rollcall.com - 11/2/2008
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rollcall.com —
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) was forced
into the middle of Sen. Ted Stevens' (R-Alaska) re-election...
bid late Saturday night after a senior Senate Democrat endorsed Stevens and called on voters to disregard his seven-count felony conviction.
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Reid Says Stevens Cannot Serve
adn.com - 11/5/2008
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adn.com —
Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens was leading challenger Mark
Begich with most of the election returns in hand...
Tuesday night, despite being found guilty of seven felonies and polls showing him in deep trouble. With more than 80 percent of the precincts ...
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Stevens leads Begich by thin margin: 2008 Election
thehill.com - 11/2/2008
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thehill.com —
Convicted Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens will air a
two-minute advertisement Monday on seven television stations across his...
home state in an effort to salvage his political career and win reelection Tuesday, his campaign has announced. The Republican was ...
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Sen. Stevens advertises to save seat
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Sarah Palin and Ted Stevens
Swampland —
... Maybe, but unlike John McCain, Palin has role to play in all this that goes beyond public pronouncements. If Stevens resigns, she has to appoint a temporary successor. Alaska law has been changed a number of times with respect to this question. ...
Will the Re-Election of Convicted Felon Ted Stevens Lead to Sen. Sarah Palin?
BuzzFlash.org - Progressive News and Commentary with an Attitude | Fight Ignorance: Read BuzzFlash —
... from the Senate. There's no law disallowing senatorial service by a convicted felon, but with a two-thirds majority, the Senate can vote to remove Stevens from office. What is to come is somewhat difficult to tell, mostly because Alaskans keep changing the rules . Each state has the power to determine its own rules of succession. The only thing that is clear is that Alaska requires a special election to be held between 60 and 90 days after a vacancy arises. The problem is that the Alaska legislature ruled around the same time that there was a referendum up on the same ...
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briefingroom.thehill.com 10/15/2008 — Sen. Ted Stevens seems likely to take the stand Thursday as the final witness for his defense.
His wife, Catherine, is expected to begin testifying Wednesday afternoon and will likely portray the Alaska Republican as having little interest and ...
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blogs.tnr.com 11/6/2008 — -- In my (seemingly premature) goodbye to Ted Stevens last week, I did note that strategic Republicans who wanted to keep the seat in GOP hands might vote for Stevens anyway, figuring that if his conviction is upheld on appeal and he's forced out of ...
Ted Stevens can’t vote for himself.
thinkprogress.org 10/28/2008 — Kos points to Alaska election law , which shows that Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) — who was convicted on seven felony charges today — can’t even vote for himself in November:
I was convicted of a felony, but have served my time and am ...
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