Vic Vickers

Infobox Congressional Candidate


caption = Vic Vickers (on the left) with a prospective Alaskan Voter
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office = Candidate for the U.S. Senate from Alaska
nationality = American
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party = Republican Party
residence = Alaska
alma_mater = Florida State University
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Raymond B. "Vic" Vickers (born ?) is an American Historian, Author, Lawyer. He was a Republican Party candidate for the United States Senate seat held by incumbent Ted Stevens of Alaska.

Mr. Vickers is the former assistant state comptroller of Florida, a lawyer, author, and owner of Florida-based maritime company Eller & Co. ["Who is the mysterious Vic Vickers?". "Anchorage Daily News". Retrieved August 3, 2008.] Mr. Vickers grew up and worked in Florida, moving to Alaska with his wife and two children in January of 2008. They now reside in a home located in the Turnagain neighborhood of Anchorage. ["Who is the mysterious Vic Vickers?". "Anchorage Daily News". Retrieved August 3, 2008.] Mr. 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. Mr. 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. ["Meet Vic Vickers". "Vic Vickers for U.S. Senate, Official Web Site". Retrieved August 3, 2008] Mr. 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. ["Who is the mysterious Vic Vickers?". "Anchorage Daily News". Retrieved August 3, 2008.]

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 the amound he spent was closer to one million. [Dillon, R. A. [http://newsminer.com/news/2008/aug/19/alaska-primary-election-approaches-candidates-floo/ "As Alaska primary election approaches, candidates flood TV with ads".] "Fairbanks Daily News-Miner". Accessed August 30, 2008.] Mr. Vickers was a registered Democrat in Florida, though has filed to run as a Republican in Alaska.

Mr. 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".

ee also

*United States Senate election in Alaska, 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.vicvickers.com/ Campaign website]