"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."Since the remaining votes to be counted come from counties which lean towards Begich, it looks very probable that Democrat Mark Begich is going to be the new Senator from Alaska.
If Begich becomes Senator for Alaska, this forecloses the possibility that Sarah Palin might run for Ted Stevens's seat when he resigns because of his felony conviction. For Palin this news represents another door closing.
Since the recount in Minnesoata appears to be going for Democrat Al Franken, that means it is very likely that the Democrats together with Joe Lieberman are going to have 59 votes in the the Democratic caucus in the Senate in the 111th Congress. That means that the December 2 run-off between incumbent Republican Saxby Chambliss and Democratic challenger Jim Martin is becoming a national race for a Senate with a filibuster-proof Democratic majority.
As I wrote earlier, the November 4th election is not yet over.
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Well, Stevens deserves to lose. I got to write about it, too
http://jumpinginpools.blogspot.com/2008/11/one-republican-i-wanted-to-lose-is.html
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