1990 United States Senate election in Alaska

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1990 United States Senate election in Alaska
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  1984 November 6, 1990 1996  
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Nominee Ted Stevens Michael Beasley
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote125,80661,152
Percentage66.23%32.19%

1990 United States Senate election in Alaska by State House District.svg
Results by state house district
Stevens:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. senator before election

Ted Stevens
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Ted Stevens
Republican

The 1990 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 6, 1990. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Ted Stevens sought re-election to a fifth term (a fourth full term) in the United States Senate, which he won easily, besting his opponents in a landslide.

Contents

Open primary

Candidates

Democratic

  • Michael Beasley, perennial candidate
  • Tom Taggart

Republican

Results

Open primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ted Stevens (Incumbent) 81,968 59.19%
Republican Bob Bird34,82425.15%
Democratic Michael Beasley12,3718.93%
Democratic Tom Taggart9,3296.74%
Total votes138,492 100.00%

General election

Results

1990 United States Senate election in Alaska [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Ted Stevens (Incumbent) 125,806 66.23% −4.94%
Democratic Michael Beasley61,15232.19%+3.71%
Write-ins2,9991.58%
Majority 64,65434.04%−8.65%
Turnout 189,957
Republican hold Swing

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Dendy, Dallas L. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1990" (PDF).