
Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, answers question in Anchorage, Alaska on Wednesday, May 28, 2008. The longest-serving Republican senator and a figure in Alaska politics since before statehood, was indicted Tuesday, July 29, 2008, on seven felony counts of concealing more than a quarter of a million dollars in house renovations and gifts from a powerful oil contractor that lobbied him for government aid. Associated Press.