2002 United States Senate election in Alaska

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

November 5, 2002
 
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:      60โ€“70%      70โ€“80%      80โ€“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.

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