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Politics & Government

Begich takes lead in Senate race — by 3 votes

Sean Cockerham - Anchorage Daily News

November 12, 2008 06:40 PM

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 leading Sen. Ted Stevens 125,019 to 125,016.

The new numbers, reflecting nearly 43,000 absentee ballots counted today, are from all over the state. Election night, Ted Stevens led the Democratic Begich by about 3,000 votes.

The state today is counting a total of about 60,000 absentee and questioned ballots.

Read the full story at adn.com.

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