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2002 United States Senate election in Alaska

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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 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.

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 district
Stevens:      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.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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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

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Candidates

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Results

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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

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Candidates

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  • Jim Dore, conservative activist

Results

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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

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Candidates

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  • 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

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Candidates

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  • Leonard Karpinski

Results

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Libertarian Party primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Libertarian Leonard Karpinski 558 100.00%
Total votes 558 100.00%

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] Safe R November 4, 2002

Results

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "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.
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