Alaska Senator Ted Stevens has garnered an enormous amount of media coverage relating to ethical transgression over the past year. The FBI and IRS raided his home last summer.  CREW named him one of the most corrupt members of Congress.

Today, he made it clear that he is running for re-election.  Duly noted:

U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest-serving Republican in Senate history, filed for re-election today.

The 84-year-old Stevens, who also is under a federal investigation, filed his paperwork at the state elections office in Anchorage.

Stevens is the most powerful elected official in Alaska state history.

He was appointed to the Senate in 1968, won election two years later in a special election and has been re-elected six times.

Federal authorities are investigating the senator's ties to a corrupt oil services contractor who helped remodel Stevens' official residence in Girdwood. Stevens hasn't been charged and said he paid all bills presented to him.