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 sixth 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 with the largest margin of victory for any Senate election in Alaska, as well as the highest percentage of the vote in any of his elections.

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%
U.S. senator before election

Ted Stevens
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Ted Stevens
Republican

Elections in Alaska

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
  • Ted Stevens, incumbent United States Senator since 1968
  • Mike Aubrey, construction worker

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 %
Alaskan 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
  • Leonard Karpinski

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

General election

Results
United States Senate election in Alaska, 2002[2]
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%
Alaskan 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
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References
  1. http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/02PRIM/data/results.pdf
  2. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002election.pdf
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