Begich Will Be Alaska's First U.S. Senate Democrat Since Gravel

Political Machine found this 11/18/2008 on www.fivethirtyeight.com (flag)

Democrat Mark Begich will win the Alaska Senate race. With 14,626 of the roughly 24,000 ballots left to count today, Begich's lead over Republican Ted Stevens is now, 2,374. The remaining results are expected to arrive later this afternoon. Stevens would have to win by a margin of over 25% of ... (link)

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Ted Stevens Going Down in Defeat, Disgrace
Published 11/18/2008 by David Knowles at Political Machine
... Math superstar Nate Silver has been looking over the latest numbers from up north and has now called the Alaska Senate race in Democratic challenger Mark Begich's favor: ...

Begich likely to win Alaska Senate race
Published 11/18/2008 by Claudia, Assistant Editor at PoliGazette
... Mark Begich has expanded his lead over convicted felon and incumbent Republican Ted Stevens as the votes continue to be tallied in Alaska. ...

Mark Begich Defeats Ted Stevens to Become Alaska’s Next U.S. Senator
Published 11/19/2008 by twolf1 at Firedoglake
... Today, Alaska election officials counted the remainder of the votes. The first result they released was more bad news for Stevens, Begich had increased his lead to 2,374 votes. The result? Another Democratic win! ...

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Begich Leads By 814 Going Into Thursday

Swing State Project found this 11/13/2008 on www.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 ...

Jonathan Garthwaite: Re: Senator Stevens

The Hill's Blog Briefing Room found this 11/13/2008 on www.townhall.com

The Alaska Secretary of State just released new numbers in the Senate election. Democrat Mark Begich now leads by three votes. That would give the Dems 58. Al Franken and his buddy in the MN elections office have a...

Begich Expanding Lead Over Stevens -- Little By Little

The Hollywood Liberal found this 11/16/2008 on tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com

Some more ballots are being counted in the exhausting Alaska Senate race, with Democrat Mark Begich's lead over GOP Senator and convicted felon Ted Stevens increasing just a little bit more. Begich's lead has gone from 814 votes to 1,022 votes. In ...

Begich, Not Palin, is the Future of Alaska

Posted 11/19/2008 on Booman Tribune

It's hard to exaggerate how much Sarah Palin's star is going to unjustly dim Mark Begich's star now that he has been elected the new senator from Alaska. But it won't last. Mark Begich is an unusual Democrat. He loves to call in to right-wing (or any kind of) talk radio shows. He isn't at all ...

Hulk Smushed! Mark Begich declared winner in Alaska

Posted 11/19/2008 on Crooks and Liars

Download | Play Download | Play Mark Begich finally takes down Ted Stevens, the rampaging Hulk from Alaska. Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, the Republican lawmaker convicted on felony corruption charges in October, appears to have lost his bid for re-election to Democrat Mark Begich, ...

Democrat Mark Begich wins Alaska Senate

Posted 11/19/2008 on 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 ...

AK-Sen: Begich Wins

Posted 11/19/2008 on Swing State Project

In case you didn't hear, the Associated Press and the Anchorage Daily News have called the Alaska Senate race for Democrat Mark Begich. Begich is currently sitting on a lead of 3,724 votes, with only about 2,500 special absentees outstanding. Begich is now the first Democrat since Maurice ...

Stevens loses Alaska Senate seat to Democrat

Posted 11/19/2008 on Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News

Source: [b]MSNBC/ AP[/b] WASHINGTON - Convicted Sen. Ted Stevens lost his re-election bid to Democrat Mark Begich on Tuesday after the last large batch of votes was counted. The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after ...

AP Calls It For Begich

Posted 11/19/2008 on Daily Kos

Looks like Mark Begich will be setting up a new office in DC after all..... MSNBC is reporting the race in Alaska has been called for Mark Begich. WASHINGTON - Convicted Sen. Ted Stevens lost his re-election bid to Democrat Mark Begich after the last large batch of votes was counted Tuesday. ...

Begich Expanding Lead Over Stevens — Little By Little

Posted 11/16/2008 on The Hollywood Liberal

Begich Expanding Lead Over Stevens -- Little By Little Some more ballots have been counted in the exhausting Alaska Senate race, with Democrat Mark Begich's lead over GOP Senator and convicted felon Ted Stevens increasing just a little bit more. Begich's lead has gone from 814 votes ...

