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  • June 2008

    • Salty Senate Candidates Heating Up Alaska

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 19, 08 4:18 PM CDT

      Salty Senate Candidates Heating Up Alaska

      (Newser) - A sweltering Senate contest looks likely to warm up Alaska come November, Katherine Rizzo writes in the Wall Street Journal , as “cantankerous bully” and 40-year incumbent Ted Stevens faces the mayor of Anchorage in what’s already a mudfest. Democrat Mark Begich has reminded voters of Stevens’ convict friends and of the federal search of the Republican's home—and Ted has pushed right back. More »

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      FBI  • Alaska  • negative campaigning  • Ted Stevens  • IRS  • eviction  • Mark Begich

    • Hollywood Women Work on Senate Majority

      Politico  |  Jun 18, 08 1:17 PM CDT

      Hollywood Women Work on Senate Majority

      (Newser) - Powerful Hollywood women are reorganizing after Hillary Clinton's failed presidential bid, turning their attention toward increasing the Democratic majority in the Senate. A fundraiser Sept. 27 could raise more than $1 million for candidates, and is being put together by the likes of Jane Fonda, Kate Capshaw, Penny Marshall, Daryl Hannah, Laura Dern, and Sarah Jessica Parker. More »

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      Senate  • Hollywood  • Sarah Jessica Parker  • Al Franken  • Jeanne Shaheen  • Tom Udall  • Mark Begich  • Jane Fonda  • Mark Udall  • Laura Dern  • fund raising  • Penny Marshall  • Tom Allen

  • April 2008

    • Anchorage Mayor to Run for Ted Stevens' Senate Seat

      Anchorage Daily News  |  Apr 21, 08 9:07 AM CDT

      Anchorage Mayor to Run for Ted Stevens' Senate Seat

      (Newser) - The Democratic mayor of Anchorage will throw his hat in the ring today for the Alaska Senate seat Ted Stevens has held for 4 decades, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Stevens, one of the Senate's most notorious pork producers, has been reelected easily 7 times, but is now under federal investigation for corruption. Mark Begich will face three other Democrats in a primary; the 84-year-old Stevens will run against two GOP challengers. More »

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      Republicans  • Senate  • Alaska  • campaign  • Ted Stevens  • Democrat  • candidate  • Anchorage  • Mark Begich

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