United States Senate elections in Alaska occur when voters in theU.S. state ofAlaska select an individual to represent the state in theUnited States Senate in either of the state's two seats allotted by theConstitution . Regularly scheduledgeneral elections occur onElection Day , coinciding with various other federal, statewide, and local races.
Each state is allotted two U.S. Senators elected to staggered six-year terms, which were originally selected by thestate legislature . The Senate is divided intothree classes to stagger the terms of its members such that one-third of the Senate would be up for re-election every two years. Upon Alaska'sadmission to the Union in 1959, the state was assigned a Class 2 seat and a Class 3 seat, first elected in1958 . Since the passage of theSeventeenth Amendment in 1913, U.S. Senators areelected directly by the voters of each state.Special elections may be held to fill mid-term vacancies to elect an individual to serve the remainder of the unexpired term.
The list below contains results from all U.S. Senate elections held in Alaska, sorted by year. The next scheduled election for the Class 2 seat is in2026 , while the Class 3 seat will hold its next election in2028 .
List of recent elections [ edit ] Asterisk * denotes incumbent senators
Year Winner Runner-up Others Ref Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes % 1958 Bob Bartlett Democratic 40,939 R. E. Robertson Republican 7,299 599 [ 1] 1960 Bob Bartlett *Democratic 38,041 Lee McKinley Republican 21,937 [ 2] 1966 Bob Bartlett *Democratic 49,289 Lee McKinley Republican 15,961 [ 3] 1970 (sp) Ted Stevens *Republican 47,908 Wendell P. Kay Democratic 32,456 [ 4] 1972 Ted Stevens *Republican 74,216 Gene Guess Democratic 21,791 [ 5] 1978 Ted Stevens *Republican 92,783 Donald Hobbs Democratic 29,574 384 [ 6] 1984 Ted Stevens *Republican 146,919 71.17% John Havelock Democratic 58,804 28.49% 715 0.35% [ 7] 1990 Ted Stevens *Republican 125,806 66.23% Michael Beasley Democratic 61,152 32.19% 2,999 1.58% [ 8] 1996 Ted Stevens *Republican 177,893 76.70% Jed Whittaker Green 29,037 12.52% 1,009 0.44% [ 9] Theresa Obermeyer Democratic 23,977 10.34% 2002 Ted Stevens *Republican 179,438 78.17% Frank Vondersaar Democratic 24,133 10.51% 9,369 4.08% [ 10] Jim Sykes Green 16,608 7.24% 2008 Mark Begich Democratic 151,767 47.77% Ted Stevens *Republican 147,814 46.52% 18,142 5.71% [ 11] 2014 Dan Sullivan Republican 135,445 47.96% Mark Begich *Democratic 129,431 45.83% 17,524 6.21% [ 12] 2020 Dan Sullivan *Republican 191,112 53.90% Al Gross Independent [ a] 146,068 41.19% 17,407 4.91% [ 13]
Borough and census area results of Class 2 elections since 2008 Year Winner Runner(s)-up Others Ref Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes % 1958 Ernest Gruening Democratic 26,045 Mike Stepovich Republican 23,464 [ 1] 1962 Ernest Gruening *Democratic 33,827 Ted Stevens Republican 24,354 [ 14] 1968 Mike Gravel Democratic 36,527 Elmer E. Rasmuson Republican 30,286 [ 15] Ernest Gruening *Write-in 14,118 1974 Mike Gravel *Democratic 54,361 C. R. Lewis Republican 38,914 [ 16] 1980 Frank Murkowski Republican 84,159 Clark Gruening Democratic 72,007 596 [ 17] 1986 Frank Murkowski *Republican 97,674 54.02% Glenn Olds Democratic 79,727 44.10% 3,400 1.88% [ 18] 1992 Frank Murkowski *Republican 127,163 53.05% Tony Smith Democratic 92,065 38.41% 467 0.19% [ 19] Mary Jordan Green 20,019 8.35% 1998 Frank Murkowski *Republican 165,227 74.49% Joseph Sonneman Democratic 43,743 19.72% 12,837 5.79% [ 20] 2004 Lisa Murkowski *Republican 149,773 48.58% Tony Knowles Democratic 140,424 45.55% 18,118 5.88% [ 21] 2010 Lisa Murkowski *Write-in 92,931 36.08% Joe Miller Republican 90,839 35.27% 13,723 5.33% [ 22] Scott McAdams Democratic 60,045 23.32% 2016 Lisa Murkowski *Republican 138,149 44.36% Joe Miller Libertarian 90,825 29.16% 5,073 1.63% [ 23] Margaret Stock Independent 41,194 13.23% Ray Metcalfe Democratic 36,200 11.62% 2022 [ b] Lisa Murkowski *Republican 136,330 53.70% Kelly Tshibaka Republican 117,534 46.30% [ 24]
Borough and census area results of Class 3 elections since 2004 ^a b "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1958" (PDF) .Clerk of the United States House of Representatives ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 8, 1960" (PDF) .Clerk of the United States House of Representatives ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 8, 1966" (PDF) .Clerk of the United States House of Representatives ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1970" (PDF) .Clerk of the United States House of Representatives ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1972" (PDF) .Clerk of the United States House of Representatives ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1978" (PDF) .Clerk of the United States House of Representatives ^ "Federal Elections 1984" (PDF) .Federal Election Commission ^ "Federal Elections 1990" (PDF) .Federal Election Commission ^ "Federal Elections 1996" (PDF) .Federal Election Commission ^ "Federal Elections 2002" (PDF) .Federal Election Commission ^ "Federal Elections 2008" (PDF) .Federal Election Commission ^ "Federal Elections 2014" (PDF) .Federal Election Commission ^ "Federal Elections 2020" (PDF) .Federal Election Commission ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 1962" (PDF) .Clerk of the United States House of Representatives ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 5, 1968" (PDF) .Clerk of the United States House of Representatives ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 1974" (PDF) .Clerk of the United States House of Representatives ^ "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1980" (PDF) .Clerk of the United States House of Representatives ^ "Federal Elections 1986" (PDF) .Federal Election Commission ^ "Federal Elections 1992" (PDF) .Federal Election Commission ^ "Federal Elections 1998" (PDF) .Federal Election Commission ^ "Federal Elections 2004" (PDF) .Federal Election Commission ^ "Federal Elections 2010" (PDF) .Federal Election Commission ^ "Federal Elections 2016" (PDF) .Federal Election Commission ^ "State of Alaska 2022 GENERAL ELECTION Election Summary Report" (PDF) .Alaska Division of Elections . November 30, 2022. RetrievedJanuary 8, 2023 .
