klewtv.com - 11/19/2008
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Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count.
news.yahoo.com - 11/19/2008
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AP - Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost
his bid for a seventh term. The longest-serving Republican
in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count. That's an insurmountable lead with only about ...
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Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid
(AP)
adn.com - 11/18/2008
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Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich's lead over Sen. Ted
Stevens is growing as ballot counting continues today in
the race for U.S. Senate. The latest numbers, issued just before 1 p.m., show Begich up by 2,374 votes. The state has counted over 16,000 ...
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Begich lead over Stevens grows: 2008 Election
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Ted Stevens loses Alaska Senate election.
Think Progress —
The AP reports:
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term.
The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday’s count.
That’s an insurmountable lead with only about 2,500 overseas ballots left to be counted.
In their GOP conference meeting today, Senate Republicans punted on whether to formally kick Stevens out of their caucus. ...
AP: Stevens Loses Senate Race
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Tuesday's vote count showed the convicted Alaska Senator trailing Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,700 votes-- more than the 2,500 overseas ballots still uncounted. ...
Felonious Ted Is OVER...
Blah3 Feed —
Bye, Ted... Maybe your friends with the former VECO will decorate your prison cell for you. via AP Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday’s count. That’s an insurmountable lead with only about 2,500 overseas ballots left to be counted. Expect Felonious Ted to pitch a fit and demand a recount. Also expect the Senate to slap him with a wet teabag, or an ...
Mark Begich defeats Ted Stevens
Majikthise —
... Fireworks, originally uploaded by Lindsay Beyerstein. The AP reports that Ted Stevens has lost to Mark Begich in Alaska.
Democrat Mark Begich wins Alaska Senate
BlueOregon —
The Associated Press is reporting that Democrat Mark Begich has defeated Ted Stevens for the U.S. Senate:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power and Alaska icon who couldn't survive a conviction on federal corruption charges. His defeat to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich moves Senate Democrats closer to a filibuster-proof 60-vote majority.
Stevens' ouster on his 85th birthday marks an abrupt realignment in ...
Bye Bye Senator Ted Stevens - Finally
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog —
... Tuesday’s vote count showed the convicted Alaska Senator trailing Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,700 votes– more than the 2,500 overseas ballots still uncounted. ...
‘Kristol Ball’ Breaks: Stevens Will ‘Hang On In Alaska,’ McCain Will Conquer The ‘Path To The Presidency’
Think Progress —
... in Alaska’s tight U.S. Senate race, defeating Ted Stevens’s hopes of coming back for a seventh term. As the AP notes, “Tuesday’s tally of just over 24,000 absentee and other ballots gave Begich 146,286, or 47.56 percent, to 143,912, or 46.76 percent, for Stevens.” A big part of Stevens’s downfall was his ...
Ted Stevens refuses to talk to Mark Begich.
Think Progress —
... lost his U.S. Senate re-election bid to Democrat Mark Begich. The Anchorage Daily News reports that while Begich has tried to reach out, Stevens is ignoring him. Begich’s press secretary Julie Hasquet, said that Begich called Stevens “couple days after the race was final, left a message and ...
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stoptheaclu.com 11/19/2008 — Why this is news, I have no idea. The man was crazy not to resign and concede after a conviction!
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall ...
Happy Birthday, Ted Stevens. You lose.
latimesblogs.latimes.com 11/18/2008 — Alaska's long-serving Republican senator, Ted Stevens , turned 85 today.
He also lost an election recount against his Democratic opponent, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich .
Which means Stevens does not get a seventh term. And it means one more ...
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid —
Wash Post Elections 11/19/2008
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count. That's an insurmountable lead with ...
Sen. Ted Stevens Loses Reelection Bid —
Wash Post Elections 11/19/2008
Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) defeated Sen. Ted Stevens, ending the tenure of the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, after the counting of more ballots yesterday gave him a larger lead than the number of votes still untallied, Alaska ...