There has been a "remarkable turn of events" in Alaska, said Chris Cillizza in The Washington Post online. Democrat Mark Begich has surged into the lead against Republican senator and convicted felon Ted Stevens. Wednesday morning, Begich was down by 3,200 votes, but after more than half of the 90,000 uncounted ballots were tallied, Begich had pulled ahead.
By Wednesday evening, Begich was ahead 132,196 votes to 131,382, a spread of 814 votes, said Sean Quinn in the election-projection site FiveThirtyEight, and more votes will be counted on Thursday and Friday. Since "the remaining votes come from Begich-friendly districts," the Democrat is "now an overwhelming favorite to win the Alaska Senate seat."
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