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Begich or Sullivan?

By Chris Elliott

 

October 15, 2014
Wednesday AM


I was curious about each, so I looked on Wikipedia:

MARK BEGICH:

According to an analysis by Congressional Quarterly, in 2013 Begich voted with President Obama 97% of the time.

Begich is one of only two U.S. Senators without an undergraduate college degree.

Begich has never received a roll-call vote on an amendment he has offered on the Senate floor.

In August 2014, Begich pulled a campaign ad accusing opponent Dan Sullivan of allowing an alleged murderer and rapist to get off with a light sentence. That claim was proven to be false by fact checkers.

In August 2014, shortly before the Senate primary, Lisa Murkowski, who serves alongside Begich in the U.S. Senate, objected to Begich's use of her image in a campaign advertisement titled "Great Team." Murkowski's law firm sent a cease-and-desist letter, calling the advertisement "factually incorrect."

DAN SULLIVAN:

Sullivan graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 1993, he earned a J.D.M.S.F.S. joint degree from Georgetown University, graduating cum laude. He was a member of the Georgetown Law Journal and interned for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit while at Georgetown.

Sullivan has served in the United States Marine Corps since 1993, both on active duty and in the reserves. Sullivan, who has spent several years with a reconnaissance battalion based in Anchorage, Alaska, initially left active duty in 1997 when he first moved to Alaska, but has since been recalled to active duty three times: From 2004 to 2006, again in early 2009, and for a six week tour in Afghanistan in July 2013. Sullivan is a recipient of the Defense Meritorious Service Medal.

12/05/10-09/24/13: Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources
06/17/09-12/05/10: Attorney General of Alaska
06/06/06-01/01/09: US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic & Business Affairs

Chris Elliott
Ketchikan, Alaska

 

Received October 13, 2014 - Published October 15, 2014

 

 

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