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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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Alaska political corruption

The FBI raided state legislature offices in Aug. 2006, and the fallout since has been epic in Alaska's political world.

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Begich pushes to limit corporate contributions; Alaska campaign finance regulators wait for direction - 2/5/2010 11:14 am

Palin e-mails show Todd Palin was active participant in administration (Updated with how to search) - 2/5/2010 7:57 am

First hearing on bill to roll back oil taxes set for Monday - 2/4/2010 11:43 am

"There are now no limits on independent expenditures ..." - 2/3/2010 10:41 am

Democrats: Alliance ads on oil taxes "dishonest" - 2/2/2010 12:49 pm

Millett files bill to lower oil taxes - 1/29/2010 6:43 pm

Sitka Assembly member: Kookesh also pressured that city - 1/29/2010 10:12 am

Push in Legislature to oppose Cook Inlet beluga habitat plan - 1/27/2010 12:33 pm

Sealaska CEO: unfortunate that media is focusing on Kookesh controversy - 1/26/2010 6:02 pm

Democrats protest Cohen's removal from cruise science panel - 1/26/2010 1:40 pm

Chenault wants to use permanent fund earnings for in-state gasline - 1/25/2010 12:03 pm

Oil industry launches ad campaign calling for oil tax reduction - 1/25/2010 11:18 am

New Wheeler report - 1/24/2010 8:46 am

Judge sides with Palin on emails - 1/22/2010 4:54 pm

Leg. ethics dings Cowdery - more than a year after he pleaded guilty in court - 1/22/2010 9:06 am

Wielechowski and McGuire: fund Susitna dam and Chakachamna - 1/21/2010 7:07 pm

Galvin:oil industry jobs and investment up but drilling down - 1/21/2010 3:49 pm

Begich: Allow 2009 tax credit for 2010 Haiti donations - 1/21/2010 3:22 pm

Murkowski remarks on EPA regs - 1/21/2010 12:24 pm

The most important third-party candidate in the 2008 election?

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From David Hulen in Anchorage --

The Washington Post makes the case that the distinction could belong to Bob Bird, the Alaskan Independence Party's candidate for U.S. Senate this year. The story suggests Bird's candidacy may have cost Ted Stevens the election.

(Stevens') biggest obstacles appeared to be a potential prison sentence and his Democratic opponent, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich.

Little did he know that one Bob Bird, the nominee of the conservative Alaska Independence Party, would stand in his way by grabbing 4 percent of the vote.

When a majority of votes were counted on Election Day, Stevens held a 3,200-vote lead. Last week, after 70,000 more votes were tallied, Begich pulled ahead by more than 1,000 votes, with fewer than 30,000 remaining to be counted Tuesday.

Bird -- running a conservative antiabortion, pro-gun-rights campaign -- has collected 12,144 votes. Bird may end up being the most important third-party candidate in the 2008 race...

Bird's support, the story notes, almost certainly came from conservatives unlikely to vote for Begich.


  2     March 3, 2009 - 1:44am | rina2000

العاب بنات -

العاب بنات - العاب -
افلام عربية -
مصارعة
 - منتدى
دردشة

دردشه
- بنك المعلوماتافلام - اخبار الفن - اسلاميات - سين و جيم - العاب
بنات
  -

العاب
- جوالالالعاب - تصميم - برامج - برامج تصميم - سؤال وجواب  -   مصارعة
- مصارعة - مصارعه -
  مصارعة حره - مسرحيات - افلام اكشن - افلام عربية - افلام كوميدىماسنجر - فوتوشوب
 - فوتوشوب -
فرش فوتوشوب -   اشكال فوتوشوب -
تدريجات فوتوشوب -
 استيلات فوتوشوب
ملحقات فوتوشوب -
خطوط -
 خطوط عربية - خطوط انجليزية -  تحويل
عملة
    العاب سباق - العاب قتال -
العاب ذكاء
- العاب ورق - العاب رياضية - العاب منوعة - العاب تلبيس -  العاب مكياج - العاب طبخ - العاب اطفال -  العاب باربى - ترجمة
نصوص
- ترجمة مواقع - ترجمة - العاب 
- تحويل عملات - حواء - بنات - الماسنجر
-    العاب ديكور - العاب سو - كتب - صور
شات - شبكة
الصمت
- الصمت - دردشة الصمت -  خلفيات جوال - مقاطع بلوتوث - بلوتوث - نغمات جوال - العاب جوال - برامج جوال - رسائل جوال - برامج كاملة - برامج مشروحة - البرامج المشروحة -  البرامج الكاملة - برامج حماية - برامج الحماية - برامج الماسنجر - برامج الصوتيات  - برامج الفيديو - برامج ملتيميديا - العاب
 -  
      ازياء - القضية الفلسطبنية -
 روايات    العناية بالشعر -  العناية بالبشرة -
 مكياج - ميك اب -  موضة  -   حواء   - كرة قدم -   الرياضة - الدورى الاسبانى   خواطر - شعر
 - ابداعات شخصية -
 منتديات - الدورى الايطالى - الدورى الانجليزى -  سيارات -  المنتدى العام - المنتدى الطبى - اعشاب -  معلومات طبية -
 اللغة الانجليزية - لغات -  المنتدى السياسى -
مشاكل و حلول    

  1     March 3, 2009 - 1:44am | rina2000

دردشة -  دردشه -

دردشةدردشه -    شات
دردشة
سعودية
-  دردشة
خليجية
- اغانى - العاب - صوراسلاميات  - صور  -
بوسترات الفنانين -  صور
انمى
- صور
مشاهير
- غرائب - طرائف -    اخبار الفنانين  - مصارعة -
لانجرى - الاهتمام
بالشعر
-  العناية بالبشرة
- الرجيم و
التخسيس
-  
اكلات شهية
-
اكلات - حلويات -  
  مشروبات
 الغاز - حكم و
امثال
- علاج
الاعشاب
- كلام
شباب
- كلام
بنات
- اشعار و
خواطر
-
قصص  -
قصص حقيقية - قصص
حب
- قصص
خيالية
- روايات - اغانى عربية  ديكور - تجهيز
العرائس
- ازياء
الشباب
-

 فرفشة
 -
نكت جديدة -
العاب كتابية  - كاريكاتير -   العاب
-
 البومات كاملة -   اغانى
فرديه
- ريمكسات - اغانى
قديمة
- اغانى
اجنبية
- اغانى
خليجية
- اغانى
شعبية
- كليبات -  
كليبات
عربية
- كليبات
اجنبية
- كلمات
اغانى
- افلام
عربية
-
افلام
عربى
- افلام
ممنوعة من العرض
- رقص -  مسلسلات
عربية
-  
افلام اجنبية  - افلام هندية -
افلام كارتون -
 برامج ثيمات
جوال
- كليبات
جوال
-
نغمات جوال  - برامج الجوال  - العاب
جوال
- رسائل
جوال
- منتديات  -

دردشة
- دردشه   شات - دردشة
سعودية
- دردشة مصرية - دردشة بحرانية - دردشة
قطرية
- دردشة اماراتية -
دردشة اردنية
- دردشة لبنانية - دردشة
سورية
- دردشة فلسطينية - دردشة
عراقية
- دردشة يمنية - دردشة
عمانية
- دردشة ليبية - دردشة
سودانية
- دردشة تونسية -
دردشة مغربية
- دردشة جزائرية -
دردشة كويتية
 - دردشة خليجية

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