Republicans win Alaska's Senate Seat

Sullivan lead holds in Alaska U.S. Senate race; Begich won't concede

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Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan appeared to grab an insurmountable lead over incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Begich early Wednesday, with all of Alaska's precincts reporting. With results from all 441 precincts counted, Sullivan led 49 percent to 45 percent. The margin remained essentially the same from the first returns early in the evening. Speaking just after midnight at his election night party in a packed ballroom at the Hotel Captain Cook, Sullivan praised his supporters and told them: “We are taking back our country!” “We’re still going to be respectful of the process,” Sullivan said. But he nonetheless touted Republicans’ successes in Senate races across the country Tuesday, and to hearty cheers, he proclaimed that the party had sidelined Harry Reid, the Democratic leader in the Senate. “We’re going to take back America, the land that we love,” Sullivan said, as the crowd erupted in chants of “USA! USA!” Shortly before midnight, Begich’s campaign issued a statement saying he wouldn't be commenting on the race until all the rural Alaska precincts were counted.

Comment: Official Election Results

9 States that will Determine the next US Senate

Wall Street Journal graphic

Comments: Watch these 9 races. Sadly the MN Senate seat does not look close.

2014: What about the Senate?

A series of links

• 270towin.com/2014-senate-election (simulation website ... image screen shot above)
• fivethirtyeight: "So it’s almost certain that Republicans are going to gain seats. The question is whether they’ll net the six pickups necessary to win control of the Senate."
• peoplespunditdaily: "But, for now, the Republican Party is favored to win control of the U.S. Senate, with a likely net gain of 6 — 8 seats"
• washingtonpost: "New Election Lab forecast suggests 86 percent chance that GOP wins Senate"