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I didn't hear anything about a special election. I heard the governor appoints the seat. Since Palin is the governor, she can't appoint herself. But the commentator, I think it was Rachel Maddow, said she could step down and her lt. gov is elevated to gov and then he can appoint her to the Senate.
I'm not surprised he won, Stevens was talked about like the spigot for Alaskan funds. If voter turnout was low, it was probably due to people refusing to vote for Palin, Stevens, etc. rather than voting against them. Maybe the communities are too small to vote against one of your own without having to deal with it sometime down the road.
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