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Still More Signs That Stevens Is Going Down
TPM Election Central —
... The Anchorage Daily News analyzed the remaining 41,000 ballots left to be counted in this truly bizarre and drawn-out contest, and the numbers are very promising for Democratic challenger Mark Begich. It turns out that 56% of the remaining votes are from areas that Begich has carried in the votes already counted. ...
Odds Favor Begich in Alaska
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire —
Fifty six percent of the 41,000 votes yet to be counted in Alaska's U.S. Senate race come from areas of the state that backed Mark Begich (D) over Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) on Election Day, according to analysis by the Anchorage Daily News. ...
Vote tally trend favors Begich for Senate
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... News analysis, based on data provided by the state Division of Elections, shows that 56 percent of those ballots come from districts that favored Begich on Nov. 4. The state will count about 40 percent of remaining ballots today and the rest early next week. Democrats like the trend but are wary of expressing too much confidence in a state that for decades has proven a graveyard for their hopes. "I'll celebrate when I hear the words ... 'and the winner is,' " Begich said. Read more: http://www.adn.com/elections/senate/story/588675.html
Ted Stevens' chances deteriorate
Political Animal —
TED STEVENS' CHANCES DETERIORATE.... The Anchorage Daily News took a closer look at the remaining ballots in the state's closely-watched U.S. Senate race. Republicans aren't going to like what the paper found. 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. That's not a good sign for Republican Sen. Ted Stevens as he seeks to overcome Begich's 814-vote lead when counting resumes today of just over 41,000 remaining ballots. A Daily News analysis, ...
Martin and Begich update: the Lazarus edition
BlueOregon —
... The Alaska race between Democrat Mark Begich and Ted Stevens (R-still a convicted felon) is getting bluer by the day. The Anchorage Daily News reports that the vote tally now favors Begich: ...
More votes counted today in Alaska: "The Stevens campaign has fallen silent"
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Another day of vote counting in Alaska today, although it won't all be finished until at least Tuesday. The trends and the places where votes remain to be counted look good for Begich: ...
Alaska Update: Begich Leads By 1,061
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
There's been an update today in the Alaska Senate race, with 11,612 more votes counted. Mark Begich now leads incumbent Ted Stevens by 1,061 votes. Per Sean Cockerham at the Anchorage Daily News, the ballots counted today: About 510 questioned ballots from Southeast, the Peninsula and Southwest Alaska About 5,180 absentee and questioned ballots from Mat-Su Questioned, absentee ballots from Richardson Highway and the Interior About 3,600 absentee and questioned ballots from Western and Northwest Alaska, and North Slope ...
Friday evening links
Sister Toldjah —
... —– Related to that, the Alaska Senate race is still undecided, but the Anchorage Daily News is reporting that the absentee ballot tallying taking place there favors Democrat Mark Begich to replace disgraced Alaska Republican Senator Ted Stevens. ...
A Little Late But Blue America Welcomes Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH)
DownWithTyranny! —
... by Tom Perriello shocked most Beltway types and this was quickly followed by mixed news from the Northwest, a loss for Darcy Burner in Washington and a win for Oregon Senator-elect Jeff Merkley. It now looks like Mark Begich will win the Alaska Senate seat against GOP felon Ted Stevens. That leaves one still undecided, very close race for us-- ...
A Little Late But Blue America Welcomes Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH)
Firedoglake —
... by Tom Perriello shocked most Beltway types and this was quickly followed by mixed news from the Northwest, a loss for Darcy Burner in Washington and a win for Oregon Senator-elect Jeff Merkley. It now looks like Mark Begich will win the Alaska Senate seat against GOP felon Ted Stevens. ...
