Alaska Senate Update: Begich Increases Lead Over Stevens
Alaska voting update: Begich increases lead to 1022 votes!
| Begich, Mark | DEM | 138959 | 47.37% |
| Bird, Bob | AI | 12144 | 4.14% |
| Gianoutsos, Ted | NA | 1249 | 0.43% |
| Haase, Fredrick D. | LIB | 2270 | 0.77% |
| Stevens, Ted | REP | 137937 | 47.02% |
| Write-in Votes | 786 | 0.27% |
http://www.elect.alaska.net/data/results.htm
The Anchorage Daily News reports:
Mark Begich has extended his lead over Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens to 1,022 votes with the latest count of absentee and questioned ballots. The Elections Division counted 14,508 ballots today. The count of absentee and questioned ballots will pick up Tuesday. The state has an estimated 24,000 more ballots left to count in the race.
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The fact that the Democratic Begich's lead over the Republican Stevens is increasing even as ballots are counted from the Stevens stronghold of the Mat-Su is not a good sign for the 40-year incumbent's chances to retain his seat.
The Elections Division on Tuesday will count absentee ballots from Anchorage, which has generally been split between Begich and Stevens, as well as Southeast Alaska, which is heavily pro-Begich.
Update from Kos:
That's another 10,000 counted, leaving roughly 28,000 or so ballots left, most from Begich-friendly districts.
So we're at .35 percent. If Begich gets over 0.5 percent, any recount would have to be paid by the GOP. Under that, and the state pays for it.
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