United States Senate election in Alaska, 2016

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United States Senate election in Alaska, 2016

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Party Republican Democratic

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Incumbent U.S. senator

Lisa Murkowski
Republican



The 2016 United States Senate election in Alaska will take place on November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alaska, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski is running for re-election to a third term in office against independent challenger Margaret Stock.[1] The primaries will be held on August 16.[2]

Background

After Republican U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski was elected Governor of Alaska in 2002, he appointed his daughter Lisa to the Senate to replace him. She was elected to a full term in 2004 but was defeated in the Republican primary in 2010 by Tea Party challenger Joe Miller.[3] She ran as a write-in candidate in the general election and was re-elected to a second full term with 39.5% of the vote to Miller's 35.5% and Democratic nominee Scott McAdams' 23.5%.[4][5] She is one of only two U.S. Senators to be elected via write-in votes, the other being Strom Thurmond in 1954.[6]

Republican primary

As Murkowski was defeated in the Republican primary in 2010, it has been speculated that she will be challenged from the right again in 2016.[7][8]

Candidates

Declared

Potential

Declined

Democratic-Libertarian-Independence primary

Candidates from the Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Libertarian Party and Alaskan Independence Party appear on the same ballot, with the highest-placed candidate from each party receiving that party's nomination.

Democratic candidates

Declared

  • Edgar Blatchford[9]
  • Richard Grayson, perennial candidate[9]

Declined

Libertarian candidates

Declared

  • Cean Stevens, small business owner, Republican State House candidate in 2012 and Libertarian State House candidate in 2014[9][26]

Third Party and Independent Candidates

Declared

  • Ted Gianoutsos (Independent), founder of the Veterans Party of Alaska and perennial candidate[27]
  • Sid Hill (Independent), political gadfly[27]
  • Margaret Stock (Independent), attorney and retired Army Lt. Colonel[28]
  • Bruce Walden (Veterans Party), retired Army Sergeant and 2006 Republican State House candidate[27][29][30]
  • Jed Whittaker (Independent), commercial fisherman, Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1992 and Green Party nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1996[27][31]

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[32] Likely R March 25, 2016
Daily Kos[33] Safe R April 4, 2016
Roll Call[34] Safe R April 4, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[35] Safe R March 21, 2016

References

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External links

Official campaign websites