Reply #3: Dem Anchorage Mayor Plans Run Against Sen. Stevens (R-Crook) [View All]

[L. Coyote]

babylonsister .... Wed Feb-27-08 06:34 AM

Dem Anchorage Mayor Plans Run Against Sen. Stevens (R-Crook)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2929289


Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich is expected to announce this afternoon that he'll be running against Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), setting up a political battle between an iconic figure in Alaska politics against one of the rising Democratic stars statewide.

Begich has called a news conference for 2:30 p.m. EST to “announce his plans regarding the United States Senate seat held by Sen. Ted Stevens,” according to a campaign statement.

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has been recruiting Begich for the last several months, believing he has the best chance of unseating Stevens. Begich’s father, who was a congressman, died in a 1972 plane crash while campaigning in Alaska.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee, anticipating Begich’s campaign, has recently set up a website titled begichbaggage.com, designed to alert voters about Begich’s political record. It is still under construction.

A December Research 2000 poll, commissioned by the liberal website Daily Kos, showed Begich defeating Stevens, 47 percent to 41 percent, in a head-to-head contest.

more... http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0208/Anchorage_mayor_expected_to_announce_run_against_Ted_Stevens.html