Electoral history of Ted Stevens



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

 * Ted Stevens – 11,000 (72.49%)
 * Frank Cook – 4,175 (27.51%)

United States Senate election in Alaska, 1962

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

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)

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)

Republican primary for the United States Senate from Alaska, 1968

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

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:
 * 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%