ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - NOVEMBER 4: Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, center, and his supporter react to an updated voting tally showing Stevens ahead of his opponent Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich on election night Tuesday, November 4, 2008, at the Snow Goose Restaurant in Anchorage, Alaska. Getty Images logo Getty Images 8 months ago

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - NOVEMBER 4: Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, center, and his supporter react to an updated voting tally showing Stevens ahead of his opponent Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich on election night Tuesday, November 4, 2008, at the Snow Goose Restaurant in Anchorage, Alaska.

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  1. Former Alaska U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, right, endorses Anchorage mayoral candidate Dan Sullivan, center, who is standing next to his wife Lynnette Sullivan , left, at a fundraiser for Sullivan in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday, April 24, 2009. Stevens has made his first public appearances in Alaska this week after a federal judge threw out his felony corruption convictions because of prosecutorial misconduct. Stevens has declined to talk about the case because the federal prosecutors are now under investigation.
  2. Former Alaska U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, right talks with former Anchorage mayor George Sullivan, left, and mayoral candidate Dan Sullivan at a fundraiser for Dan Sullivan in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday, April 24, 2009. Stevens has made his first public appearances in Alaska this week after a federal judge threw out his felony corruption convictions because of prosecutorial misconduct. Stevens has declined to talk about the case because the federal prosecutors are now under investigation.
  3. Former Alaska U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, right, talks with former Anchorage mayor George Sullivan, left, and mayoral candidate Dan Sullivan at a fundraiser for Dan Sullivan in Anchorage, Alaska, Friday, April 24, 2009. Stevens has made his first public appearances in Alaska this week after a federal judge threw out his felony corruption convictions because of prosecutorial misconduct. Stevens has declined to talk about the case because the federal prosecutors are now under investigation.
  4. This artist rendering shows former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, center, with attorney Brendan Sullivan, second from right, before Judge Emmett Sullivan, right, and new prosecutors, from left, Bill Stuckwisch, foreground, Paul O'Brien, and David Jaffe, in federal court in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2009.
  5. WASHINGTON - APRIL 07: Former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) arrives at the Federal Courthouse, April 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. Stevens is attending a hearing on the Justice Department's request to dismiss the corruption indictment against former Senator.
  6. Brendan Sullivan, attorney for former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens, arrives at federal court in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2009.
  7. Former Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens arrives at federal court in Washington, Tuesday, April 7, 2009.
  8. Alaska Republican Senator Ted Stevens departs the U.S. District Court in Washington in this October 22, 2008 file photo. A U.S. judge threw out a corruption verdict against former Senator Stevens on April 7, 2009 and ordered a criminal probe into "shocking" Justice Department misconduct, in a blow to a legal system marred by accusations of Bush administration abuses.
  9. U.S. Senator Mark Begich, D-Alaska, checks the clock while going over notes in the Speaker's Chambers just before addressing a joint session of the Alaska State Legislature Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at the capitol in Juneau, Alaska.
  10. U.S. Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK), and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (C), listen to a brief on a ground-based interceptor missile silo on Fort Greeley, Alaska, June 1, 2009. Gates was touring missile defense facilities in Alaska. Picture taken June 1, 2009.
  11. News people interview U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, center left, and U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, center right, Monday, June 1, 2009, during a tour of the U.S. Army base Fort Greely. Fort Greely is located about 110 miles south of Fairbanks near Delta Junction, Alaska.
  12. U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, right, remarks on the beauty of the Alaska Range mountains to U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates Monday, June 1, 2009, during a tour of the U.S. Army base Fort Greely. Fort Greely is located about 110 miles south of Fairbanks near Delta Junction, Alaska.
  13. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates peers toward the top of a missile housed underground at Fort Greely on Monday, June 1, 2009, during a tour of the U.S. Army base with U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska. The non-explosive missiles house an exoatmosphereic kill vehicle within them which, once in orbit, intercepts and destroys enemy ballistic missiles. Fort Greely is located about 110 miles south of Fairbanks near Delta Junction, Alaska.
  14. Col. George Bond, second from right, briefs U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, center, and U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, second from left, on the capabilities of missiles housed underground at Fort Greely Monday, June 1, 2009, during a tour of the Army base. The non-explosive missiles house an exoatmosphereic kill vehicle within them which, once in orbit, intercepts and destroys enemy ballistic missiles. Fort Greely is located about 110 miles south of Fairbanks near Delta Junction, Alaska.
  15. In this Feb. 28, 2007 photo, Alaska Supreme Court Chief Justice Dana Fabe, addresses the Alaska Legislature during the annual State of the Judiciary address in Juneau, Alaska. U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, formally recommended Fabe to President Barack Obama to be his first nomination to the U.S, Supreme Court.
  16. U.S. Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, speaks to a joint session of the Alaska State Legislature as Senate President Gary Stevens, R-Kodiak, left, and House Speaker Mike Chenault, R-Nikiski, listen in House chambers Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at the capitol in Juneau, Alaska.

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