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Alaska Senate Race

Jason Linkins

Begich On "Maddow" Stresses Magnanimity, Change (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.21.2008 | Media

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, Video, Mark Begich, The Rachel Maddow Show, Rachel Maddow, Sarah Palin, Ted Stevens, Media News

Victorious in his race to unseat Alaska's best known collector of illicit felony-booty Ted Stevens, Democratic Senator-elect Mark Begich made an appea...

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Mark Begich On How He Beat Ted Stevens

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, Begich Wins, Stevens Begich, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Mark Begich Interview, Alaska Senate, Mark Begich Wins, Politics News

NPR News' Morning Edition spoke with Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich the night of his win over Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. Begich told host Renee Montagne...

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Jason Linkins

Mark Begich Discusses AK Race With Maddow: 'Cautiously Optimistic'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.15.2008 | Media

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Rachel Maddow, Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, Media News

Mark Begich came on The Rachel Maddow Show last night ("It's an honor to be here," he said, TOTALLY crushing!) to discuss the state of the Alaska vote...

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Neck And Neck: Senate Races Deadlocked

Huffington Post | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, Ted Stevens, Saxby Chambliss Jim Martin, Norm Coleman Al Franken, Georgia Senate Race, Senate Races, Ted Stevens Mark Begich, Minnesota Senate Race, Neck and Neck, Politics News

The three Senate races that will determine whether the Democrats gain that coveted 60-seat majority are still deadlocked - by the slimmest of margins ...

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Stevens Trailing By 3 Votes In Alaska Senate Race

AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 12.13.2008 | Home

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, 3 Votes, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Ted Stevens Down by 3 Votes, Ted Stevens Begich, Alaska 3 Votes, Begich Ted Stevens, Home News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, a titan of Alaska politics convicted of felony charges last month, fell behind by three votes W...

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Begich Takes Lead In Alaska Senate Race -- By 3 Votes!

Anchorage Daily News | Sean Cockerham | Posted 12.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens Begich, 3 Votes, Alaska Senate Race, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Ted Stevens Down by 3 Votes, Begich Ted Stevens, Politics News

The elections division still has over 10,000 ballots left to count today and thousands more through next week, but the latest numbers show Mark Begich...

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30 percent of Alaska ballots waiting to be counted

AP | DAN JOLING | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: One Third of Ballots, Ted Stevens Ballots, Alaska Senate Race, Alaska Election, 30 Percent Alaska, 30 Percent of Ballots, Senate Races, Ballots Alaska, Politics News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A week after Election Day, about 30 percent of the Alaska votes that will decide the fate of convicted U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens...

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Dem Begich Could Still Beat Ted Stevens

FiveThirtyEight | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens Win, Ted Stevens Reelection, Alaska Senate Race, Senate Races, Stevens Begich, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Begich Stevens Race, Politics News

Although Ted Stevens currently holds a lead of approximately 3,200 votes in ballots counted to date in Alaska's senate contest, there is good reason t...

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Filibuster-Proof Democratic Majority Begins to Line Up in U.S. Senate

Brad Friedman | Posted 12.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, Ted Stevens, Al Franken Senate, Minnesota, Al Franken, Georgia, U.S. Senate, Mark Begich, Democratic Majority, Al Franken Norm Coleman, Diebold, Norm Coleman, Sarah Palin, ES&S, Election Integrity, Alaska, Jim Martin, Saxby Chambliss, Election Results, Home News
Brad Friedman

Setting aside whether or not a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate is a good or bad thing, the undecided races at this hour are quickly summarized below.

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Will Prospect Of Palin In Senate Save Stevens From Expulsion?

Mark Nickolas | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sarah Palin Ted Stevens, Alaska Senate Race, U.S. Senate, Ted Stevens, Senate Expulsion, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

One might believe that some in that chamber might believe that Stevens remaining is the lesser of two evils.

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Ted Stevens Holds Slim Lead, Race Undecided

AP | MARY PEMBERTON | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Senate Races, Alaska, Senator, Alaskan Senator, Alaska House Race, Alaska Senate Race, House Races, Don Young, Politics News

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — After a sometimes thrilling, sometimes bumpy run in the national spotlight, Alaska saw its governor defeated for vice presid...

