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fivethirtyeight.com - 11/8/2008

Uncounted Votes May Push Begich Past Stevens

— fivethirtyeight.com — Although Ted Stevens currently holds a lead of approximately 3,200 votes in ballots counted to date in Alaska's senate contest, there is good reason to believe that the ballots yet to be counted -- the vast majority of which are early and absentee ... (more) Uncounted Votes May Push Begich Past Stevens

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Mark Begich

Ted Stevens

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fivethirtyeight.com - 11/6/2008

What In The Hell Happened in Alaska?

— fivethirtyeight.com — Although Ted Stevens holds a small lead in Alaska and is the favorite to retain his seat, the outcome is not as inevitable as it might appear to be. Stevens currently holds a lead of 3,353 votes, or about 1.5 percent of the votes tallied so far. But, ... (more) What In The Hell Happened in Alaska?

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Ted Stevens

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adn.com - 11/5/2008

Stevens leads Begich by thin margin: 2008 Election

— adn.com — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was leading challenger Mark Begich with most of the election returns in hand Tuesday night, despite being found guilty of seven felonies and polls showing him in deep trouble. With more than 80 percent of the precincts ... (more) Stevens leads Begich by thin margin: 2008 Election

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Ted Stevens

Mark Begich

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Hey, Alaska! This is who your next Senator may be. (And Republicans? She wants to be your nominee in 2012)
Brilliant at Breakfast — ... But since Sarah Palin is likely to appoint herself to replace convicted felon Ted Stevens in the Senate and give herself a national stage for the next four years, I think we need to come up with an appropriate term for someone as, well, trashy as Sarah Palin. In Yiddish we could call her shtik dreck, which as with most Yiddishisms, has a lovely onomatopoaeic quality to it. But we need an expression that will play in the heartland where Wasilla's answer to Leona Helmsley is likely to seek support for her 2012 run against Barack Obama. ...