AK-Sen: Mark Begich now 3 votes ahead of Ted Stevens!

[Alexander]

http://www.elections.alaska.gov/08general/data/results.htm

US SENATOR
Total
Number of Precincts 438
Precincts Reporting 438 100.0 %
Times Counted 267941/495731 54.0 %
Total Votes 264655
Begich, Mark DEM 125019 47.24%
Bird, Bob AI 10913 4.12%
Gianoutsos, Ted NA 1076 0.41%
Haase, Fredrick D. LIB 1961 0.74%
Stevens, Ted REP 125016 47.24%
Write-in Votes 670 0.25%

[Bicoastal]

1. I KNEW there were a whole buncha votes that hadn't been counted!

Did they expect us to believe that that Alaska turnout was way DOWN, compared to 2004? With their Governor in the running--really?

[d_b]

2. absentee pwnt

*crosses fingers

[backscatter712]

3. Holy shit, Batman!

Just saw that headline on Olberman. Damn, that's close!

That pretty much guarantees a recount - better send a shitload of election protection lawyers up there to stop any shenanigans...

[Orsino]

4. Who's that eatin' that nasty crow?

It's Stevens! It's Stevens! :woohoo:

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

5. And So Many More To Go! WE'VE GOT THIS FRIGGIN THING!!!!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Stinky The Clown]

6. Isn't that absolutely amazing?

Three votes.

[d_b]

7. Mark became mayor by like

15 or 18 votes lol

[tammywammy]

13. And this is why anyone that says their vote "doesn't count" is just sooo wrong!

[Blue_In_AK]

15. We have a history of very, very close elections here.

Alaskans are far from unanimous. :rofl: In fact, probably no two think alike.

[Kip Humphrey]

8. B-bye, Sarah.

[Doodler71]

9. *****crossing my fingers***********

:bounce:

[BlueManDude]

10. F**** Yeah!!!!

[tom_paine]

11. YEEEEE EEEEEE - HAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAWWWWW WWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:woohoo:

[HERVEPA]

12. Analysis from fivethirtyeight.com

Begich Goes Into Lead by Three Votes

Roughly 15,000 additional votes have come in in Alaska, with more to come, and Democrat Mark Begich has taken a three-vote lead over Republican Ted Stevens, 125019 to 125016.

More to come tonight and in the coming few days to finish off the race, but given where we expect the remaining votes are located, this looks very good for Begich. It looks very bad for Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher, and Andrew Sullivan, who probably wanted the material if Sarah Palin were to run to replace Stevens in a special election.

This might be a good time to mention to readers that FiveThirtyEight will be on the ground in Minnesota and Georgia in the coming weeks to cover the recount/runoff.

[The Doctor.]

14. No Recount! It's uncunstitotinal!

LMAO!