 The outcome was not resolved for two weeks until absentee, questioned and early voting results were tabulated.Begich defeated Stevens by 3,724 votes (150,728 to 147,004).Because Bird took 13,197 votes (4.15%), an article in the "Washington Post" by Chris Cillizza and Paul Kane suggested that Bird "may end up being the most important third-party candidate in the 2008 race"

Since the election Bird has been promoting nullification.