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NEWS ABOUT: Mark Begich

Mark Begich stories: 16 news summaries
Analysis

 Climate Bill's 
 Best Hope? 
 Drill, Baby, 
 Drill 

Kerry/Graham compromise could pick up 2-4 votes

Oct 14, 09 1:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The new climate bill introduced with some fanfare by John Kerry and Lindsey Graham actually has a fighting chance of getting through the Senate, thanks to its offshore drilling provision. Despite Democrats’ supermajority, cap-and-trade legislation probably only had between 52 and 55 votes before this. But this bill, which also... More »

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climate change • John Kerry • Lindsey Graham • Mark Begich • Nate Silver • Lisa Murkowski • offshore drilling • George LeMieux

 Rift Widens Between 
 Palin, New Senator  

His frustration at project delays is 'uninformed,' officials say

Jun 4, 09 12:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Sarah Palin's relationships with junior Sen. Mark Begich and her predecessor in the governor's office just keep getting testier and testier, reports the Anchorage Daily News. Both Begich and former Gov. Frank Murkowski have complained of late that a proposed gas pipeline from Alaska to the rest of the country... More »

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Alaska • Democrat • Denali • governor • gas pipelines • Sarah Palin • Mark Begich

Alaska GOP Calls for Senate Race Do-Over

Palin, party leader say Stevens would have won without felony raps

Apr 3, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The head of Alaska's Republican Party is calling for Democratic Sen. Mark Begich to step down and clear the way for a new election now that felony misconduct charges have been dropped against former Sen. Ted Stevens, reports the Anchorage Daily News. Stevens would not have lost in November if... More »

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Alaska • Senate • Ted Stevens • special election • Sarah Palin • Mark Begich • Board of Elections

 Redoubt Eruption Burns Jindal 

In wake of explosion

Mar 25, 09 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Mount Redoubt erupted in Alaska, but Bobby Jindal is feeling the heat in Louisiana, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports. Democrats are raking the governor over the coals for scoffing at “something called volcano monitoring” as an example of wasteful spending in his televised speech last month. “It’... More »

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Alaska • New Orleans • Louisiana • Bobby Jindal • volcano • eruption • Mark Begich • Mount Redoubt

(Newser) - Alaskans of all stripes are incensed by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal’s disparaging comments Tuesday about the necessity of volcano monitoring, the Anchorage Daily News reports. It’s “a matter of life and death in Alaska,” Sen. Mark Begich wrote the Republican. Even Gov. Sarah Palin’s office... More »

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Alaska • Bobby Jindal • volcano • US Geological Survey • federal spending • economic stimulus package • Sarah Palin • Mark Begich • rebuttal • monitoring • Bill Maher Grid

 Stevens Concedes, 
 Won't Seek Recount 

Longest-serving GOP senator makes no mention of corruption conviction

Nov 19, 08 4:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Republican Ted Stevens conceded the Alaska Senate race today, bringing an end to a 40-year political career that culminated in scandal, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Stevens congratulated his Democratic opponent, Mark Begich, apparently deciding that a recount would be futile given his deficit of more than 3,700 votes. More »

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Alaska • Senate • Ted Stevens • Election 2008 • Mark Begich

 Begich Defeats  
 Stevens in 
 Alaska Race  

Dems pick up another Senate seat; no word from GOP on recount

Nov 18, 08 8:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Democrat Mark Begich has ousted Ted Stevens in Alaska's Senate race, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Begich widened his lead to 3,724 votes, with only 2,500 left to be counted. The Stevens camp has not said whether it will request a recount, which would take place in early... More »

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Alaska • Ted Stevens • Election 2008 • Mark Begich

Begich Pushes Lead Over Stevens to 1,022

Incumbent's safer regions counted Friday; still 24,000 ballots to go

Nov 15, 08 7:48 AM CST
(Newser) - In the Alaska senatorial race, Democrat Mark Begich has stretched his lead over GOP stalwart (and convicted felon) Ted Stevens to 1,022, with over 90% of votes counted, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Some 24,000 ballots remain to be tallied, but yesterday’s results, from typically pro-Stevens areas,... More »

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Alaska • Ted Stevens • Senate race • Mark Begich • counting

UPDATED

Begich Leads Stevens by 814 Votes in Alaska

Democrat takes first lead; another 40,000 votes to be counted

Nov 12, 08 9:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Democrat Mark Begich has taken the lead—by 814 votes—over Ted Stevens in the race for the Senate in Alaska, reports FiveThirtyEight.com. With about 40,000 absentee votes still to be counted, Begich leads 132,196  to 131,382. When the day began, Begich trailed by more than... More »

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Alaska • Senate • Ted Stevens • Election 2008 • Mark Begich

 Stevens Leads,
 but Vote Count
 Is Still Young 

Recount, anyone?

