Sen. Ted Stevens guilty on all counts in corruption trial days before election
Republican Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska has been convicted of lying about gifts he received from an oil contractor. Despite the guilty verdict, the Republican isn’t out of the race for the Senate seat he’s held for 40 years.
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