2002 United States Senate election in Alaska

none March 2026 September 2023 2002 United States Senate election in Alaska Alaska presidential no 1996 United States Senate election in Alaska 1996 2008 United States Senate election in Alaska 2008 November 5, 2002 125x136px Ted Stevens (cropped).jpg Ted Stevens Republican Party (United States) 179,438 78.17% 3x4.svg Frank Vondersaar Democratic Party (United States) 24,133 10.51% 3x4.svg Jim Sykes Green Party (United States) 16,608 7.24% 2002 United States Senate election in Alaska by State House District.svg 325px Results by state house districtStevens: #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% U.S. Senator Ted Stevens Republican Party (United States) Ted Stevens Republican Party (United States) 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 Democratic primary resultsState of Alaska Primary Election - August 27, 2002 Official Results https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/02PRIM/data/results.pdf Alaska Division of Elections Frank Vondersaar Democratic Party (United States) 18,256 66.27% Theresa Obermeyer Democratic Party (United States) 9,292 33.73% 27,548 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Ted Stevens, incumbent United States Senator since 1968 Mike Aubrey, construction worker Results Republican primary results Ted Stevens (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 64,315 88.94% Mike Aubrey Republican Party (United States) 7,997 11.06% 72,312 100.00% Alaskan Independence Party primary Candidates Jim Dore, conservative activist Results Alaskan Independence Party primary results Jim Dore Alaskan Independence Party 2,665 100.00% 2,665 100.00% Green Party primary Candidates Jim Sykes, journalist Thomas M. Higgins, theater technician Green Party primary results Jim Sykes Green Party (United States) 1,182 76.65% Thomas M. Higgins Green Party (United States) 360 23.35% 1,542 100.00% Libertarian Party primary Candidates Leonard Karpinski Results Libertarian Party primary results Leonard Karpinski Alaska Libertarian Party 558 100.00% 558 100.00% General election Predictions SourceRankingAs ofSabato's Crystal Ballhttp://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/senate_all.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20021118115505/http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/senate_all.htm November 18, 2002 Senate Races www.centerforpolitics.org en-US November 4, 2002 June 25, 2021 dead mdy-all Safe RNovember 4, 2002 Results 2002 United States Senate election in AlaskaClerk of the U.S. House of Representatives Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office 2 Republican Party (United States) Ted Stevens (incumbent) 179,438 78.17% +1.46% Democratic Party (United States) Frank Vondersaar 24,133 10.51% +0.17% Green Party (United States) Jim Sykes 16,608 7.24% −5.29% Alaskan Independence Party Jim Dore 6,724 2.93% Alaska Libertarian Party Leonard Karpinski 2,354 1.03% Write-ins 291 0.13% 155,305 67.66% +3.47% 229,548 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) See also 2002 United States Senate elections References 30em Alaska 2002 Senate, U.S. Category:Ted Stevens