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Palin Congratulates Begich after Sen. Stevens Concedes

The Democratic Daily found this 11/20/2008 on blogs.wsj.com

Joel Millman reports on the Senate race in Alaska. 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. Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich , a Democrat, had been building a steady, if small, lead over the incumbent as the last of 60,000 absentee and early-voting ballots were tallied by state officials. Late Tuesday night, Begich learned his lead increased to 3,724 ...