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Seth Colter Walls

Dems Use FBI's Wiretap Against Stevens In New Ad

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, Ted Stevens, Ted Stevens Corruption, Begich Stevens, Marc Begich, Stevens Veco, Attack Ads, Politics News

It won't likely be crowed the flashiest ad of the season, but the latest television spot produced by Democrats fighting the reelection of Alaska Sen. ...

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Can We Survive Minority Rule?

Carl Pope | Posted 10.31.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Renewable Energy, Alaska Senate Race, Renewable Energy Tax Credit, Bailout, 100 Days, Green News
Carl Pope

The House and Senate are each blaming the other for the failure to move on this vital and uncontroversial clean-energy measure.

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Palin Love Can't Save Alaska GOP

Politico | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens Reelection, Alaska House Race, Alaska Senate Race, Alaska Election, Ted Stevens, Alaska Republicans, Sarah Palin, Alaska Gop, Don Young, Politics News

Apparently, putting Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on the Republican presidential ticket was enough to take the state's electoral votes out of play, but ...

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Seth Colter Walls

In Red State Alaska, Dem Senate Hopeful Moves With Confidence

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 09.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens, Alaska, Ted Stevens Indicted, Mark Begich, George W. Bush, Georgia, Iraq, Barack Obama, Alaska Senate Race, Senate Alaska, Begish Race, Mark Begich Interview, Politics News

It's hardly news that Republicans have outperformed Democrats in recent years when it comes to Alaska. But Anchorage Mayor and U.S. Senate hopeful Mar...

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Senator Ted Stevens' (Non-) Environmental Legacy -- And The Alaska Senate Race

Kate Sheppard | Posted 08.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Alaska Senator Indicted, Senator Ted Stevens, Alaska Senate Race, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Ted Stevens Corruption, Dave Cuddy, Alaska Senator Corruption, Ted Stevens Oil, Oil, Ted Stevens Indicted, VECO Corp, Green News
Kate Sheppard

The big question is whether Stevens will give up his race for reelection -- he has represented Alaska in the U.S. Senate since 1968. Even before the indictment, the race was expected to be a squeaker.

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Seth Colter Walls

For Alaska GOP, What Comes Next Is Still Up To An Indicted Uncle Ted

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Indictment, Alaska Primary, Politics News

Often, when a politician gets indicted, the range of options narrow. But for Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, who was hit with seven indictments by a federal ...

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Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) Down 9 Points In New Poll

Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ted Stevens 2008, Ted Stevens Reelection, Alaska Senate Race, Mark Begich 2008, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Ted Stevens Polls, Mark Begich Polls, Alaska Senate Polls, Ted Stevens Mark Begich, Politics News

A new Rasmussen poll shows Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican Senator in history, losing 50-41 to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich. Six years ago...

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Another Alaska Republican Covered In Scandal

Amanda Coyne | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, Ted Stevens, Bill Allen, Alaska Corruption, Alaska, John Cowdery, Don Young, VECO Corp, Alaska Oil, Barack Obama, U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, Home News
Amanda Coyne

GOP lawmakers John Cowdery and Donny Olson were secretly recorded in a restaurant with former VECO oil executive Bill Allen. "[Allen] wants you "to vote the way we voted... [We] can probably go $25,000."

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Life Is A Picnic For Democrats In Alaska

Amanda Coyne | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

Read More: Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Senate Race, Ted Stevens, Diane Benson, Mark Begich, Ethan Berkowitz, Alaska Politics, Don Young, Alaska Corruption, Republicans Alaska, Fifty State Strategy, Obama Anwr, Alaska Obama, Obama West, Republicans West, 50 State Strategy, Home News
Amanda Coyne

When the FBI arrived in 2006 brandishing warrants, the official Democratic Party line was: "It's a sad day for Alaska." But many of us could barely contain our glee. We'd been screaming about corruption forever.

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Popular Anchorage Mayor To Challenge GOP Senator

Anchorage Daily News | Posted 04.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Alaska Senate Race, 2008 Elections, Ted Stevens, Mark Begich, Mark Begich Ted Stevens, Ted Stevens Corruption, 2008 Election, Politics News

Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich has decided to run for the U.S. Senate seat held by Ted Stevens since 1968. Begich, 46, has been mayor of Alaska's larges...

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