Mudflats on the Begich "Surge"

[Blue_In_AK]

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/begich-pulls-ahead-of-stevens-in-latest-vote-count/

As the final numbers were tallied this evening, Democratic Senate candidate Mark Begich pulled ahead of convicted felon and frontrunner, Republican incumbent Ted Stevens by 814 votes!

The word is that the Division of Elections decided not to keep releasing new numbers as they became available throughout the day, to save people’s nerves. It didn’t work. The lack of information between 3:30 and when the final numbers came in at 8:30, was nerve-wracking to say the least.

Alaska bloggers, journalists, and campaign workers have been chewing their nails down to the stubs. My activities for the evening consisted of pacing around and hitting ‘refresh’ every 30 seconds. There are a LOT of 30 second intervals between 3:30 and 8:30.

Tens of thousands of votes have yet to be counted before the vote is certified. But this batch gives us a clear indication of a trend. Begich increased his numbers by a relative 4000+ votes, and took traditionally conservative districts in Anchorage’s affluent “Hillside” area.

As we move forward, Alaska’s “reddest” areas have already been counted. Those outstanding districts are mainly rural and tend to go Democratic. Friday will see more than 20,000 “question ballots” (provisional ballots) counted, and the remaining absentee ballots are slated to be counted Monday.

So nothing is final yet, but the news is definitely good.



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And with that, I'm going to tear myself away from the computer so my husband will remember that he has a wife. :)

[Swamp Rat]

1. Geaux Begich!!

:patriot:

[illuminaughty]

3. The slogan has to be "You Begicha!" n/t

[speedoo]

2. K&R. Mudflats rocks! nt

[tularetom]

4. Best part is - no Sen. Mooselini

:bounce:

I would totally shoot my TV sometime in the next four years if I had to hear that voice every day.

And that fake folksy bullshit - :puke:

[d_b]

5. now we're up by 800

:woohoo:

[uppityperson]

6. Woohoo and Thanks! (you're female?)

I never thought about it, but you could be. Hi fellow female and thanks!

[Blue_In_AK]

11. I certainly am. :-)

[Historic NY]

7. Guess she won't have to worry about a Sen seat for a while.

[BrklynLiberal]

8. "There are a LOT of 30 second intervals between 3:30 and 8:30."

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:


Thanks so much for the post..

[JDPriestly]

9. Is there any change in the numbers of votes for Obama v. McCain?

[intheflow]

12. That's my dream, too.

I'm not sureif they're counting the presidential votes, though. I haven't heard anything about that--though if Begich has come from behind so strongly, and the remaining areas to be counted tend Democratic, I really would like to see a revised tally of presidential votes, as well.

[autorank]

10. This is exactly like Virginia

The race was even after the red counties came in, which was great. The remainder, very blue burbs
around DC plus urban Richmond and Tidewater made it a guaranteed Obama win.