Democrat Begich Wins Alaska Senate Seat

Last night, the Associated Press called the Alaskan Senate race for Democrat Mark Begich, currently mayor of Anchorage. He accumulated enough absentee ballots to surge ahead of incumbent felon Ted "Payoff" Stevens, who was the Senate expert on both the internet tubes and graft. That brings the count to 58 Democrats, with the Senate seats in Minnesota and Georgia yet to be determined.

It's also a mild blow to Alaskan Gov. Winky You Betcha, who many observers believed was prepared to resign as Governor and have herself appointed to the seat if Stevens won and was expelled from the Senate. As much as Winky hates Washington, she wants to get there in the worst way.