Begich won his prior Senate seat because Senator Ted Stevens was falsely convicted by a corrupt left leaning prosecution..Begich never should have been Alaska's Senator, and that election tipped the balance of power in the Senate.  I'll never vote for Begich and would urge a vehement protest against any office he ever ran for. In case you forgot how Stevens was vindicated the judge in the case said he had never seen worse prosecutorial mishandling.