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Stevens' Lead Shrinks to 971 Votes, With Many Yet to be Counted
The state of Alaska is now reporting that Ted Stevens has 118,602 votes to Mark Begich's 117,631, a gap of 971 ballots. This incorporates 28,519 ballots which have been counted since this morning. Prior to today, Stevens' lead over Begich had been 3,257 votes, with the state of Alaska having ...
Latest tally: Begich leads Stevens by 3 votes
Latest tally: Begich leads Stevens by 3 votes
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. (more) Latest tally: Begich leads Stevens by 3 votes
Vote tally trend favors Begich for Senate
Vote tally trend favors Begich for Senate
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. (more) Vote tally trend favors Begich for Senate
Begich Leads By 814 Going Into Thursday
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 ... (more) Begich Leads By 814 Going Into Thursday
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Stevens's Lead Shrinks
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Begich overtakes Stevens in Alaska vote count
The Reaction — ... Stevens had a lead of 3,353 with almost 210,000 votes counted before today. His lead was down to 971 earlier today, with 28,519 additional votes counted, but now Begich is ...

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