ALASKA SENATE: Stevens' campaign cash grows, Begich, Stevens in dead heat

[L. Coyote]

Begich, Stevens in dead heat
http://alaskareport.com/news48/z51194_ted_mark.htm

Barring likely indictments that would take him out of the race completely, Ted Stevens is going to have a tough time this November in his Senate re-election bid against Mark Begich.
Barring indictments, Ted Stevens is going to have a tough time this November in his Senate re-election bid, Mark Begich is hot on his tail.

Stevens and his son Ben are under multiple criminal investigations for extortion, tax evasion, and bribery charges relating to Alaska's legislature and fisheries issues. .........

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Candidates file finances for Congressional races
Steve Mac Donald - April 15, 2008 - http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=8172488

... Young's campaign brought in more than $134,000 over the first quarter of the year. ....

Late Tuesday afternoon, U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens announced his first quarter fundraising results. The incumbent collected almost $585,000 over the three month period.

Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, who has formed an exploratory committee to challenge Stevens, claims he has raised $250,000. Begich, a Democrat, still has not decided whether or not he will challenge Stevens for the seat.


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Stevens' campaign war chest grows
By R. A. Dillon - April 17, 2008 - http://newsminer.com/news/2008/apr/17/campaign-war-chest-expands-stevens/


WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Stevens raised $578,000 for his re-election bid in the first three months of this year.

The Republican incumbent received $438,000 from individual donors, according to records filed with the Federal Election Commission. Stevens received an additional $146,000 in contributions from political action committees.

Stevens spent $317,000 on his campaign in the first quarter, leaving $1.3 million in his campaign war chest — an increase of $261,000 over the cash-on-hand he had at the close of 2007.

In a statement released Tuesday, Stevens said the contributions from more than 900 donors show there’s a “strong message of support” for his candidacy.

Stevens’ campaign did not release the full, 380-page report it mailed to the FEC. ......

[obamaguy2008]

1. campaign to nowhere

Even if he's re-elected, he's going down.

[L. Coyote]

3. Good one!! + Stevens presses Begich for clean campaign

Stevens presses Begich for clean campaign
April 11, 2008 - http://thebristolbaytimes.com/news/story/1961


Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich hasn’t announced he’ll run for U.S. Senate, but incumbent Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, is already asking him to wage an issue-focused campaign free of “smear tactics and attack politics."

Stevens made the request in a letter to Begich sent Thursday, according to a written statement and copy of the letter provided by the Stevens campaign.

..... Alaska senator asked Begich to request that the Alaska Democratic Party remove a Web site that “smears and distorts” Stevens’ record.

... Stevens also said he asked the National Republican Senatorial Committee on Thursday to kill a Web site ..... I have asked the NRSC not to engage in these kinds of tactics,” Stevens wrote ... : www.begichbaggage.com ... was still up Friday morning.

[MarjorieG]

2. From Alaska? How about Diane Benson for at large Congressional seat?

[Blue_In_AK]

7. You got it, MarjorieG...

Diane Benson is the best. We could do far worse than sending Diane to the House and Mark Begich to the Senate.

[Clear Blue Sky]

4. Isn't Stevens the "King of Pork"?

[L. Coyote]

5. In the Senate, if not all time. In the House, Young (R-AL) is a real CBC Porker too.

[fujiyama]

6. Why is this even close?

Run the son of a bitch on outta there!

[Blue_In_AK]

8. Mark Begich is hosting a free lunch on Monday,

to which my husband and I were personally invited, to make a "very important announcement." I'm sure this will be his official entry into the race. We are so ready for change up here.

[L. Coyote]

9. Senator Mark Begich (D-AL) sounds rather better than the old Series of Tubes.

It is time for the CBC truckload to head down that bridge to nowhere!