Electoral history of Ted Stevens

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Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK)

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Solicitor of the Interior

U.S. Senator from Alaska

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Electoral history of Ted Stevens, United States Senator from Alaska (1968–2009), Senate Minority Whip (1977–1981), Acting Senate Minority Leader (1979–1980), Senate Majority Whip (1981–1985), President pro tempore of the United States Senate (2003–2007) and President pro tempore emeritus (2007–2009)

At time of his 2008 defeat, Stevens was the 4th longest-serving Senator as well as most senior Republican in this body.

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Alaska, 1962

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%)

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%)

United States Senate election in Alaska, 1972

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

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%)

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%)

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%)

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%)

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%)

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%)

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%)

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Alaska, 2002

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

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%)

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%)

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%

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