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The2002 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 5, 2002. IncumbentRepublicanUnited States SenatorTed Stevens ran for and won a seventh term (a sixth full term) and final term in theUnited States Senate. He faced perennial candidate Frank Vondersaar, theDemocratic nominee, journalistJim Sykes, theGreen Party nominee, and several otherindependent candidates in his bid for re-election. Ultimately, Stevens defeated his opponents by an overwhelming margin to win what would be his last term in the Senate, the highest percentage of the vote of any of his elections. This would be the last Senate election in the state until 2020 in which the winning candidate received a majority of the vote.
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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Frank Vondersaar | 18,256 | 66.27% | |
| Democratic | Theresa Obermeyer | 9,292 | 33.73% | |
| Total votes | 27,548 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Ted Stevens (incumbent) | 64,315 | 88.94% | |
| Republican | Mike Aubrey | 7,997 | 11.06% | |
| Total votes | 72,312 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independence | Jim Dore | 2,665 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 2,665 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Jim Sykes | 1,182 | 76.65% | |
| Green | Thomas M. Higgins | 360 | 23.35% | |
| Total votes | 1,542 | 100.00% | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libertarian | Leonard Karpinski | 558 | 100.00% | |
| Total votes | 558 | 100.00% | ||
| Source | Ranking | As of |
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| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Safe R | November 4, 2002 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| 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% | |
| 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 | ||||
| Republicanhold | Swing | ||||
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