- Electoral history of Ted Stevens
Electoral history of
Ted Stevens , SeniorUnited States Senator fromAlaska (1968 -),Senate Minority Whip (1977 -1981 ),Senate Majority Whip (1981 -1985 ),President pro tempore of the United States Senate (2003 -2007 ) and President pro tempore emeritus (2007 -)Stevens is currently the 4th longest-serving Senator as well as most senior Republican in this body
Early Senate and state legislature races (1962-1968)
Republican primary for the United States Senate from Alaska,
1962 * Ted Stevens - 11,000 (72.49%)
*Frank Cook - 4,175 (27.51%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=230029]
=United States Senate election in Alaska, 1962=*
Ernest Gruening (D) (inc.) - 33,827 (58.14%)
* Ted Stevens (R) - 24,354 (41.86%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3274]Alaska House of Representatives , 8th district,1964 Elected:
*Mike Gravel (D) (inc.)
*Earl D. Hillstrand (D) (inc.)
*Joe Josephson (D) (inc.)
*Bruce Biers Kendall (R) (inc.)
*Carl F. Lottsfeldt (D) (inc.)
*Homer Moseley (D) (inc.)
*John L. Rader (D) (inc.)
*Harold D. Strandberg (R) (inc.)
*Carl F. Brady (R)
*Bernard J. Carr, Sr. (D)
*Gene Guess (D)
*M. D. Plotnick (D)
*Charles J. Sassara, Jr. (D)
* Ted Stevens (R) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=342744]Alaska House of Representatives , 8th district,1966 Elected:
*Gene Guess (D) (inc.)
*William J. Moran (D) (inc.)
*Charles J. Sassara, Jr. (D) (inc.)
* Ted Stevens (R) (inc.)
*Harold D. Strandberg (R) (inc.)
*Michael F. Beirne (R)
*Ken Brady (R)
*Tom Fink (R)
*Milo Fritz (R)
*Jess Harris (R)
*M. M. Moore (R)
*Jack R. Simpson (R)
*Don Smith (R)
*William C. Wiggins (R) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=342746]Republican primary for the United States Senate from Alaska,
1968 *
Elmer E. Rasmuson - 10,320 (53.11%)
* Ted Stevens - 9,111 (46.89%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=230028]enate races as an incumbent (since 1970)
Open special primary for the United States Senate from Alaska,
1970 * Ted Stevens (R) (inc.) - 39,062 (55.91%)
*Wendell P. Kay (D) - 16,729 (23.94%)
*Joe Josephson (D) - 12,730 (18.22%)
*Fritz Singer (R) - 1,349 (1.93%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=229100]Note: Stevens was appointed for the United States Senate following death of incumbent
Bob Bartlett inDecember 1968
=United States Senate special election in Alaska, 1970=* Ted Stevens (R) (inc.) - 47,908 (59.61%)
*Wendell P. Kay (D) - 32,456 (40.39%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3264]
=United States Senate election in Alaska, 1972=* Ted Stevens (R) (inc.) - 74,216 (77.30%)
*Gene Guess (D) - 21,791 (22.70%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3263]
=United States Senate election in Alaska, 1978=* Ted Stevens (R) (inc.) - 92,783 (75.59%)
*Donald W. Cobbs (D) - 29,574 (24.10%)
*Write-in - 384 (0.31%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3262]All-Party primary for the United States Senate from Alaska,
1984 * Ted Stevens (R) (inc.) - 65,522 (69.23%)
*John E. Havelock (D) - 19,074 (20.15%)
*Dave Carlson (D) - 4,620 (4.88%)
*Michael Beasley (D) - 2,443 (2.58%)
*Joe Tracanna (D) - 1,661 (1.76%)
*Phil Stoddard (D) - 1,331 (1.41%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=229098]
=United States Senate election in Alaska, 1984=* Ted Stevens (R) (inc.) - 146,919 (71.17%)
*John E. Havelock (D) - 58,804 (28.49%)
* Write-in - 715 (0.35%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3261]All-Party primary for the United States Senate from Alaska,
1990 * Ted Stevens (R) (inc.) - 81,968 (59.19%)
*Michael Beasley (D) - 12,371 (8.93%)
*Robert M. Bird (R) - 34,824 (25.15%)
*Tom Taggart - 9,329 (6.74%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=229097]
=United States Senate election in Alaska, 1990=* Ted Stevens (R) (inc.) - 125,806 (66.23%)
*Michael Beasley (D) - 61,152 (32.19%)
* Write-in - 2,999 (1.58%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3260]All-Party primary for the United States Senate from Alaska,
1996 * Ted Stevens (R) (inc.) - 71,043 (58.87%)
*Theresa Obermeyer (D) - 4,072 (3.37%)
*Jed Whittaker (Green) - 3,751 (3.11%)
*Dave W. Cuddy (R) - 32,994 (27.34%)
*Joseph A. Sonneman (D) - 2,643 (2.19%)
*Michael Beasley (D) - 1,968 (1.63%)
*Henry J. Blake, Jr. (D) - 1,157 (0.96%)
*Lawrence Freiberger (D) - 921 (0.76%)
*Charles E. McKee (R) - 842 (0.70%)
*Frank J. Vondersaar (D) - 655 (0.54%)
*Robert Alan Gigler (D) - 631 (0.52%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=211602]
=United States Senate election in Alaska, 1996=* Ted Stevens (R) (inc.) - 177,893 (76.71%)
*Jed Whittaker (Green) - 29,037 (12.52%)
*Theresa Obermeyer (D) - 23,977 (10.34%)
* Write-in - 1,009 (0.44%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=159]Republican primary for the United States Senate from Alaska,
2002 * Ted Stevens (inc.) - 64,315 (88.94%)
*Mike Aubrey - 7,997 (11.06%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=931]
=United States Senate election in Alaska, 2002=* Ted Stevens (R) (inc.) - 179,438 (78.17%)
*Frank J. Vondersaar (D) - 24,133 (10.51%)
*Jim Sykes (Green) - 16,608 (7.24%)
*Jim Dore (Alaskan Independence) - 6,724 (2.93%)
*Len Karpinski (LBT) - 2,354 (1.03%)
* Write-in - 291 (0.13%) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPhq6StlV94]President pro tempore of the United States Senate ,2003 * Ted Stevens (R) - 51 (51.00%)
*Robert Byrd (D) (inc.) - 49 (49.00%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36476]President pro tempore of the United States Senate ,2005 * Ted Stevens (R) (inc.) - 55 (55.00%)
*Robert Byrd (D) - 45 (45.00%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=190028]President pro tempore of the United States Senate ,2007 *
Robert Byrd (D) - 51 (51.00%)
* Ted Stevens (R) (inc.) - 49 (49.00%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=309017]Republican primary for the United States Senate from Alaska,
2008 * Ted Stevens (inc.) - 59,138 (63.53%)
*Dave W. Cuddy - 25,387 (27.27%)
*Vic Vickers - 5,204 (5.59%)
*Michael D. Corey - 1,283 (1.38%)
*Rick Sikma - 949 (1.02%)
*Rich M. Wanda - 621 (0.67%)
*Gerald L. Heikes - 500 (0.54%) [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=69779]Future races
United States Senate election in Alaska, 2008 References
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