Alaska 2008 Primary Election Results - All Four Ballot Measures Rejected, Ted Stevens Renominated, Don Young Barely Ahead Of Sean Parnell

Published: August 27, 2008, 5:35 am

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Update: Post updated August 27th at 2:40 P.M. to reflect the most current vote totals. 99.8 percent of precincts now counted; all races can be considered to be decided.The 2008 Alaska primary election is finally concluded, and the message sent by the 20 percent of registered voters who turned out was "enough of the confusing, bureaucratic ballot measures". Liveblogged by the Anchorage Daily News HERE.Voters rejected all four ballot measures. Most surprising was the outcome of Ballot Measure 3, the Clean Elections Initiative. This initiative was rejected authoritatively, despite the fact that the Clean Elections proponents jumped off to a big head start in advertising. Voters chose to overlook the corruption scandals and saw the deception and danger in this initiative. Voters may have objected to the idea of spending millions of dollars in public money during each election cycle.As expected, Ethan Berkowitz, Mark Begich and Ted Stevens easily won their nomination races. However, it

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