Sen. Stevens wins Alaska Republican primary
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
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A federal indictment didn't stop Republican voters in Alaska from supporting
Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) on Tuesday.
Stevens, who faces seven charges of making false statements, won his party's primary with 91 percent of the vote. Two others ran against him.
Stevens will have to campaign while he goes on trial in Washington, D.C., this September. His Democratic opponent is Anchorage Mayor
Mark Begich.
Stevens, the former chairman of the
Senate Appropriations
Committee , is one of the most powerful members of the Senate. He has used
his position to help Alaska Native corporations and to pressure Alaska tribes
and villages.
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Indictments don't spoil Stevens' re-election bid
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Senator From Alaska Wins Republican Primary (The New York Times 8/27)
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