Dan Sullivan (Rethuglican) defeats Mark Begich for Alaskan senate

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On the heels of some pretty awful polling numbers for the Democratic party, Rethuglicans take yet another senate seat.

Favorability for the Democrats has hit a record low as things go from bad to worse for the party after significant midterm losses, according to a new poll.

Only 36 percent had a favorable view of the Democratic party, a 6-percentage-point drop from before the midterms, the Gallup poll released Wednesday found. With the GOP standing with 42 percent favorability, it is the first time since 2011 the GOP has had a higher rating than the Democrats.

The favorability rating for Democrats is the party’s lowest since Gallup began asking the question in 1992.
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Republican Dan Sullivan has won the Alaska Senate race, ousting Democratic incumbent Mark Begich, according to The Associated Press, which called the race for Sullivan late Tuesday night following the first day of counting early and absentee ballots.

Sullivan leads Begich by 7,911 votes, according to the latest tally. Even though Begich gained some ground on Tuesday, and thousands of ballots are left to be counted, the AP said “the results indicated that Begich could not overcome Sullivan’s lead.”

“I am deeply humbled and honored to be chosen by my fellow Alaskans to serve them in the United States Senate,” Sullivan said in a statement. “From day one we told our supporters that we would run a campaign that Alaskans could be proud of, and that’s what we did.”

Begich’s campaign is not conceding, the AP reported.

Sullivan’s victory gives the GOP a net gain of eight Senate seats in this year’s midterm elections. The party can add a ninth seat if Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) knocks off Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu in next month’s Louisiana runoff election.
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Keep up the good work, Blue Team. :thumbsup:
 
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Picking up another couple of seats (Sullivan, and soon Cassidy) is certainly a nice thing, it doesn't really matter in the overall scheme of things. Not enough to break a filibuster or override presidential veto.

Pretty amazing to see the massive slide (9 senate seats flipped, that's astounding), but the R's better be careful not to read too much into it. It's largely the result of many vulnerable D seats being up for grabs in a midterm election, not some large shift in the overall landscape.
 
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