Well, it looks like Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) may not make it back to the Senate after all. While things looked good after the election, the AP has now called the race for his Democratic opponent Mark Begich.

So we now have more support for Fair Elections, or full public financing of elections, in Washington, D.C. than ever before. We need your help to make passing Fair Elections a priority.

After a long delay, the U.S. Supreme Court announced on Friday it would hear an appeal from West Virginia concerning campaign finance and whether a state Supreme Court justice has the responsibility to recuse himself when a campaign contributor is affected.