2002 United States Senate election in Alaska

The 2002 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Ted Stevens ran for and won a seventh term (a sixth full term) in the United States Senate. He faced perennial candidate Frank Vondersaar, the Democratic nominee, journalist Jim Sykes, the Green Party nominee, and several other independent candidates in his bid for re-election. Ultimately, Stevens crushed his opponents to win what would be his last term in the Senate, allowing him to win the highest percentage of the vote in any of his elections. This would be the last Senate election in the state until 2020 when 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.

Candidates

 * Frank Vondersaar, perennial candidate
 * Theresa Obermeyer, former Anchorage School Board Member and 1996 Democratic nominee for the United States Senate

Candidates

 * Ted Stevens, incumbent United States Senator since 1968
 * Mike Aubrey, construction worker

Candidates

 * Jim Dore, conservative activist

Candidates

 * Jim Sykes, journalist
 * Thomas M. Higgins, theater technician

Candidates

 * Leonard Karpinski