2002 United States Senate election in Alaska

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2002 United States Senate election in Alaska
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  1996 November 5, 2002 2008  
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Nominee Ted Stevens Frank Vondersaar Jim Sykes
Party Republican Democratic Green
Popular vote179,43824,13316,608
Percentage78.17%10.51%7.24%

2002 United States Senate election in Alaska by State House District.svg
Results by state house district
Stevens:      60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Ted Stevens
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Ted Stevens
Republican

The 2002 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Ted Stevens ran for and won a seventh term (a sixth full term) and Final term in the United States Senate. He faced perennial candidate Frank Vondersaar, the Democratic nominee, journalist Jim Sykes, the Green Party nominee, and several other independent candidates in his bid for re-election. Ultimately, Stevens defeated his opponents by an overwhelming margin to win what would be his last term in the Senate, the highest percentage of the vote of any of his elections. This would be the last Senate election in the state until 2020 in which the winning candidate received a majority of the vote.

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On the same night, Frank Murkowski was elected as Governor of Alaska. He would resign from Alaska's Class 3 U.S. Senate seat and then appoint his daughter, Lisa Murkowski, to fill the vacancy on December 20.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Frank Vondersaar 18,256 66.27%
Democratic Theresa Obermeyer9,29233.73%
Total votes27,548 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ted Stevens (Incumbent) 64,315 88.94%
Republican Mike Aubrey7,99711.06%
Total votes72,312 100.00%

Alaskan Independence Party primary

Candidates

Results

Alaskan Independence Party primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independence Jim Dore 2,665 100.00%
Total votes2,665 100.00%

Green Party primary

Candidates

Green Party primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Jim Sykes 1,182 76.65%
Green Thomas M. Higgins36023.35%
Total votes1,542 100.00%

Libertarian Party primary

Candidates

Results

Libertarian Party primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Leonard Karpinski 558 100.00%
Total votes558 100.00%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [2] Safe RNovember 4, 2002

Results

2002 United States Senate election in Alaska [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Ted Stevens (Incumbent) 179,438 78.17% +1.46%
Democratic Frank Vondersaar24,13310.51%+0.17%
Green Jim Sykes 16,6087.24%−5.29%
Independence Jim Dore6,7242.93%
Libertarian Leonard Karpinski2,3541.03%
Write-ins2910.13%
Majority155,30567.66%+3.47%
Turnout 229,548
Republican hold Swing

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "State of Alaska Primary Election - August 27, 2002 Official Results" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections.
  2. "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  3. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 2.