Vic Vickers
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Raymond B. "Vic" Vickers is an American
historian
, author
, and lawyer
. He was a Republican Party
candidate for the United States Senate
seat held by incumbent Ted Stevens
of Alaska
.
Vickers is the former assistant State Comptroller
, a lawyer, author, and owner of Florida-based maritime company Eller & Co. Vickers grew up and worked in Florida, moving to Alaska with his wife and two children in January 2008. They now reside in a home located in the Turnagain neighborhood of Anchorage. Vickers has encountered criticism for his extremely short residency in Alaska, but has countered with the assertion that over the course of his life he has spent a considerable amount of time in the state. Vickers says that he hitchhiked to Alaska as a college student in 1970, working for two years as an aide to Alaska Supreme Court
Chief Justice George Boney. Vickers also states that he has spent time in Alaska almost every summer since then, and is presently writing a book
about the state's corruption problems.
The Alaska Republican primary took place on August 26, 2008. Vickers said he was prepared to spend $750,000 of his own money to beat Ted Stevens, and bought up all the statewide television airtime he could for his ads; in the end the amount he spent was closer to one million. Vickers was a registered Democrat in Florida, though has filed to run as a Republican in Alaska.
Vickers has a Ph.D in economic history from Florida State University
, and authored the 2007 book "Panic in Paradise: Florida's Banking Crash of 1926". Also, a book in 2011 called "Panic in the Loop: Chicago's Banking Crisis of 1932"
United States
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historian
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, author
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, and lawyer
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. He was a Republican Party
Republican Party (United States)
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candidate for the United States Senate
United States Senate
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seat held by incumbent Ted Stevens
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton "Ted" Stevens, Sr. was a United States Senator from Alaska, serving from December 24, 1968, until January 3, 2009, and thus the longest-serving Republican senator in history...
of Alaska
Alaska
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.
Vickers is the former assistant State Comptroller
Florida Comptroller
The Florida Comptroller was the state comptroller of Florida from 1845 to 2003...
, a lawyer, author, and owner of Florida-based maritime company Eller & Co. Vickers grew up and worked in Florida, moving to Alaska with his wife and two children in January 2008. They now reside in a home located in the Turnagain neighborhood of Anchorage. Vickers has encountered criticism for his extremely short residency in Alaska, but has countered with the assertion that over the course of his life he has spent a considerable amount of time in the state. Vickers says that he hitchhiked to Alaska as a college student in 1970, working for two years as an aide to Alaska Supreme Court
Alaska Supreme Court
The Alaska Supreme Court is the state supreme court in the State of Alaska's judicial department . The supreme court is composed of the chief justice and four associate justices, who are all appointed by the governor of Alaska and face judicial retention elections and who choose one of their own...
Chief Justice George Boney. Vickers also states that he has spent time in Alaska almost every summer since then, and is presently writing a book
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about the state's corruption problems.
The Alaska Republican primary took place on August 26, 2008. Vickers said he was prepared to spend $750,000 of his own money to beat Ted Stevens, and bought up all the statewide television airtime he could for his ads; in the end the amount he spent was closer to one million. Vickers was a registered Democrat in Florida, though has filed to run as a Republican in Alaska.
Vickers has a Ph.D in economic history from Florida State University
Florida State University
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, and authored the 2007 book "Panic in Paradise: Florida's Banking Crash of 1926". Also, a book in 2011 called "Panic in the Loop: Chicago's Banking Crisis of 1932"
External links
- Campaign website
- Stevens faces toughest battle
- A maverick runs for the Senate
- Crusading historian Vickers is still battling his detractors
- Historians fight it out on the battleground of ideas
- Banking's veil of secrecy
- Q&A: Raymond Vickers on bank-examination reports
- History lessons
- Causes of the bust
- Architect Addison Mizner: Villain or visionary?
- Secret bank records shine light on 1920s boom and bust
- COMING SUNDAY: Bankers and the boom
- Crusading historian Vickers is still battling his detractors
- Can Political Shakeup Help Alaska Shed Corruption?