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2002 United States Senate election in Alaska

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FieldValue
election_name2002 United States Senate election in Alaska
countryAlaska
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election1996 United States Senate election in Alaska
previous_year1996
next_election2008 United States Senate election in Alaska
next_year2008
election_dateNovember 5, 2002
image_size125x136px
image1Ted Stevens (cropped).jpg
nominee1**Ted Stevens**
party1Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1**179,438**
percentage1**78.17%**
image23x4.svg
nominee2Frank Vondersaar
party2Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote224,133
percentage210.51%
image33x4.svg
nominee3Jim Sykes
party3Green Party (United States)
popular_vote316,608
percentage37.24%
map_image2002 United States Senate election in Alaska by State House District.svg
map_size325px
map_captionResults by state house district
**Stevens**:
titleU.S. Senator
before_electionTed Stevens
before_partyRepublican Party (United States)
after_electionTed Stevens
after_partyRepublican Party (United States)

Stevens:

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.

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

  • Frank Vondersaar, perennial candidate
  • Theresa Obermeyer, former Anchorage School Board member and 1996 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Ted Stevens, incumbent United States Senator since 1968
  • Mike Aubrey, construction worker

Results

Alaskan Independence Party primary

Candidates

  • Jim Dore, conservative activist

Results

Green Party primary

Candidates

  • Jim Sykes, journalist
  • Thomas M. Higgins, theater technician

Libertarian Party primary

Candidates

  • Leonard Karpinski

Results

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 4, 2002

Results

References

References

  1. "State of Alaska Primary Election - August 27, 2002 Official Results".
  2. (November 4, 2002). "Senate Races".
  3. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002". [[U.S. Government Printing Office]].
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