• Posted on Saturday, November 15, 2008
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Alaska vote tally drama: 1 vote margin in state rep race

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The closest race of this fall's election in Alaska drew even tighter Friday night, as Rep. Mike Kelly's lead on Democratic challenger Karl Kassel narrowed to a single vote.

Kelly, a Fairbanks Republican trying for his third term in the Legislature, has 5,000 votes.

Kassel: 4,999.

The what-ifs were already creeping into Kassel's mind Friday night as he learned the latest count.

"It's pretty frustrating to miss by such a close margin, but I could probably explain 50 different ways that I could have gotten one more vote," he said.

It might still be out there -- in the mail.

Read the full story at adn.com.

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