The 2014 midterm elections still aren’t over, what with a runoff between Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu and challenger Rep. Bill Cassidy a little more than two weeks away. Citizens in Alaska can finally put their election behind them, now that incumbent Mark Begich has finally, finally conceded defeat to Senator-elect Dan Sullivan.
What did it take to finally coax a concession from Begich?
There were about 10,000 votes left to be counted today, but with a roughly 8,000 deficit. Begich woulda needed 9/10 of the remaining votes.
— Erin McGroarty (@FDNMpolitics) November 18, 2014
Mark Begich concedes, congratulates Dan Sullivan.
— James Hohmann (@jameshohmann) November 17, 2014
Mark Begich calls @DanSullivan2014 to concede in #aksen. In statement: "I encouraged him to adopt a bipartisan resolve in the Senate."
— Shushannah Walshe (@shushwalshe) November 18, 2014
Yeah, don’t do that.
@rebeccagberg @kerpen: It's about time. Funny when Dems lose suddenly they're asking for bipartisanship.
— arlene billson (@juneslili) November 18, 2014
Here’s Begich’s complete and overlong “statement on election result.”
Mark Begich has conceded to Dan Sullivan in #AKSEN. pic.twitter.com/DoUifPUnpG
— Rebecca Buck (@RebeccaBuck) November 17, 2014
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@rebeccagberg @SenatorBegich "I concede and good luck" would have sufficed #aksen #overkill
— j (@davesmith3) November 17, 2014
@rebeccagberg @gopfashionista I guess all this Arctic air has finally frozen Hell over…
— Brett (@PatrioTrumpet) November 17, 2014
https://twitter.com/gopfashionista/status/534496296879796226
Asked Mark Begich if he'd run against Murkowski in 2016. He responded, "Good talking to ya." Then he smiled and walked away.
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) November 17, 2014