Sen. Ted Stevens is winning Corrupt Bastards Club primary by a landslide!

[L. Coyote]

Those Republicans just love the Corrupt Bastards Club! :rofl:

Votes are starting to pour in, and Ted has 64% of the vote, Cuddy 27% and Vickers 5.5%

Meanwhile, Don Young is in a dead heat with Parnell at 45.5% each.

Dem for Senate, Begich has an amazing 85%!!!

Berkowitz is winning the Dem Congressional race 57-37 for Benson.

[Gregorian]

1. Dick Cheney to the waiting room!

Your number is almost up.

Stevens... Damn those tubes. I can see him shaking his fist right now. NO!

[L. Coyote]

2. A virtual tie for Don Young right now! Amazing. Parnell by 4 votes.

Parnell    24,009 	45.43%
Young      24,005 	45.42%

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. Why do I get the sinking feeling Alaska just can't let go......

....and will put these corrupt fucks back in again?

[L. Coyote]

5. The only way the Rs win in Nov. is if Parnell beats Young. Begich will beat Ted!

[L. Coyote]

4. Good Night DU. Here is the link:

http://www.ktuu.com/

If someone is up late, please report how the Rep. Young race progresses.

I'm calling all the other races as reported.

[L. Coyote]

6. Results in the morning: Young ahead by 145 votes, 98% counted.

Don Young is ahead by 145 votes!

Number of Precincts 		438 	
Precincts Reporting 		429 	97.9 %

US SENATOR (ADL) 	ADL
Begich, Mark 	DEM 	55,749 	84.55%


US SENATOR (R) 	REP 
Stevens, Ted 	REP     59,024 	63.54%

US REPRESENTATIVE (ADL) 	ADL 
Berkowitz 	DEM 	35,154 	53.97%

US REPRESENTATIVE (R) 	REP 	
Parnell, Sean 	REP 	42,316 	45.32%
Young, Don E. 	REP 	42,461 	45.48%

	

[spanone]

7. i heard that on npr this am...keep the criminal sons of bitches in office....

looks like the dem will crush the ugly bastard

[marmar]

8. Good.....He'll be a Larry Craig-like pox on the Repugs....

But the Democratic candidate in that congressional race has a very unfortunate last name..... :scared:

[L. Coyote]

10. Looks like the opponent will have the worst name: Don Young!

Waiting on nine precincts to be certain.
The Diebold dog sled is running late today!! :rofl:

[L. Coyote]

9. NY Times on Don Young this AM:

Senator From Alaska Wins Primary
WILLIAM YARDLEY - August 27, 2008 - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/28/us/28alaska.html?bl&ex=1219982400&en=149edf05b53c24f2&ei=5087%0A

....

Representative Don Young, the state's lone House member and a 35-year incumbent, was locked in a close primary race with Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell early Wednesday. With nearly 98 percent of precincts reporting, Mr. Young led by fewer than 150 votes out of more than 85,000 cast.

Like Mr. Stevens, Mr. Young is under federal investigation for his ties to VECO, a former oil services company, but he also faces scrutiny on other matters, including a controversial $10 million earmark he pushed through for a Florida road project. Mr. Young has spent more than $1 million of his campaign funds on legal fees.

Mr. Parnell was endorsed by the state's popular Republican governor, Sarah Palin, and he had led Mr. Young in polls conducted earlier this year. But his lead began to slip as Mr. Young engaged in the race more aggressively this summer, casting Mr. Parnell as an "incompetent" puppet of outside interests, primary the fiscally conservative Club for Growth. That group, which was linked to more than $330,000 in campaign donations to Mr. Parnell, has long attacked Mr. Young for the earmarks he has supported for his home state, including a proposed $200 million bridge to a small island in Southeast Alaska. The bridge, known as the "bridge to nowhere," became a symbol of earmark excess. It has not been built.

As the primary neared, Mr. Young mocked Mr. Parnell's mild manner and lackluster performances in debates, calling him "Captain Zero" in one interview. Mr. Parnell said the taunts simply confirmed the need for a Republican who would restore dignity and ethics to Alaska's congressional delegation.

Whoever wins will have little time to celebrate. Ethan Berkowitz, a former minority leader of the state House, easily won the Democratic primary in the House race on Tuesday, and both he and Mr. Begich are being aggressively supported by national Democratic groups.

Mr. Berkowitz said in a phone interview after his victory that he intended to court the supporters of whoever loses in the race between Mr. Young and Mr. Parnell. .....