Monday, Oct. 27, 2008 | 5:20 p.m.
WASHINGTON — With today’s guilty verdict in Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens’ corruption trial, it’s worth remembering what Sen. John Ensign said about his fellow Republican’s chances for winning re-election.
Asked last week whether Stevens could be both convicted and re-elected, Ensign told a gathering at the National Press Club: “I don’t think so.”
“It’s all about whether he’s convicted or acquitted,” said Ensign, who chairs his party’s Senate election committee.
Losing the seat held by the longest-serving Republican senator would be a blow as Ensign struggles to avoid widespread losses.
Democrats are within striking range of as many as nine seats, enough seats to secure a filibuster-proof Senate majority.
Polls this month show the race between Stevens and Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, the Democratic challenger, had been tight yet leaning Democratic.
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