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Ted Stevens Loses Senate Re-Election Bid

Posted by kdawson on from the down-the-tubes dept.

JakartaDean writes "Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, famed Internet regulator, has lost his Senate seat. The AP is reporting that 'Stevens was declared the loser in Alaska on Tuesday night after a two-week-long process of counting nearly 90,000 absentee and early votes from across Alaska. With this victory, Democrat Mark Begich (the mayor of Anchorage) has defeated one of the giants in the US Senate by a 3,724-vote margin, a stunning end to a 40-year Senate career marred by Stevens' conviction on corruption charges a week before the election.' It's probably too early to tell what this means for Internet regulation, but at least there's a > 0 chance that the next committee chair will understand something about the Net."

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  1. Too Bad by fistfullast33l · · Score: 4, Funny

    Senator Stevens re-election bid is down the tubes.

    1. Re:Too Bad by negRo_slim · · Score: 4, Funny

      Senator Stevens re-election bid is down the tubes.

      Hey Slashdot ain't a big truck. You can't just dump anything on it, more it's like a series of tubes. And all your damn YouTubes, why I had my staff send me an Internet the other day, took 2 weeks to get here!

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    2. Re:Too Bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      When asked to comment, Senator Stevens was reported to have called the voters "A series of n00bs"

  2. Re:I'm amazed by amRadioHed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, it occurred to me that's probably why he was still voted for. If he was forced out of office in disgrace he would be replaced by another less obviously disgraceful Republican. At least I hope that's what happened, although after seeing who they elected Governor I could be giving Alaskan's too much credit.

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  3. Re:If Stevens had won by schon · · Score: 4, Funny

    They would have had a special election.

    Am I the only one who read the "special" in "special election" with the same connotation as "special olympics"? :)