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Erika Bolstad

Erika Bolstad covers Alaska issues, including the congressional delegation, from Washington, D.C., for McClatchy Newspapers. Before joining the bureau in 2007, she spent seven years as a reporter at the Miami Herald, where she covered politics, government and the state legislature. E-mail Erika at ebolstad@adn.com.

Sean Cockerham

Sean Cockerham writes about Alaska state politics. He's worked for the ADN in Anchorage and Juneau, covered the legislature for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, and covered Washington state politics for the Tacoma News Tribune. E-mail Sean at scockerham@adn.com

Kyle Hopkins

Kyle Hopkins covers rural affairs, general assignments and politics for the ADN. He covered the 2006 campaign for governor, has blogged extensively about Alaska politics, covered Anchorage city government and was a reporter based in the Mat-Su. He grew up in Southeast Alaska and previously wrote for the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and Anchorage Press. E-mail Kyle at khopkins@adn.com and also find him on our rural Alaska blog, The Village.

David Hulen

David Hulen, the ADN's state and local news editor, is responsible for political coverage. He has been an editor and reporter at the ADN for more than 20 years. E-mail David at dhulen@adn.com

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Sarah Palin's homecoming

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Posted: November 6, 2008 - 1:19 am

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From Kyle Hopkins in Anchorage --

Gov. Sarah Palin arrived home tonight in Anchorage, met by shivering fans and questions from reporters, who wanted to know about Sen. Ted Stevens, her plans for 2012, and tension in the campaign.

Check it out:

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Note: Earlier we posted some of the stories describing accusations and fingerpointing within the McCain-Palin campaign, including the anonymous charge that Palin doesn’t know her geography. A reporter asked her about the stories tonight, and while I couldn’t include it in my video – Palin was facing away from my microphone, so you can barely hear her – here’s what she said:

“If they’re an unnamed source, then that says it all. I won’t comment on anybody’s gossip, or allegations that are based on anonymous sources. That’s kind of a small, evidently bitter type of person who would anonymously charge something foolish like that, that I perhaps didn’t know an answer to a question.

“So until I know who was talking about it, I won’t have a comment on false allegations.”

(Let me know if you still want to see the clip, lousy audio and all, and I’ll put it up later.)

Finally, here's a bonus video on Palin's remarks about the media:

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