On December 1, Ray Metcalfe announced that, next year, he will seek the Alaska U.S. Senate seat now held by Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. Metcalfe was the founder of the Republican Moderate Party of Alaska, which enjoyed recognition as a qualified party between 1998 and 2002. That party also elected a State Senator in 2002, the very year it was disqualified for failing to poll enough votes for Governor.

Senator Stevens, a Republican, was overwhelmingly re-elected in 2002, with 78.2% of the vote. However, since then, he has received a great deal of bad publicity. Metcalfe has been one of Stevens’ most dogged and persistent critics. Thanks to Eric Dondero for this news.