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Palin campaigns for Republican in Georgia's runoff

Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss enlisted Gov. Sarah Palin to rally conservatives while Democratic challenger Jim Martin pushed to activate black voters, as they grapple for advantage in a Tuesday runoff that will shape Democrats' hold on power in Washington.

Palin in Georgia for Senate campaign

Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss enlisted Gov. Sarah Palin to rally conservatives while Democratic challenger Jim Martin pushed to activate black voters, as they grappled for advantage in a Tuesday runoff that will shape Democrats' hold on power in Washington.

Alaska Ear

Alaska politics and political hijinks

Video: Rep. Gara discusses re-naming the airport (11/19/2008)

Will Alaska pay price for ousting Stevens?

What happens to Alaska's notorious dependence on federal spending now that Ted Stevens' 40-year Senate career has come to a end?

Bush pardon for Stevens isn't out of the question

Court will accept Weyhrauch evidence

Federal prosecutors can go forward with the corruption case against former state Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch using evidence that he failed to disclose his efforts to get a job with Veco Corp., under an appeal court ruling issued Wednesday.

PDF: Weyhrauch opinion 11/26/08

More on the Weyhrauch investigation

Bush pardon for Stevens isn't out of the question

With President George W. Bush issuing a round of pardons this week and presumed to grant as many as two more rounds before he leaves office, it raises the question: Will Sen. Ted Stevens ask for one?

Will Alaska pay price for ousting Stevens?

Stevens case flares up again

Attorneys for Sen. Ted Stevens said in papers filed in court Wednesday that additional information prosecutors promised to provide about a disgruntled government witness had been submitted secretly to the trial judge in the case.

Judge calls hearing for flip-flopping Stevens witness

Indicted ex-lawmaker Weyhrauch loses appeal

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sided with federal prosecutors Wednesday and held that former state Rep. Bruce Weyhrauch can be tried for failing to disclose his efforts to get a job with Veco Corp. even if state law did not require such disclosure.

More on the Weyhrauch investigation

Palin called in as 'closer' to rally Georgia GOP voters

Gov. Sarah Palin is going back out on the campaign trail, just a few weeks after returning to work from her two-month run for vice president.

Kelly still leads House race by 1 vote

The final tally is in -- and this time state Rep. Mike Kelly really is one vote ahead of his rival.

Judge calls hearing for flip-flopping Stevens witness

The strange developments involving a prosecution witness who said he was untruthful in the case against Sen. Ted Stevens inched forward Tuesday with an order by the trial judge for a "brief hearing" next week.

Stevens case flares up again

Palin fans, foes keep her in spotlight

A California-based conservative group that hammered Democratic Sen. Barack Obama during the presidential election is launching a string of commercials this week praising Gov. Sarah Palin.

Politics Blog: Watch the new Palin commercial

Photos: Palin galleries

Kelly clings to 1-vote lead in House race

If Mike Kelly and Karl Kassel are nervous about the undecided outcome of their state House race, they aren't showing it.

Alaska Ear

Alaska politics and political hijinks

Letter adds new twist to Stevens conviction

A key prosecution witness in the trial of Sen. Ted Stevens has told the trial judge that some of his testimony wasn't true and that he suspects prosecutors left him in a room with evidence and grand jury transcripts so he could surreptitiously refresh his memory about 6-year-old events.

Judge calls hearing for flip-flopping Stevens witness

The Alaska political corruption investigation

Stevens bids farewell in speech to Senate

Audiences gobble up latest Palin interview

It's being called "gobblegate," "the interview of death," and "Silence of the Turkeys."

Alaska Politics Blog: Palin talks turkey (with KTUU video)

Video: Palin pardons a turkey

Naming an interim mayor throws Assembly in bit of a tiff

Deciding who will step in as interim mayor when Mark Begich resigns in early January to become a U.S. senator is tying the Anchorage Assembly in knots.

Kin in Croatia claim winning Alaska cousin

ZAGREB, CROATIA -- Mark Begich's victory in the U.S. Senate race in Alaska is being celebrated in a Croatian village where his grandfather once lived.

Senators comment on Stevens

Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii: "The responsibility our country has for its indigenous people has been one of the major causes that Ted Stevens has pursued. He has made a huge difference in it, and I want to say that I’ve been delighted working with him in helping our indigenous people in Alaska as well as in Hawaii and around the world."

Stevens concedes election to Begich

Sen. Ted Stevens conceded the election for U.S. Senate to Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich on Wednesday, bringing an end to his 40 years as the titan of Alaska politics.

Election results: Races statewide

PDF: Senate vote district by district

Bar groups want suspension of Stevens' license

Bar associations in California and Washington, D.C., are joining with their Alaska counterpart in seeking suspensions of Sen. Ted Stevens' law licenses over his felony convictions for lying on Senate disclosure forms.

The Ted Stevens investigation

Photos: Exhibits submitted as evidence