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The Alaska Senate race has been called for Mark Begich (D), meaning that convicted felon, Sen. Ted Stevens, will not return to the United States Senate in 2009:
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term.This also means that Democrats will hold at least 58 seats when the new Congress comes into session in January.The longest-serving Republican in the history of the Senate trailed Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,724 votes after Tuesday's count.
That's an insurmountable lead with only about 2,500 overseas ballots left to be counted.
[UPDATE] McQ stole my headline. I guess great Georgians think alike.
Comments
Interesting. Right now, undecided Georgians may be evaluating the significance of whether a victory by Martin could give Democrats 60 seats in the Senate, enough to give the party outright control of that body, or we are electing a senator to represent the people and needs of this state for the next six years.
Steven
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Posted by: newrepublican | November 19, 2008 09:01 AM