The 2002 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent RepublicanUnited States SenatorTed 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.
2002, united, states, senate, election, alaska, held, november, 2002, incumbent, republican, united, states, senator, stevens, seventh, term, sixth, full, term, united, states, senate, faced, perennial, candidate, frank, vondersaar, democratic, nominee, journa. 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 2002 United States Senate election in Alaska 1996 November 5 2002 2008 Nominee Ted Stevens Frank Vondersaar Jim Sykes Party Republican Democratic Green Popular vote 179 438 24 133 16 608 Percentage 78 17 10 51 7 24 Results by state house districtStevens 60 70 70 80 80 90 U S senator before election Ted Stevens Republican Elected U S Senator Ted Stevens Republican 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 Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 Alaskan Independence Party primary 3 1 Candidates 3 2 Results 4 Green Party primary 4 1 Candidates 5 Libertarian Party primary 5 1 Candidates 5 2 Results 6 General election 6 1 Predictions 6 2 Results 7 See also 8 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Frank Vondersaar perennial candidate Theresa Obermeyer former Anchorage School Board Member and 1996 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate Results edit 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 editCandidates edit Ted Stevens incumbent United States Senator since 1968 Mike Aubrey construction worker Results edit 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 editCandidates edit Jim Dore conservative activist Results edit 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 editCandidates edit 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 editCandidates edit Leonard Karpinski Results edit Libertarian Party primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Libertarian Leonard Karpinski 558 100 00 Total votes 558 100 00 General election editPredictions edit Source Ranking As of Sabato s Crystal Ball 2 Safe R November 4 2002 Results edit 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 SwingSee also edit2002 United States Senate electionsReferences edit 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 United States Senate election in Alaska amp oldid 1188637964, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
