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Hillary's Story
Ted Fulton Stevens, Sr. served as a United States Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009, making him the longest-serving Republican U.S. Senator in history at the time he left office. But, in 2006, when the FBI and IRS started investigating Stevens’ financial disclosures, things got complicated for the senator.

Tina's Story
H. Brent Coles held the mayor’s seat in Boise for 10 years, from 1993 to 2003. During his tenure, he was named president of the United States Conference of Mayors and was also considered by then president George W. Bush to be named the Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy But, when allegations of misuse of public funds come to light, Mayor Coles finds himself stuck in the muck.

Hillary's Sources
Wikipedia
Alaska political corruption probe
Alaska Permanent Fund
Alaska Legislature

Juneau Empire
Opinion: The ‘Corrupt Bastard’s Club’ is alive and well

PBS
Timeline: Alaska Corruption Scandal
[Alaska: The Senator and the Oil Man](Alaska: The Senator and the Oil Man)

Washington Post
["I'll Sell My Soul to the Devil"](Alaska: The Senator and the Oil Man)--by Karl Vick

New York Times
A Senate Lion Brought Down
A New Generation of Republicans in Alaska--By William Yardley

Politifact
Sarah Palin--"As governor, I've stood up to ... the big oil companies."

Photos
US Senator Ted Stevens--via Wikimedia
VECO Bill Allen--via Anchorage Daily News
Ted Stevens Chalet--via Kirby on the Loose

Tina's Sources
Sources
Wikimedia
H. Brent Coles
Boise, Idaho
United States Conference of Mayors

Idaho Statesman
“Boise still bears scars of Coles scandal”--By Sven Berg
“He was popular, then fell from grace. Ex-Mayor Brent Coles says he’s a changed man”--by KATE TALERICO

Deseret News
“Ex-mayor relieved of church duties”--AP

Church News
“First LDS Mayor Elected”

New York Times
“Charged With Getting Free Olympics Trip, Boise Mayor Resigns”--By The Associated Press

Lewiston Morning Tribune
“Boise Mayor Resigns”--by Dan Gallagher, the Associated Press

Lewiston Tribune
“Brent Coles enters innocent pleas”--by the Associated Press
“Former Boise mayor out of jail”--by TheAssociated Press

The Spokesman Review
“Record cleared, rights restored for ex-Boise mayor”--by Associated Press

The Missoulian
“Former mayors leader takes heat”--by Chuck Oxley, Associated Press

Idaho Reports
“Brent Coles once agreed to never run for office again”--by Seth Ogilvie

Idaho Mountain Express
“In Boise, a slick mayor and naïve police chief”--by PAT MURPHY

Channel 7 KTVB via YouTube
2007 Boise Mayor Brent Coles interview: 'I can't see myself being a public servant again'

KTVB
“Former Boise Mayor Brent Coles announces mayoral run, 16 years after scandal”
“Former Boise mayor & wife face $44K Idaho tax lien”

Idaho Democaratic Party
“IDAHO STATESMAN: TOP IDAHO GOP SCANDALS OF YESTERYEAR (AND TODAY)”

Photos
Idaho News Six
Brent Coles Resigns (screenshot via YouTube)
Brent Coles Announces 2019 Mayoral Bid (screenshot via YouTube)

KTVB
Brent Coles Mayoral Debate Panel (screenshot via Youtube)

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Hillary's Story
In 2019, Rick Scott was sworn in as United States Senator from Florida and has is known for controversial investment schemes and his conservative position on issues like the death penalty, welfare, voter rights and school choice, along with his rejection in the scientific belief of climate change. But, in March 2020 Scott took things too far when he tried to block the passage of the Coronavirus Relief Bill.

Tina's Story
Louis Kealoha served in the Honolulu police department beginning in 1983 and, after working his way up, got sworn in as a police chief in 2009. But, in 2017, after an FBI probe surrounding, of all things, a stolen mailbox, the police chief, along with his deputy prosecutor wife, Katherine, found themselves mired in the muck.

Hillary's Sources
Politifact
"Rick Scott 'oversaw the largest Medicare fraud' in U.S. history, Florida Democratic Party says"--by Amy Sherman
"Gov. Rick Scott shifts again on Medicaid expansion"-by Jon Greenberg

Miami Herald
"Florida’s Rick Scott demands reduced unemployment benefits in coronavirus relief bill"--BY ALEX DAUGHERTY AND EMMA DUMAIN

"How Rick Scott won reelection as Florida governor"--By Marc Caputo and Adam C. Smith

Orlando Sentinel
"Rick Scott restored the voting rights of twice as many white former felons as black felons"--by Monivette Cordeiro

Tampa Bay Times
"Why is Sen. Rick Scott so heartless toward jobless Floridians?"--Editorial Board

"Rick Scott's office deleted messages related to Irma nursing home deaths"--by Kirby Wilson

Sun Sentinel
"Gov. Rick Scott took responsibility? No, he took $300 million"--by Randy Schultz

Wikimedia
Rick Scott

Photos
Woman yelling at Rick Scott at Starbucks (screenshot via YouTube):
Rick Scott via Daily Kos
Rick Scott in Testimony via Village News

Tina's Sources
Sources
Honolulu Police Department
Louise M. Kealoha

Wikimedia
Katherine Kealoha
Honolulu

Slate
“There’s a Bonkers Corruption Case Unfolding in Hawaii”--by Molly Olmstead

AP
“Prosecutor says Hawaii police chief, wife abused positions”--by JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
“Hawaii law enforcement power couple mired in corruption case”--By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER

ABC
“Convicted ex-Honolulu police chief files for divorce”--By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER

United States Department of Justice
“Former Honolulu Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, Former Police Chief Louis Kealoha Plead Guilty”

Hawaii News Now
“Ahead of sentencing, ex-Police Chief Louis Kealoha pleads for leniency”--by Lynn Kawano
“'No one is above the law': Former HPD chief, prosecutor wife indicted”

Honolulu Civil Beat
“Honolulu Feds Want Katherine Kealoha In Prison For 14 Years”--by Nick Grube
Kealoha Timeline

West Hawaii Today
“Katherine and Louis Kealoha admit guilt”--By Rob Perez

KITV 4
“Katherine Kealoha and brother indicted on drug distribution charges”

Kai Wai Ola Magazine
“Dynamic Duo: Together the Kealohas serve and protect the public and Hawaii’s natural resources”--by Howard Dashefsky

Boston College Law School Magazine
“The Mysterious Case of the Missing Mailbox”--Nick Grube

Khon News 2
“Half-brother of former Police Chief Louis Kealoha arrested for alleged abuse”

Photos:
Honolulu Police Department
Louis M. Kealoha (headshot via Honolulu Police Department)

Boston College Law School Magazine
Kealohas Leaving Court Wearing Lei (via Boston College Law School Magazine)

Hawaii News Now
Florence Puana (via Screenshot of Hawaii News Now Interview with Puana)

Star Advertiser
Katherine Kealoha’s Boyfriend, Firefighter Jesse Michael Ebersole (Photo by Cindy Russell via Start Advertiser)

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