Posted on 11/12/2014 8:25:45 PM PST by forbushalltheway
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) Republican Dan Sullivan won Alaska's U.S. Senate race, defeating first-term incumbent Democrat Mark Begich.
Sullivan led Begich by about 8,100 votes on Election Night last week and held a comparable edge after election workers had counted about 20,000 absentee, early-voted and questioned ballots late Tuesday. Thousands more ballots remained to be counted, but the results indicated that Begich could not overcome Sullivan's lead.
The Alaska seat was initially considered key to the Republicans' hopes of taking control of the U.S. Senate, but that goal was accomplished before the Alaska race was decided.
Sullivan, in a statement, said he was humbled and sounded a note of inclusion. While it was a hard-fought race, moving forward "I want to emphasize that my door will always be open to all Alaskans," he said.
"While we have challenges to address, the opportunities in Alaska and our country are limitless," Sullivan said. "Today, we are going to begin the process of turning our country around and building a brighter future for our children."
Begich was not conceding. His campaign manager, Susanne Fleek-Green, said in a statement that Begich believes every vote deserves to be counted and will follow the Division of Elections as it continues toward a final count.
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So - will that give us 55?
53.
Mary Loser going down next month would make that 54.
9+ for the GOP. This hasn’t happened since 1980.
Fleek?
When I thnk of a "fleek" I picture:
If Begich won't concede, he can go fleek himself.
“Translation: Dems believe enough dead voters got their ballots in to keep the seat.”
Hey it worked for Al Frankan last year....
Off topic, but I’ve been reading about the West Virginia results and it certainly looks like it wouldn’t be out of the question for Dem Senator Manchin to switch parties after the rout of Dems in that state.
Hillary 2016.
Alaska, thank you...
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