Elections workers today will count 24,000 votes from Anchorage, the Kenai Peninsula, Southwest and Southeast Alaska.

Senate race

As it stood before today's count began, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich led Sen. Ted Stevens by 1,022 votes in the race for U.S. Senate.

Stevens: 137,937

Begich: 138,959

What happens after today's count?

Absentee ballots arrive from overseas through Wednesday.

When will it be final?

Week of Dec. 1.

Then what?