54 out of 122 precincts reporting so far........

[snowbear]

http://www.ktuu.com/decision2006/

Mayor -- 54 of 122 precincts reporting (44%)
Mark Begich (I) 15,821 55%
Jack Frost 11,881 42%
Nick Moe 718 3%
Thomas Higgins 161 1%


Keep it up Mayor !!!!!!!!

[snowbear]

1. And wow...

The sales tax is going down in flames:

Proposition 13 -- 54 of 122 precincts reporting (44%)
SALES & USE TAX ON TANGIBLE GOODS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS AND A $200 CAP, A PROVISION FOR PARTIAL COST REIMBURSEMENT TO SELLERS COLLECTING THE TAX, AND A SUNSET PROVISION, WITH ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) OF THE TAX RECEPTS AFTER COSTS OF COLLECTION, APPLIED EQUALLY THROUGHOUT THE MUNICIPALITY TO FUND ESSENTIAL SERVICES IN SUBSTITUTION OF PROPERTY TAXES.

No 19,722 70%
Yes 8,415 30%

[DenaliDemocrat]

2. I about died,...they had them tied with 40 Precincts

Now this is much better

[snowbear]

3. OMG.... really???

I just got home from my little girl's hockey awards dinner and ran to KTUU to check the results.

I'm sure glad I didn't check it when you first did!!

It's now:

Mayor -- 65 of 122 precincts reporting (53%)

Mark Begich (I) 18,291 55%
Jack Frost 13,708 42%
Nick Moe 835 3%
Thomas Higgins 189 1%

[northofdenali]

4. Go, Mark, GO!!!

I have every finger and my toes crossed. I'd cross my eyes if I thought that would help. Anchorage NEEDS Mayor Begich!!

:applause::thumbsup::applause:

[snowbear]

5. And the Mayor gets Re-ELECTED !!!

YeeeeHaaw!! He's on KTUU right now doing interviews!

:hug: ~~~ ~~~ :hug:

[snowbear]

6. p.s.. the KTUU site isn't updating for some reason...

But Channel 2 just said that 89% of the vote was in and Begich is winning by a large margin!

[northofdenali]

8. Yeeeeeeeeowwwwwwww!!! HELL YEAH!!!

Mark, :yourock:

:bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::toast::thumbsup::toast::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

[Ken Burch]

13. Now the right wingers will have to stop saying he didn't really win.

(Of course, they'll probably find some way to avoid stop saying it, but still it feels good that they've been proven wrong.)

Anchorage is no longer a Republican city.
(Sorry for the late post here, but I was out of the country when the election occurred.)

[Blue_In_AK]

7. This is great news for Alaska

I think Mark is going to have a long future in politics here. :applause:

[northofdenali]

9. I do to, Blue - all the way to Governor, then hopefully Senator.

In the meantime, can Fairbanks borrow him? Pretty please? I'm begging here... :rofl:

[cleofus1]

10. just woke up took a shower and now i'm at work

holy toledo! mark won! hey i voted for him..

[cleofus1]

11. by the way i finished my painting finally

here is a detail...can't fit the whole thing on my flatbed scanner...in real life it's brighter too...

everything's good in mudville

[Blue_In_AK]

12. Nice job, Cleofus...

It's been interesting to watch the evolution of this. :thumbsup: