Anchorage Democrat, Mayor Mark Begich, defeated Senator Ted Stevens.
On Tuesday, Alaska election officials said Begich had a larger lead than the number of votes still left to be counted:
Begich's win gives Democrats control of 56 seats in the Senate. Even with the two independents who caucus with them, the Democrats remain two shy of the 60 seats needed to end filibusters.
There are still two senate races that remain undecided.
In Georgia, Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss faces former state representative Democrat Jim Martin in a runoff on December 2. In Minnesota, the recount began yesterday in the race between Republican Senator Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken.
Watch the following video report from MSNBC's David Shuster and Lawrence O'Donnell:
On Tuesday, Alaska election officials said Begich had a larger lead than the number of votes still left to be counted:
Begich leads Stevens by more than 3,700 votes, according to the Alaska
secretary of state. Gail Fenumiai, the head of the state's election division,
said about 2,500 absentee votes from overseas and Alaska's most remote regions
remain to be counted.
Begich's win gives Democrats control of 56 seats in the Senate. Even with the two independents who caucus with them, the Democrats remain two shy of the 60 seats needed to end filibusters.
There are still two senate races that remain undecided.
In Georgia, Republican Senator Saxby Chambliss faces former state representative Democrat Jim Martin in a runoff on December 2. In Minnesota, the recount began yesterday in the race between Republican Senator Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken.
Watch the following video report from MSNBC's David Shuster and Lawrence O'Donnell:
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