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2002 Senate elections · Alaska history

Alaska U.S. Senate election 2002

Ted Stevens REP +67.7 · Class II seat · held 11/5/02

Votes counted
229,548
Margin
67.7 pts
Seat held by
Republicanheld

General election 11/5/02

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Ted Stevens WonREP179,43878.17%
Frank J. VondersaarDEM24,13310.51%
Jim SykesGRE16,6087.24%
Jim DoreAKI6,7242.93%
Leonard J. KarpinskiLIB2,3541.03%
Write-in—2910.13%
Total229,548

Official source: Election-Statistics

Other Alaska Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2022Class IIILisa Murkowski7.4
2020Class IIDan Sullivan12.7
2016Class IIILisa Murkowski15.2
2014Class IIDan Sullivan2.1
2010Class IIILisa Murkowski4.0
2008Class IIMark Begich1.2
2004Class IIILisa Murkowski3.0
2002Class IITed Stevens67.7
1998Class IIIFrank Murkowski54.8
1996Class IITed Stevens64.2
1992Class IIIFrank Murkowski14.6
1990Class IITed Stevens34.0

Full Alaska Senate history →

Questions and answers

Who won the 2002 Alaska Senate race?

Ted Stevens (REP) won with 78.2% of the vote, ahead of Frank J. Vondersaar (10.5%), a margin of 67.7 points.

Did the Alaska Senate seat change party in 2002?

No. The Republican Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 2002 Alaska Senate race?

229,548 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.