Begich ahead by 814!!!!!

[kpete]

Watching the count at AK Division of Elections (with pictures)--Begich ahead by 814!!!!!
by: Celtic Diva
Thu Nov 13, 2008 at 02:29
(Here's a report on the count direct from Alaska. - promoted by tremayne)

http://www.openleft.com/frontPage.do

The best news of all, however, arrived much later in the evening. First, it came from two phone calls before it was official, then from an email at 8:28 PM when it was:

Hey, below is a statement from Mark Begich after today's ballot counting. According to the Division of Election, at the end today, Begich is ahead by 814 votes. (Begich: 132,196 at 47.41%, Stevens: 131,382 at 47.12%) I will send along an update on the process for counting the remainder of the votes tomorrow morning (Alaska time). As always, feel free to call or email with any questions.

Thanks,

Bethany

"I've always said that this would be a close race. After watching the votes today, I remain cautiously optimistic. As I have said before, we ran an aggressive campaign, especially when it came to early voting and absentee. From what we're seeing, thousands of Alaskans, like me, did come out and vote early. I'm confident that Alaskans, like the rest of the country, want a new direction in Washington , and ultimately that will be reflected in the results."

-- Mark Begich

Yup, it was a good day. However, there are still 40,000 ballots to go!

Details & Lots of pics:
http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9907
OFFICIAL COUNT:
http://www.elections.alaska.gov/08general/data/results.htm

[CatWoman]

1. GREAT NEWS!!!

:kick: & R!!

[Jennicut]

2. Yea! No Phalin for Senator!

[mwb970]

3. Why are they so slow to count these votes?

The election was nine days ago, for God's sake. What are they doing?

[countingbluecars]

4. Oh no, Sarah Palin!

That door may not be so easy to "plow through".

[d_b]

5. come on begich!! woohoo!

There hasn't been a Democratic Senator here in my lifetime!

[onehandle]

6. Yikes. Unexpected. However, 40k is a lot. Go Begich! Go Franken! Go Martin! nt

[Stevepol]

10. MY PREDICTIONS:

In AK Begich wins

In MN Franken wins

In GA Diebold wins

[onehandle]

12. I tend to agree. Especially on your third prediction. nt

[1776Forever]

7. Fantastic news! Now if Fraken can hold on and win - Wow - What a parteeeee!

:woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :applause:

[Smuckies]

8. Good!!

:applause:

[bdamomma]

9. oh what great news.

Stevens the felon is on his way out.

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

11. These uncounted ballots, which are being counted now,

shouldn't they also change the Presidential tally?