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Alaska's Voters Take a Pass on Accountability

Radley Balko | 11.5.2008 8:32 AM


With only early voting ballot counting remaining, convicted felon Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) leads challenger Mark Begich by by 3,300 votes.

Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) also has a stunning 17,000 vote lead, despite trailing in all of the pre-election polling.

Radley Balko is a journalist at The Washington Post.

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