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  [AK Sen] Vickers to go all out
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Last EditedTX DEM  Jul 29, 2008 12:10pm
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News DateTuesday, July 29, 2008 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionAlaska political newcomer Vic Vickers said today he expects to pour $750,000 of his own money into his bid to defeat U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens.

"I think I can beat him. I'm confident I can," said Vickers, who is running against Stevens in the Aug. 26 Republican primary.

Vickers, who moved to Alaska full-time in January, filed to run just before the deadline in June and has had a low-key campaign since. But that is about to change, Vickers said, with statewide television ads starting on Wednesday and running up until election night. Federal reports show he gave over $190,000 of his own money to his campaign by June 30.

Vickers, 59, said he owns the controlling interest of Eller and Company Inc., a Florida maritime company. He said he's also a lawyer, has a Ph.D in economic history, is a former Florida banking regulator and has written two historical books on banking fraud in Florida and Chicago.

Vickers' television ad shows him standing in front of Stevens' Girdwood home, which FBI and IRS agents searched in July of last year.

"I am Vic Vickers, and I'm running against Ted Stevens to stop corruption," Vickers says in the ad.

Vickers goes on to say in the TV ad that "I will not accept a single penny from any oil company or special interest."
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