The Politico reports that Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich is expected to announce today that he is to run this fall against Ted Stevens for his Alaska Senate seat.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/…
The popular Begich should be able to make this a top-tier race as he already holds a lead against the corrupt Stevens in polling, 47-41.
A competitive race in Alaska? Who would have thought that? But it sure does look that way. It probably ranks just below the top 5 (VA, NM, NH, CO, MN) in order of seats most likely to change parties, maybe even ahead of Oregon and Maine.
With an outside chance in MS and perhaps even TX the impossible dream of 60 seats may actually be in reach.