Nov 11, 08 8:30 AM CST
(Newser) - Alaskan election workers will start tallying uncounted ballots tomorrow in the race for the Senate seat of Ted Stevens, expecting to get through half of them by the end of the day. The convicted but unrepentant Stevens still leads Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich by 3,257 votes, 106,594 to... More »

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Alaska • Ted Stevens • Senate race • recount • Mark Begich

'I Have Not Been Convicted
of Anything': Stevens

Nonetheless, Alaska senators plans appeal of last week's verdict in DC

Oct 31, 08 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ted Stevens said he had “not been convicted of anything,” during a debate last night with the Democratic challenger to his Alaska Senate seat, Politico reports—despite being convicted Monday on corruption charges. The 84-year old Republican alleges prosecutorial misconduct and plans an appeal, though top GOP figures—... More »

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Alaska • corruption • prosecutorial misconduct • Ted Stevens • re-election • Mark Begich • Anchorage • US Senate • corruption trial

OPINION

 10 Senate Races to Watch 

Dems could pick up 8 seats; GOP could oust Landrieu in La.

Oct 31, 08 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - With 35 Senate seats up for grabs Tuesday, Chris Cillizza, in the Washington Post, predicts Democrats will flip eight. Two more are close calls for the Dems, while the GOP has one hope for a pickup. Starting with the most likely:
  1. Virginia is in the bag for Mark Warner;
... More »

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Barack Obama • Senate • Senate Democrats • John F. Kennedy • Mitch McConnell • Ted Stevens • Senate Republicans • Gordon Smith • Norm Coleman • Mary Landrieu • Elizabeth Dole • Al Franken • Mark Warner • Jeanne Shaheen • John Sununu • Senate race • Election 2008 • Tom Udall • Mark Begich • Mark Udall • Jeff Merkley • Kay Hagan • Jim Martin • Saxby Chambliss

Defiant Stevens Restarts Campaign, Pending Appeal

Republican plans to hit campaign trail touting record, blasting feds

Oct 28, 08 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens returns home tomorrow to campaign for reelection after being convicted on felony corruption charges yesterday; his team vows a "nonstop, very aggressive" effort, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Stevens enjoys deep loyalty in the state, particularly in rural areas, where he’s brought billions of... More »

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Alaska • corruption • Ted Stevens • Election 2008 • Mark Begich

ANALYSIS

Salty Senate Candidates Heating Up Alaska

GOP incumbent Ted Stevens has a rough-and-tumble challenge in Mark Begich

Jun 19, 08 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - A sweltering Senate contest looks likely to warm up Alaska come November, Katherine Rizzo writes in the Wall Street Journal, as “cantankerous bully” and 40-year incumbent Ted Stevens faces the mayor of Anchorage in what’s already a mudfest. Democrat Mark Begich has reminded voters of Stevens’ convict friends... More »

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Alaska • FBI • IRS • Ted Stevens • eviction • negative campaigning • Mark Begich

Hollywood Women Work on Senate Majority

Deep-pocketed stars are raising money for Dem candidates

Jun 18, 08 1:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Powerful Hollywood women are reorganizing after Hillary Clinton's failed presidential bid, turning their attention toward increasing the Democratic majority in the Senate. A fundraiser Sept. 27 could raise more than $1 million for candidates, and is being put together by the likes of Jane Fonda, Kate Capshaw, Penny Marshall, Daryl... More »

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Hollywood • Senate • Jane Fonda • fund raising • Al Franken • Sarah Jessica Parker • Jeanne Shaheen • Laura Dern • Tom Udall • Mark Begich • Penny Marshall • Tom Allen • Mark Udall

Anchorage Mayor to Run
for Ted Stevens' Senate Seat

40-year veteran faces corruption probe

Apr 21, 08 9:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic mayor of Anchorage will throw his hat in the ring today for the Alaska Senate seat Ted Stevens has held for 4 decades, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Stevens, one of the Senate's most notorious pork producers, has been reelected easily 7 times, but is now under federal... More »

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Alaska • Republican • Senate • Ted Stevens • Democrat • candidate • campaign • Mark Begich • Anchorage

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