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 “Mike” Gravel to represent Alaska in the United States Senate.
Update: Oh, I forgot to mention: Happy birthday, Ted! Yes, Mr. Stevens turned 85 today. And what a birthday it was!
he doesn’t make a quixotic run for President as a nutcase libertarian in 2036, when I’ll be a scary 45 years old. Ugh. Sent a shiver down my spine there.
Oh, first comment. Bragging rights.
Is this a big enough margin so that a recount is NOT paid for by the State?
Did any down ballot races in the Alaska legislature change? It looks to me like a couple of Democrats are now slightly ahead.
certain bloggers were calling this year’s Senate results the biggest disappointment of the election? Well, 58 is pretty dang good, if you ask me! Plus, 59 seems at least a possibility.
This is God’s way of telling Sarah Palin that she is not needed in Washington.
What’s Sen. Dan Inouye (D-HI) going to do now that his best friend Stevens is going to be gone?
After Walt Minnick’s win in Idaho, Alaska was the last remaining state not to have Democratic representation either in the House, Senate, or Governorship.
The symbolism is so gratifying for me.
it looks like Palin/McCain was held under 60 and only beat Obama by 21 points, compared to Kerry’s 27 point loss and Gore’s 31 point loss. Hey, no one said it would be easy. But at least we’re getting Alaska to the realm of competitiveness, and were Palin not on the ticket I would expect us to do much better there.
Young unfortunately skates by on a 5% win. He has seen his winning percentages drop drastically over the past few elections, and maybe next time will be the charm. If he runs again, he is vulnerable.
How does it feel to have defeat as a birthday present, Ted? 😛
if this all the Senate seats we get. I really doubt we’ll win Georgia, that will have to be 100% GOTV and Obama doesn’t seem to be doing enough to turn out the AA vote in particular that could really put Martin over the top.
And MN, we could win a recount, we may not, 58 is still good enough for me. Man, I almost dont want Franken to win the recount, that is all I will see non-stop for months then in this state… I’m already sick of having to listen to this get dragged on and on.
Now this is funny – even the GOP thinks Uncle Ted is crooked:
http://thehill.com/campaign-20…
Happy Birthday, Ted!