Posted on 11/11/2014 6:36:42 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
On Tuesday, more than 17,000 additional votes were expected to be counted. But late Tuesday afternoon, after the Elections Division released a new update, the counting was not yet finished in Anchorage and Fairbanks. More than 10,000 additional votes had been counted by 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The update showed Dan Sullivan with 115,502 votes, and Begich with 106,718 votes, meaning Sullivan’s lead grew to 8,784 votes, or a 3.7 percent margin.
After election night, Sullivan led Begich by 8,149 votes, or 3.6 percent. Begich is hoping for a come-from-behind victory similar to his cliffhanger win over Republican Ted Stevens in 2008, when Begich dug out of an initial 3,000-vote hole to ultimately win by 4,000 votes.
In the governor’s race after Tuesday's update, Walker had 112,263 total votes to Parnell’s 109,244, giving Walker a 3,019-vote or 1.3 percent edge.
That was slightly lower than the count on election night, when Walker had a 1.4 percent lead -- a difference of 3,165 votes -- over Parnell.
An additional 30,000-plus votes must be counted after the full counting is done Tuesday. Also, there is still time for other mailed ballots to arrive. Ballots postmarked in the U.S. have through Friday to arrive. Those postmarked outside the U.S. have until Nov. 19 to arrive.
The uncertainty in tight races could drag on for some time, but the division hopes to certify the election Nov. 28, the day after Thanksgiving.
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Thanks Elvis!
What in sam hell is going on up there in Alaska? Are they stuck in the 60’s or something?
I mean, hey, I’m all for the nostalgic old dayz and all, but come on, this is 2014.
Get’em counted already.
I suspect you live in the city, not a thousand miles from the nearest town.
Greg Giroux @greggiroux 1m1 minute ago Dan Sullivan's lead in #aksen now 8,071 votes & 3.3 points after more than 241,000 votes counted: Embedded image permalink 0 replies 2 retweets 0 favorites Reply Retweet2 Favorite More
PublicPolicyPolling follows Taniel @Taniel 2m2 minutes ago New Alaska update (added 4701 votes): #AKSen Begich gains 713 votes, now trails by 8071. #AKGov Walker gains 820 votes, now leads by 3839.
Ever hear of computers? The internet? Smart phones? This isn’t the 1800s anymore.
M.Joseph Sheppard @MJosephSheppard 10m10 minutes ago Alaska update looks good #AKSen Begich gains 713 votes,now trails by 8071. #AKGov (Palin endorsed)Walker gains 820 votes, now leads by 3839
I’m pretty sure we could get one freeper to blast anything.
Heck, the NYTimes is widely panned, but we still post stuff from it.
The bigger question is, since Palin endorsed Walker, are we cheering for Parnell or not?
I am. Walker is a dem. Mallot is a dem.
Sarah needs to put her hate toward Parnell aside.
She won’t.
I actually think you’re serious.
Alexandra Gutierrez @alexgutierrez 6m6 minutes ago Are people more interested in #aksen than they were election night just because it's only 11:22pm EST and there's nothing else happening? 0 replies 0 retweets 0 favorites Reply Retweet Favorite More
GenOpp @GenOpp 6m6 minutes ago “[Defeated] Sen. Begich performed 10 points worse among young voters this time compared to 2008.” http://bit.ly/10Sv6xE @GenOppAK #AKsen 0 replies 1 retweet 1 favorite Reply Retweet1 Favorite1 More
Chase Proctor @ChaseProctorXLI 8m8 minutes ago Shelton, CT Was there ever a winner decided in the #AKSEN race? 0 replies 0 retweets 0 favorites Reply Retweet Favorite More
Russell Schaffer @RussOnPolitics 9m9 minutes ago The vote counting in both #AKsen and #AKgov continued today: Governor Sean Parnell made up some ground. http://ow.ly/E99tv 0 replies 0 retweets 0 favorites Reply Retweet Favorite
The haters are out on the twitter.
FWIW I think I posted the exact document an hour or two ago.
the alaskan frontier is only slighly less hostile to living things than the environment on the moon. The difference is that people don’t live (or, as it happens, vote) on the moon.
Alaska First @Alaska1ST 42m42 minutes ago @Taniel: #Alaska: What's happened overall today (): *15257 ballots counted *#AKSen: Begich netted 78 votes *#AKGov: Walker netted 674 votes 0 replies 0 retweets 0 favorites Reply Retweet Favorite More
Alaska First @Alaska1ST 44m44 minutes ago @alexgutierrez: Text from a Lobbyist: "Doubt there's a lobbyist left who isn't telling clients to prep for Governor Walker." #akgov #akelect
I’m hoping the ground made up by Begich in that last count was an anomaly. The 3.3% difference is the smallest yet.
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