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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) 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 crushed his opponents to win what would be his last term in the Senate, allowing him to win the highest percentage of the vote in any of his elections. This would be the last Senate election in the state until 2020 when 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
Results
Democratic primary results[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Frank Vondersaar | 18,256 | 66.27% |
| Democratic | Theresa Obermeyer | 9,292 | 33.73% |
Total votes | 27,548 | 100.00% |
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Republican primary results[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Ted Stevens (Incumbent) | 64,315 | 88.94% |
| Republican | Mike Aubrey | 7,997 | 11.06% |
Total votes | 72,312 | 100.00% |
Alaskan Independence Party primary
Candidates
- Jim Dore, conservative activist
Results
Alaskan Independence Party primary results[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independence | Jim Dore | 2,665 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 2,665 | 100.00% |
Green Party primary
Candidates
- Jim Sykes, journalist
- Thomas M. Higgins, theater technician
Green Party primary results[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Green | Jim Sykes | 1,182 | 76.65% |
| Green | Thomas M. Higgins | 360 | 23.35% |
Total votes | 1,542 | 100.00% |
Libertarian Party primary
Candidates
Results
Libertarian Party primary results[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Libertarian | Leonard Karpinski | 558 | 100.00% |
Total votes | 558 | 100.00% |
General election
Predictions
Results
2002 United States Senate election in Alaska[3] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Republican | Ted Stevens (Incumbent) | 179,438 | 78.17% | +1.46% |
| Democratic | Frank Vondersaar | 24,133 | 10.51% | +0.17% |
| Green | Jim Sykes | 16,608 | 7.24% | −5.29% |
| Independence | Jim Dore | 6,724 | 2.93% | |
| Libertarian | Leonard Karpinski | 2,354 | 1.03% | |
| Write-ins | | 291 | 0.13% | |
Majority | 155,305 | 67.66% | +3.47% |
Turnout | 229,548 | | |
| Republican hold | Swing | | |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "State of Alaska Primary Election - August 27, 2002 Official Results" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections.
- ^ "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ 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.
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