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Who Is Sarah Palin’s Pick for Alaska’s Contested Senate Seat?

By | 06.02.10 | 3:06 pm

Not sitting Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), as Palin made clear in a Facebook message to her supporters this morning that began: “Contested primaries are so good for America’s political process! Competition makes everyone work harder, be more efficient, debate clearer [sic], and produce more.”

Palin experienced the value of More…

Alaska Senate Update, Plus Q&A

By | 11.10.08 | 6:34 am

The U.S. Senate race in Alaska is still too close to call. Sen. Ted Stevens (R), just convicted of seven bribery-related felony counts, is up by 3,257 votes with 60,000 early votes and absentee votes still to be counted. Another 16,000 “questionable ballots” need to be examined.

Who will win? More…