How it looks right now, courtesy of Open Left-
Stevens: 106,594
Begich: 103,337
The good news for Begich is that those 210,000 votes only represent about 70 percent of the votes cast in the election. Another 90,500 votes remain to be counted and they break down this way (rounded):
61,000 absentee votes
20,000 questioned ballots
9,500 early votes
Now, the early votes probably skew to Begich. According to the Alaska Democratic Party he carried 59 percent of the early votes already counted. They say Democrats were encouraged to vote absentee as well. Republicans in Alaska say they had an advantage of 10,000 in voters requested absentee ballots.
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