United States Senate election in Alaska, 2002

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%

Senator before election

Ted Stevens
Republican

Elected Senator

Ted Stevens
Republican

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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 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.

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 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
Mike Aubrey, construction worker

Results

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Stevens (inc.)	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	Jim Dore	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 (inc.)	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
	Republican hold		Swing

References

External links

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