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Before his conviction, Stevens was locked in a tight re-election race with Anchorage mayor Mark Begich; after the jury returned a verdict, Stevens' poll numbers dipped. But even if Stevens does eke out a victory, he is already facing calls from across his party to resign soon afterward. Both...
Any of these fates--defeat, resignation or expulsion--would be an ironic career ender for the 40-year Washington veteran whose control of the federal purse strings once made his colleagues practically genuflect in his presence. Longtime friend Jack Roderick, who practiced law with Stevens 40 years ago, sounded subdued...
Stevens treated the verdict like just another feature of a re-election campaign, claiming "prosecutorial misconduct" and vowing to "fight this unjust verdict with every ounce of energy I have." It is possible that in Alaska, with oil prices tanking, voters could decide that their state will have a hard...
Stevens' years in power have earned him loyalty among Alaskans. At a Federation of Natives meeting on the weekend before the verdict--more than 4,000 native leaders in a massive convention hall in Anchorage--Stevens sent a video message in which he asked for their prayers and apologized for...
But local affection won't trump the mess he made. If Stevens loses on Nov. 4, the Dems could inch closer to a 60-seat Senate supermajority. He and Palin have not been particularly close, but she could also be tarnished by the sorry spectacle in Alaska. In the Lower...