Alaska / Senate
How did Alaska vote for the Senate?
2022 · data family: electiondata.dev
Lisa Murkowski (party not recorded) won by 0.8 points
0.8ptsSenate, 2022: winner's margin
- Lisa Murkowski (party not recorded) 43.4%, Kelly C. Tshibaka (party not recorded) 42.6%, Patricia R. Chesbro (party not recorded) 10.7%
- 263,027 votes for Senate candidates
Compare every state: where Alaska ranks for 2022
- Democrat ahead
- Republican ahead
Show the numbers (16 rows)
| Year | Margin |
|---|---|
| 2022 | even |
| 2020 | R +12.7 |
| 2016 | R +32.7 |
| 2014 | R +2.1 |
| 2010 | R +12.1 |
| 2008 | D +1.2 |
| 2004 | R +3.0 |
| 2002 | R +67.7 |
| 1998 | R +54.8 |
| 1996 | R +66.4 |
| 1992 | R +14.6 |
| 1990 | R +34.0 |
| 1986 | R +9.9 |
| 1984 | R +42.7 |
| 1980 | R +7.8 |
| 1978 | R +51.5 |
Every Senate race since 1976
| Race | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Lisa Murkowski (?) 43.4% | Kelly C. Tshibaka (?) 42.6% | 0.8 pts | 263,027 |
| 2020 | Dan Sullivan (R) 53.9% | Al Gross (D) 41.2% | 12.7 pts | 354,587 |
| 2016 | Lisa Murkowski (R) 44.4% | Joe Miller (L) 29.2% | 15.2 pts | 311,441 |
| 2014 | Dan Sullivan (R) 48.0% | Mark Begich (D) 45.8% | 2.1 pts | 282,400 |
| 2010 | Joe Miller (R) 35.6% | Scott T. Mcadams (D) 23.5% | 12.1 pts | 255,503 |
| 2008 | Mark Begich (D) 47.8% | Ted Stevens (R) 46.5% | 1.2 pts | 317,723 |
| 2004 | Lisa Murkowski (R) 48.6% | Tony Knowles (D) 45.5% | 3.0 pts | 308,315 |
| 2002 | Ted Stevens (R) 78.2% | Frank Vondersaar (D) 10.5% | 67.7 pts | 229,548 |
| 1998 | Frank H. Murkowski (R) 74.5% | Joseph A. "joe" Sonneman (D) 19.7% | 54.8 pts | 221,807 |
| 1996 | Ted Stevens (R) 76.7% | Jed Whittaker (I) 12.5% | 64.2 pts | 231,916 |
| 1992 | Frank H. Murkowski (R) 53.0% | Tony Smith (D) 38.4% | 14.6 pts | 239,714 |
| 1990 | Ted Stevens (R) 66.2% | Michael Beasley (D) 32.2% | 34.0 pts | 189,957 |
| 1986 | Frank H. Murkowski (R) 54.0% | Glenn Olds (D) 44.1% | 9.9 pts | 180,801 |
| 1984 | Ted Stevens (R) 71.2% | John E. Havelock (D) 28.5% | 42.7 pts | 206,438 |
| 1980 | Frank H. Murkowski (R) 53.7% | Clark S. Gruening (D) 45.9% | 7.8 pts | 156,762 |
| 1978 | Ted Stevens (R) 75.6% | Donald Hobbs (D) 24.1% | 51.5 pts | 122,741 |
Get this data
This page's numbers, as JSON:
curl https://visualizedata.org/data/places/us-ak/senate.jsonEvery Senate race, every state, from electiondata.dev (live, no key):
curl "https://api.electiondata.dev/v1/senate-results/download/senate-results.csv"What this can't tell you
- Alaska counts ranked choices (since 2022); these are first-choice votes, so a margin can differ from the final round's.
- A candidate the source data records with no party is shown as 'party not recorded' rather than guessed.
- Statewide totals say nothing about who voted or why.
- Candidates with a party's support under another name (Minnesota's DFL, New York's fusion lines) are counted with that party, as the MIT data's simplified party does; independents stay independents.
How the answer is decided
Each candidate's votes are summed over every ballot line; blank, over- and under-votes are left out. The margin is the winner's share of the votes minus the runner-up's. A runoff, where held, is the result.