2008 Elections - Senate

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

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Stevens bids farewell in speech to Senate

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 bids farewell in speech to Senate

Sen. Ted Stevens ended his four-decade congressional career today, ushered out by his Senate colleagues with a dignity not shown by jurors in his corruption trial nor by the voters in Alaska who declined to return him to Washington for an eighth term.

The rise and fall of Sen. Ted Stevens

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.

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Begich topples Stevens in Senate race

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens lost his job to Mark Begich Tuesday, putting an end to the era of "Uncle Ted" as the dominant force in Alaska politics. Begich widened his lead to 3,724 votes in Tuesday's count of absentee and questioned ballots. The lead is insurmountable, as the only votes left to count are approximately 2,500 ballots from overseas.

Assembly wrangles over Begich successor

Berkowitz concedes race to Young

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GOP delays vote on Stevens' status

Sen. Ted Stevens' GOP colleagues decided to postpone a vote on whether to keep him in their conference, saying they'll wait until after his Senate race in Alaska is resolved.

GOP hopes voters solve Stevens issue

On what may well be the worst weekend of his professional life, Ted Stevens faces only bleak prospects: maybe losing the U.S. Senate seat he has held for 40 years, and a secret vote by his colleagues on whether to remove him from the Senate's Republican conference.

Begich lead over Stevens grows

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens is in grave danger of losing re-election after Mark Begich widened his lead to 1,022 votes Friday.

Election results: Races statewide

Vote tally trend favors Begich for Senate

More than half the absentee and questioned ballots still to be counted in Alaska's U.S. Senate race come from areas of the state that backed Democrat Mark Begich.

Election results: Races statewide

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Begich takes lead in latest vote count

Mark Begich made a dramatic comeback Wednesday to overtake 40-year incumbent Ted Stevens for the lead in Alaska's U.S. Senate race.

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Most uncounted ballots will be tallied Wednesday

Look for the needle to move on Alaska's landmark U.S. Senate race and other tight contests this week, with the Division of Elections planning to tally more than half the uncounted ballots Wednesday.

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Stevens, Begich solicit more donations

Both candidates in the U.S. Senate race are going back to their supporters seeking new donations as their contest goes to post-election overtime and the possibility looms that it will be decided by contested ballots.

Young, Stevens still connect with voters

While a Democratic wave swept the rest of the nation, not even FBI investigations could keep Alaska's Republican congressional delegation from holding leads the day after the election.

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Exit polling shows trial wasn't a factor for many

Orthodox wisdom should dictate that voters would flee in droves from an incumbent who had just been convicted of felony crimes. But that would grossly underestimate the affection loyalists have for Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.

Stevens leads Begich by thin margin

Did pork keep Stevens in the race?

Sen. Ted Stevens' reputation for bringing home the bacon may have been the thing that resonated most with Alaska voters in the days leading up to the election.

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Stevens leads Begich by thin margin

With tens of thousands of ballots yet to be counted, Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens remained barely ahead this morning despite being found guilty of seven felonies and polls showing him in deep trouble.

Did pork keep Stevens in the race?

Video: Sen. Stevens on Election Night

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Stevens will appeal to voters in TV ad

Battling to keep the job he's held for 40 years, Republican Sen. Ted Stevens plans to appeal directly to voters in a two-minute commercial on television stations across the state tonight.

Stevens and Begich rally supporters for election

Sen. Ted Stevens, days after a Washington D.C. jury found him guilty of seven felonies, stood in the cold outside a senior center and rejected the possibility that a single Republican supporter in Alaska has turned against him.

Slide show: On the trail with Sen. Stevens

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Stevens may lose law license

The Alaska Bar Association went to the state Supreme Court on Thursday seeking to suspend Sen. Ted Stevens' law license on an interim basis, pending completion of his appeals.

When is a conviction a conviction?

After weeks of standing trial on criminal charges in Washington D.C., Sen. Ted Stevens was back in Alaska on Thursday night for his first, and only, live TV debate before Tuesday's election.

Stevens may lose law license

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