Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens Loses Re-Election Bid

Posted by Staff, AlterNet at 6:10 PM on November 18, 2008.

Mark Begich now has an insurmountable lead.

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Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has lost his bid for a seventh term.
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.

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LET'S GIVE OUT A GOOD OL' ALASKAN CHEER! [Report this comment] Posted by: Longdream on Nov 18, 2008 6:46 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] I don't know what a happy moose sounds like. Maybe: MWAAAAAAAAUUUUUUWWWFFFFARAMA!! Congrats to Begich, good riddance Stevens, and best of all: GOODBYE SARAH PALIN!! Without Stevens' senate seat, she's pretty much finished. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: LET'S GIVE OUT A GOOD OL' ALASKAN CHEER! Posted by: FLMom » RE: LET'S GIVE OUT A GOOD OL' ALASKAN CHEER! Posted by: Vik » RE: LET'S GIVE OUT A GOOD OL' ALASKAN CHEER! Posted by: Longdream dirtydogkannapolis [Report this comment] Posted by: dirty dog on Nov 19, 2008 6:53 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] There is a God after all. I was beginning to think we were doomed but now we are done with another criminal republican and an air head from Alaska who cannot appoint herself as the jailbird's successor. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] He had no way out, [Report this comment] Posted by: lywog on Nov 19, 2008 8:27 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] So Ted went down the tubes! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: He had no way out, Posted by: Longdream » RE: He had no way out, Posted by: FLMom » RE: He had no way out, Posted by: Longdream You Betcha! [Report this comment] Posted by: johnbradleycopeland on Nov 19, 2008 12:08 PM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] Palin and Ted will now have time to catch up on their reading! [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: You Betcha! Posted by: Longdream » RE: You Betcha! Posted by: peacefullaim » RE: You Betcha! Posted by: Longdream

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