,353 votes, but Begich will not concede until roughly 50,000 remaining ...

Something stinks in Alaska
The Reaction — ... As of right now, Republican incumbent Ted Stevens is leading Democratic challenger Mark Begich 48 to 47 (with 99 percent reporting) in their Senate race. The margin is 3,353 (with almost 210,000 votes counted). ...

What The Hell Happened In Alaska?
Open Left - Front Page — ... Alaska House campaign has more than doubled the post-2002 previous record for polling error. Here is a comparison of the final Alaskan election polls, according to Republican site Real Clear Politics, to the current results in Alaska for all three federal campaigns: President Final polling average: McCain +14.5% Current results: McCain +25.3% Shift: Republican +10.8% Senate Final polling average: Begich +10.3% Current result: Stevens +1.5% Shift: Republican +11.8% House ...

Something Stinks in Alaska
The Moderate Voice — ... As of right now, Republican incumbent Ted Stevens is leading Democratic challenger Mark Begich 48 to 47 (with 99 percent reporting) in their Senate race. The margin is 3,353 (with almost 210,000 votes counted). ...

Begich expands lead in Alaska Senate count
The Reaction — By Michael J.W. Stickings Democrat Mark Begich overtook Republican/felon Ted Stevens late yesterday, at one point holding a lead of just three votes, and he has expanded his lead as the counting continues. As the Anchorage Daily News is reporting (and CNN 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 ...