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STATE JUNEAU EMPIRE Additional votes counted by the state Elections Division on Wednesday show Sen. Ted Stevens' 3,200-vote lead over challenger Mark Begich disappeared, and Begich now holds an 814-vote lead with thousands yet to be counted.

Begich swings into the lead over Stevens

<B>Close count:</B> Election workers run ballots through scanners Wednesday as they count absentee and early vote ballots at the Division of Elections office in Anchorage.

Al Grillo / The Associated Press / Al Grillo / The Associated Press

Close count: Election workers run ballots through scanners Wednesday as they count absentee and early vote ballots at the Division of Elections office in Anchorage.

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