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In a stunning comeback, U.S. Senate candidate Mark Begich has snatched reelection away from incumbent Ted Stevens by a margin of 3724 votes after Stevens led the vote count immediately after election day. The state recently completed counting absentee, questioned, and early ballots which heavily favored Begich... Enough so to bring an end to the longest republican senate career in history. The 2008 General Election has produced another historic result.
After 40 years as one of Alaska's U.S. senators, Stevens found himself in the middle of a criminal corruption investigation and trial. Days before the Nov. 4th election a jury found Stevens guilty on all 7 counts, nevertheless, he emerged on election day winning by a slim margin. It wasn't until after the absentee and early voter ballots had been counted (ironically most of them cast before Stevens conviction) that Stevens lost the race to Begich who currently serves as Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska's largest city.
Early and Absentee voting also answers the question of why voter turnout was so low on Nov. 4th. In the midst of record-breaking turnout nationwide, fewer Alaskans showed up to vote on Nov 4th than did so for the 2004 election. Once the Early and Absentee ballots had been counted, Alaska-like many other states-broke all previous records for voter turnout. making this a truly historic election all around.In a stunning comeback, U.S. Senate candidate Mark Begich has snatched reelection away... more
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Democrat Mark Begich took a 3-vote lead Wednesday in his effort to topple 40-year Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, a titan of Alaska politics who was convicted of felony charges in a federal trial last month.
Begich, the two-term mayor of Anchorage, began Wednesday down more than 3,200 votes, but closed the gap as officials resumed counting early and absentee ballots.Democrat Mark Begich took a 3-vote lead Wednesday in his effort to topple 40-year... more
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Sen. Ted Stevens used one of Alaska's biggest employers as his "own personal handyman service" and never paid Veco Corp. for hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of renovations to his home, a federal prosecutor charged Thursday as she outlined the government's case for finding the Alaska Republican guilty of lying on financial disclosure forms.
Sen. Ted Stevens used one of Alaska's biggest employers as his "own personal handyman... more
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WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents spent years investigating Sen. Ted Stevens. They read his e-mails, searched his home and taped his phone conversations with his friends.
This week, the Justice Department offered its first public glimpse at what it uncovered: a direct line of communication from a corrupt Alaska oil contractor to one of the nation's most powerful senators. When VECO Corp. executives needed help securing business, winning grants or navigating the bureaucracy, they called Stevens.
And when Stevens needed a new generator for his house, a car for his daughter or a job for his son, prosecutors say he called VECO, the same company that oversaw an extensive renovation project on his home.
The Justice Department didn't bring charges against Stevens for any of that, but they want jurors to see the evidence. Stevens goes on trial next month, not for bribery but for concealing the renovation project and other gifts on Senate financial disclosure forms.
Stevens, the longest-serving Republican senator, is in the midst of an unusually contentious re-election campaign. He says the Justice Department is using innuendo to accuse him of bribery without having to charge it.
Prosecutors argue that, with each transaction and conversation, they add to a mosaic revealing a senator working behind the scenes with friends and favored contractors and hiding his deals from Congress.
In court documents filed Thursday night, prosecutors laid out a series of things they want to discuss at trial, including the senator's help pushing oil-friendly legislation in Alaska and a 2001 condo deal in which Stevens allegedly parlayed a $5,000 investment into a $103,000 profit in a matter of months.WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents spent years investigating Sen. Ted Stevens. They read... more
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Explosive new video blasts the justification for Alaskas current aerial wolf hunting program and rallies voters to end it. Using testimony from Alaska Department of Fish & Game staff, a master hunting guide, and Board of Game members, this video exposes the fallacy behind Governor Sarah Palins claim that predator control is based on sound science. Declarations that the program is for the benefit of subsistence hunters are shattered with documentation showing that sport and trophy hunters take up to 73% of prey in areas where aerial wolf hunting has taken place. End Aerial Wolf Hunting rallies support for H.R. 3663, legislation now being considered in the U.S. Congress which will close the loophole in the Federal Airborne Hunting Act that has been exploited to allow this practice to continue. Five years in the making, this video exposes the truth about the stranglehold the hunting lobby has on wildlife management in Alaska.Explosive new video blasts the justification for Alaskas current aerial wolf hunting... more
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