Croatian village celebrates Begich's victory for Alaska U.S. Senate seat
Published Thursday, November 20, 2008
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Stumble It!ZAGREB, Croatia -- Mark Begich's victory in the U.S. Senate race in Alaska is being celebrated in a Croatian village where his grandfather once lived.
Ted Stevens, a veteran Republican senator, conceded defeat on Wednesday in his close election with Begich, a Democrat.
Begich didn't emphasize his Croatian roots. But Croatian newspapers closely covered his election, calling him the first U.S. senator of Croatian origin.
Begich's grandfather left the small village of Podlapaca in central Croatia almost a century ago to seek a better life in America.
Croatian Nikola Begic, who says he's the new senator's cousin, was quoted by one paper as saying their extended family had endured poverty and wars in the past, so the senator's victory "may be God's reward now."
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Love it! Reminiscent of that village in Kenya.
This is a very sweet story. Who would have thunk it.
I don't think he was the first. Dennis Kucinich is also of Croatian ancestry.
Last time I checked Dennis Kucinich was not a senator.
Oh for Pete's sake! You're right.
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