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November 19, 2008

Alaskan Republican Ted Stevens Loses Senate Seat
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Democrats have picked up another seat in the Senate, as Alaskan
Republican Ted Stevens lost his bid for re-election. Democrat Mark
Begich declared victory Tuesday after his lead increased to 3,700 votes.
Stevens was the longest-serving Republican in the history of the US
Senate. He was convicted last month on federal ethics charges. Begich is
the first Democrat to represent Alaska in the Senate since Mike Gravel
nearly thirty years ago. Begich’s win gives Democrats control of
fifty-eight Senate seats, two short of a filibuster-proof majority.



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