<div>Donovan,</div>
<div>It does not work that way up here; under state law a special election would be held to replace a Senator. </div>
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<div>Up until Governor Murkowski replaced himself with his daughter Lisa (who has turned out to be a really good Senator and a real pleasure to work with) the governor had the duty to replace a senator until a special election was called. Residents were so pissed off at the move (BTW, Sarah Palin was the leading non-family politician for that seat at the time) that we passed a law in 2004 that would require a special election. So nope, don't look for Sarah Palin to replace Ted Stevens. BTW, bet on President Bush to pardon Senator Stevens of all crimes. It is pretty clear now that he did not receive a fair trial and the government was very unethical in prosecuting the case.</div>
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<div>Chris<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Donovan Arnold <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com">donovanjarnold2005@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>If Alaska's long standing Senator, and seven time convicted felon, Ted Stevens, gets re-elected, the Senate will remove him, and Palin can take his place. </div>
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<div>Image, Hillary and Palin duking it out on the Senate floor. We could probably move the event from C-Span to Pay-Per-View. :P</div>
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<div>Best Regards,</div>
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