In 1974, Dick Randolph was still a Republican, one of Tom Fink's inner circle ("All The Fink's Men", as the Anchorage Times called them back then) and leaving the legislature in response to the passage of conflict of interest legislation, which self-employed legislators such as Randolph viewed as a threat to their businesses.  Since you mention that, some of us were around during the 1983 national convention when David Bergland's nomination revealed the schism within the party and backlash against the Koch / Cato Institute-backed faction, a group which included Dick Randolph.  See my previous post for a mention of what happened afterward.  And the only Joe I support is Vogler.  Finally, for those of you thinking that this will get Disco Ray elected, can you say "Mike Gravel Version 2.0"?  Good, I knew you could.