If current polls are correct, then Alaska’s own Ted Stevens could be in trouble in November:
Alaska’s U.S. Senate race between Republican incumbent Ted Stevens and Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich has been a toss-up for several months now, but the Democratic challenger is now ahead 50% to 41%. When “leaners” are included, Begich leads 52%to 44%.
Begich began running his first television ads of the campaign on July 8 and the survey was conducted nine days later.
For each of the last three months, the candidates have been within two points of each other. Last month, Stevens was up two, 46% to 44%. In May, it the incumbent trailed by two. The month before, Stevens had a statistically insignificant 46% to 45% lead. Begich’s current lead is the largest the race has seen since Rasmussen polling began.
Stevens is the longest-serving Republican Senator in history. Begich was just six-years old when Stevens was first elected to the Senate in 1968.
Six years ago, Stevens won re-election with 78% of the vote. Since then, however, he has been caught up in a federal corruption investigation. FBI agents served a search warrant on Stevens’ Girdwood home.
As a symbol of what is wrong with Washington, and with what has been wrong with the Republican Party, there is no one more appropriate than Ted Stevens. His defeat, while it would give Democrats one more seat in the Senate in addition to the likely pickup here in Virginia, would, in the long run, be good for the GOP and the country.
July 24th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
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