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2020 Senate elections · Alaska history

Alaska U.S. Senate election 2020

Dan Sullivan REP +12.7 · Class II seat · held 11/3/20

Votes counted
354,587
Margin
12.7 pts
Seat held by
Republicanheld
President in AK
R+10.1same year

General election 11/3/20

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
Dan Sullivan WonREP191,11253.90%
Al GrossDEM146,06841.19%
John Wayne HoweAKI16,8064.74%
Write-in—6010.17%
Total354,587

Official source: ElectionSummaryReportRPT24.pdf

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 2020 Alaska Senate race?

Dan Sullivan (REP) won with 53.9% of the vote, ahead of Al Gross (41.2%), a margin of 12.7 points.

Did the Alaska Senate seat change party in 2020?

No. The Republican Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 2020 Alaska Senate race?

354,587 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.