Electoral history of Ted Stevens

Electoral history of Ted Stevens, United States Senator from Alaska (1968-2008), 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 (2007-2008)

At time of his 2008 defeat, Stevens was 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%)

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United States Senate election in Alaska, 1962

Ernest Gruening (D) (inc.) - 33,827 (58.14%)
Ted Stevens (R) - 24,354 (41.86%)

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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)

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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)

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Republican primary for the United States Senate from Alaska, 1968

Elmer E. Rasmuson - 10,320 (53.11%)
Ted Stevens - 9,111 (46.89%)

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U.S. Senate races as an incumbent (1970–2008)

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%)

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Note: Stevens was appointed for the United States Senate following death of incumbent Bob Bartlett in December 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%)

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United States Senate election in Alaska, 1972

Ted Stevens (R) (inc.) - 74,216 (77.30%)
Gene Guess (D) - 21,791 (22.70%)

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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%)

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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%)

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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%)

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Senate Majority Leader, 1984

Fourth ballot:^[12]

Bob Dole - 28
Ted Stevens - 25

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%)

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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%)

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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%)

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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%)

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Republican primary for the United States Senate from Alaska, 2002

Ted Stevens (inc.) - 64,315 (88.94%)
Mike Aubrey - 7,997 (11.06%)

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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%)

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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%)

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United States Senate election in Alaska, 2008

Mark Begich (D) 47.76%
Ted Stevens (R) (incumbent) 46.5%
Bob Bird (AIP) 4.16%
Fredrick David Haase (L) 0.79%

References

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[2] "AK US Senate Race - Nov 03, 1962". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[3] "AK State House 08 Race - Nov 03, 1964". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[4] "AK State House 08 Race - Nov 08, 1966". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[5] "AK At-Large - Primary Race - Aug 27, 1996". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[6] "AK US Senate- Open Special Election Primary Race - Aug 25, 1970". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[7] "AK US Senate - Special Race - Nov 03, 1970". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[8] "AK US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1972". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[9] "AK US Senate Race - Nov 07, 1978". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[10] "AK US Senate- All-Party Primary Race - Aug 28, 1984". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[11] "AK US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1984". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[12] "AllPolitics - Candidates - Republicans". Cgi.cnn.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[13] "AK US Senate- All-Party Primary Race - Aug 28, 1990". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[14] "AK US Senate Race - Nov 06, 1990". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[15] "AK US Senate- All Party Primary Race - Aug 27, 1996". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[16] "AK US Senate Race - Nov 05, 1996". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

[17] "AK US Senate - R Primary Race - Aug 27, 2002". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2010-08-10.

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