Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
2008 United States Senate election in Alaska
Table title:
Results
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Democratic </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Mark Begich </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 151,767 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 47.77% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +37.26% </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ted Stevens (incumbent) </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 147,814 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 46.52% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 31.65% </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Alaskan Independence </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Bob Bird </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 13,197 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 4.15% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +1.22% </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Libertarian </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Fredrick Haase </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 2,483 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.78% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.25% </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Independent </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ted Gianoutsos </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,385 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.44% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Write-ins </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,077 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.34% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3,953 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1.24% </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 66.42% </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 317,723 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Democratic gain from Republican </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
Who won the 2008 United States Senate election in Alaska and by how many votes?
Answer:
Begich won the 2008 United States Senate election in Alaska by 3,953 votes.