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Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska fell slightly behind his Democratic rival, Mark Begich, on Wednesday, as ballot counting continued in one of the nation’s most closely fought Senate races. Skip to next paragraph Related Complete Results: Alaska Senate Blog The Caucus The Caucus The latest on the 2008 election results and on the presidential transition. Join the discussion. * Election Results | More Politics News If You Were President … If You Were President … Make your selections for the president-elect’s cabinet and compare other readers’ picks. * The New Team: Obama’s Inner Circle In an initial count after Election Day, Mr. Stevens led Mr. Begich, the mayor of Anchorage, by 3,257 votes. Mr. Begich led Mr. Stevens by just 814 votes after about 57,000 additional ballots were counted on Wednesday. So far, about 279,000 votes have been counted in the Senate race, and about 35,000 more remain to be counted. It could be next week before the count is complete. Republicans claimed then that
Alaska Senator Now Trails in Votes By WILLIAM YARDLEY Published: November 13, 2008 Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska fell slightly behind his Democratic rival, Mark Begich, on Wednesday, as ballot counting continued in one of the nation’s most closely fought Senate races. In an initial count after Election Day, Mr. Stevens led Mr. Begich, the mayor of Anchorage, by 3,257 votes. Mr. Begich led Mr. Stevens by just 814 votes after about 57,000 additional ballots were counted on Wednesday. So far, about 279,000 votes have been counted in the Senate race, and about 35,000 more remain to be counted. It could be next week before the count is complete. Republicans claimed then that traditional voting patterns among absentee voters favored Mr. Stevens’s holding on to win, but Mr. Begich countered that he had made a concerted effort to win early and absentee voters. Initial counts of those ballots appear to be favoring Mr. Begich. Mr. Stevens, a Republican who has served for 40 years, was convicted
