blogs.wsj.com - 11/17/2008
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
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adn.com - 11/18/2008
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adn.com —
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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The Swamp —
... (Read the rest of Brown's posting from his Political Perceptions column on wsj.com. Brown is assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, specializes in polling of electoral battleground states. ) ...
Penultimate Alaska Update; Uncalled Congressional Races
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
... Quinnipiac assistant director Peter A. Brown, writing in the Wall Street Journal, says that "Unlce Ted" is "less than even money." Now that's charity. (In other news, the 2-8 St. Louis Rams are "less than even money" to win the NFC West this year.) Brown's piece is more about Sarah Palin preferring Stevens to win so that she could launch a 2012 presidential bid from his seat after he is expelled from the Senate. ...
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Palin Congratulates Begich after Sen. Stevens Concedes
blogs.wsj.com 11/20/2008 — 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 ...
Stevens Pollster: Race Is Over, Begich Will Win
huffingtonpost.com 11/13/2008 — Alaska-based GOP pollster David Dittman, who worked for Sen. Ted Stevens during this year's primary race, believes Democratic challenger Mark Begich is all but certain to expand his current razor-thin lead and snatch the seat.
"I don't think ...
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 ...
Stevens Says Victory Is at Hand
rollcall.com 11/5/2008 — Embattled Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens' (R) campaign stopped just short of declaring victory Wednesday afternoon, releasing a statement declaring it is "almost mathematically impossible" for Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich (D) to win the Senate race as vote ...
Begich lead over Stevens grows
adn.com 11/16/2008 — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is in grave danger of losing re-election after Mark Begich widened his lead to 1,022 votes Friday.
AP: Ted Stevens Has Lost Re-Election
tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com 11/19/2008 — The Associated Press has projected that GOP Senator and convicted felon Ted Stevens has lost re-election, with the final major batch of absentee ballots giving Democratic challenger Mark Begich an insurmountable lead.
The current vote count : ...
Stevens loses Alaska Senate race - Yahoo! News
news.yahoo.com 11/19/2008 — ANCHORAGE, Alaska 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 ...
Begich lead over Stevens grows: Top Stories
adn.com 11/15/2008 — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is in grave danger of losing re-election after Mark Begich widened his lead to 1,022 votes Friday. More than 90 percent of the votes are now counted, and Friday's count of absentee and questioned ballots could have been ...
Can Sen. Stevens Vote for Himself?
volokh.com 10/29/2008 — The Politico raises the question of whether Senator Ted Stevens, now that he is a convicted felon, can vote for his own reelection to the U.S. Senate. Under Alaska law,...
Sarah Palin Invites You to Alaska —
Wash Post Federal Page 11/17/2008
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin lost no time getting down to work upon her return to gubernatorial duties, despite the distractions of having to cook meals for television reporters interviewing her. Job One: counteracting the effects of plummeting oil prices ...
GOP's future: Palin back at work —
First Read 11/18/2008
The AP outlines some of Palin's challenges as she heads back to governing in Alaska. Among them: "Palin's state budget proposal is due in a month, with plummeting oil prices slashing Alaska's revenues by billions of dollars. The 1,700-mile natural gas ...
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