The Green Papers: Alaska 2002 Midterm Election |
Alaska
Primary: Tuesday 27 August 2002 Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 |
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preview re: General Election in ALASKA-
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Governor Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Governors | |||
Democrat | Governor Tony Knowles First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998 Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and CANNOT run in the next election for Governor. Open Chair |
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Alaska Independence | Don Wright Lt. Governor: Daniel DeNardo. |
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Democrat | Fran Ulmer Lt. Governor: Ernie Hall |
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Green | Diane E. Benson Lt. Governor: Della A. Coburn |
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Libertarian | Billy Toien Lt. Governor: Al A. Anders |
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Republican Moderate | Raymond P. Vinzant, Sr. Lt. Governor: Dawn M. Mendias |
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Republican | Senator Frank H. Murkowski Lt. Governor: Loren D. Leman Announced 22 October 2001. Incumbent Senator, term expires January 2005. |
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Senate 6-year term, 107th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Ted Stevens Re-elected 5 November 2002 Appointed by Governor Walter J. Hickel (Republican) on 24 December 1968, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator E. L. Bartlett (Democrat): 11 December 1968; elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1970; elected to first full term: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996; 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 27 August 2002 Primary |
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Alaska Independence | Jim Dore | ||
Democrat | Frank J. Vondersaar | ||
Green | James L. Sykes | ||
Libertarian | