Repub Effort To Unseat Senator Investigating Palin's Abuse Of Power-FAILS

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Alaska senator to retain oversight of Palin probe

Alaska Sen. French to retain oversight of Palin 'troopergate' probe

Sep 08, 2008 14:12 EST

A Republican effort has failed to unseat the Alaska state senator overseeing the ethics investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power when she dismissed the state's public safety commissioner.

Democratic Sen. Hollis French was accused of manipulating the probe for political effect on the national and state elections. Republican Rep. John Coghill last week asked the Alaska Legislative Council to discuss replacing French as the probe's project director.

On Monday, the head of the Legislative Council turned down his request. Democratic Sen. Kim Elton responded that he is sure that partisan politics can be kept out of the probe.

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