Stevens Draws GOP Challenger for His Senate Seat

[Judi Lynn]

Source: CQ TODAY

Stevens Draws GOP Challenger for His Senate Seat
By Rachel Kapochunas, CQ Staff
2 hours, 49 minutes ago

Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens received no holiday respite from potential 2008 election problems, drawing his first primary challenger even as an investigation continued into whether he had received favors from a politically-connected state oil services company.

Republicans also face similar complications when it comes to the re-election bid of Republican at-large Rep. Don Young who also has been named in stories about Veco, which has had close ties to many Alaska politicians.

Wealthy real estate developer David Cuddy, who lost to Stevens in the 1996 GOP primary after spending more than $1 million in personal funds, publicly announced last week his plans for a rematch against the six-term senator.

Cuddy told CQ Politics that his drive to restore fiscal conservatism as well as combat widespread federal corruption prompted him to enter the race.



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1. I thought that grumpy ole stevens was retiring?

[rpannier]

2. Nah

He wants to be just like Strom Thurman.