Mark Begich widens lead over Ted Stevens

Posted 11/16/2008 on Crooks and Liars

Let's hope this trend continues and Stevens finally gets the axe. Democrat Mark Begich now leads Sen. Ted Stevens (R) by just over 1,000 votes with more than 90 percent of the total ballots now counted in the high-profile Alaska Senate race. The Alaska Division of Elections counted another ...

Begich expands lead in Alaska

Posted 11/15/2008 on HorsesAss.Org

Democrat Mark Begich now leads Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens by 1061 votes. That may not sound like an awful lot, but as the remaining ballots continue to trend in Begich’s favor, it sure does look like Stevens will be hanging up his Incredible Hulk tie. And that’s a good thing, as we ...

One More Dem in the Senate?

Posted 11/13/2008 on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines

As Alaska election officials continue to count ballots, Democrat Mark Begich has gone from roughly 3,000 votes down to a lead of about 800. His rival, convicted felon and “series of tubes” prophet Sen. Ted Stevens, will likely be expelled from the U.S. Senate if he somehow ...

Begich Expands Lead in Alaska Senate Count

Posted 11/13/2008 on The Moderate Voice

Democrat Mark Begich overtook Republican/felon Ted Stevens late yesterday, at one point holding a lead of just three votes , and he has expanded his lead as the counting continues. As the Anchorage Daily News is reporting (and CNN and Alaska Elections have the same numbers), Begich is now ...

Begich expands lead in Alaska Senate count

Posted 11/13/2008 on The Reaction

By Michael J.W. Stickings Democrat Mark Begich overtook Republican/felon Ted Stevens late yesterday, at one point holding a lead of just three votes , and he has expanded his lead as the counting continues. As the Anchorage Daily News is reporting (and CNN and Alaska Elections have the ...

Townhall.com

Posted 11/13/2008 on The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

With Democrat Mark Begich taking the lead in the Senate race in Alaska and Democrat Al Franken having a great shot at overtaking Sen. Norm Coleman (R) in Minnesota, all that stands in the way of a 60-seat Democratic majority is Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.), writes Jonathan Garthwaite. While GOP ...

One More Dem in the Senate?

Posted 11/13/2008 on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines

As Alaska election officials continue to count ballots, Democrat Mark Begich has gone from roughly 3,000 votes down to a commanding lead of about 800. His rival, convicted felon and “series of tubes” prophet Sen. Ted Stevens, will likely be expelled from the Senate if he ...

Daily Kos

Posted 11/13/2008 on The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Democrat Mark Begich now leads Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) by 814 votes, with another 38,000 votes from Begich-friendly areas to be counted, writes kos. While unnamed sources are suggesting in the Wall Street Journal that President-elect Barack Obama will be "reasonable" and will not overhaul ...

MORNING READ

Posted 11/13/2008 on The Hill's Blog Briefing Room

Democratic proposals to bailout automakers earn skepticism from bloggers on both sides. A bailout may just prolong the companies' inevitable failures, which would lead to trouble for their employees, according to bloggers. Democrat Mark Begich has overtaken Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) in their ...

Stevens Trails Begich In Alaska Senate Race

Posted 11/13/2008 on The Huffington Post | Full News Feed

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Just as Sen. Ted Stevens appeared ready to take his criminal record back to Congress _ perhaps opening a door for Gov. Sarah Palin to replace him _ his re-election bid faltered. Democrat Mark Begich, who trailed Stevens by more than 3,200 votes to start the day ...

Democrat Begich Takes 800 Vote Lead Over Ted Stevens

Posted 11/13/2008 on Weekly Standard Blog

The Anchorage Daily News reports : Mark Begich made a dramatic comeback Wednesday to overtake 40-year incumbent Ted Stevens for the lead in Alaska's U.S. Senate race. Begich, who was losing after election night, now leads Stevens by 814 votes -- 132,196 to 131,382 -- with the state still ...

Hulk Lose More Votes

Posted 11/13/2008 on Booman Tribune

Or, to be precise, Mark Begich, Anchorage's Mayor and Ted "Hulk" Stevens' Democratic opponent for Steven's Senate seat from Alaska has gained more votes in the ongoing counting process. The lead for Begich is now up to 814 votes! Stevens Trails By 814 Votes in Alaska Recount Democrat Mark ...

In Alaska, Democrat Begich is now ahead of Felon Stevens by 814

Posted 11/13/2008 on AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth

As of 7:33 PM Alaska Time, Democrat Mark Begich had increased his lead over Ted Stevens to 814 votes. A couple hours ago, Begich was up by 3 votes. When the day started, before the counting of absentees and early votes began, Stevens was up by over 3,000 votes. Begich has 132,196 votes ...