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ate, Obamacare wouldn’t exist.”
Begich responded to the attack
with a chuckle. “There are sixty
60th votes!” he said.
Outside money will also play a
major role in the race. In November,
Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group financed
by the Koch brothers, ran an ad
criticizing Begich for his Obamacare vote. The ad was panned for
featuring a Maryland-based actress
and, more conspicuously, for being set in a decidedly un-Alaskan
Provençal-style kitchen.
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“Did you see that Maryland actress?” Begich asked. “I know Karl
Rove and the Koch Brothers will
like to play onto one issue, but
voters in Alaska like to look at the
whole package.”
Left-leaning advocates have also
targeted Begich for his more moderate and conservative positions.
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the
group co-chaired by former New
York Mayor Michael Bloomberg,
has already pilloried him for his
vote against expanded background
checks. Begich, who briefly belonged to the group when he was
mayor of Anchorage, all but encourages such attacks from his left
Begich
speaks with
reporters
after a vote
in the Senate
that broke
a filibuster
and allowed
debate on
gun control
legislation.
Begich and
Sen. Mark
Pryor, D-Ark.,
were the two
Democrats
to vote to
continue the
filibuster.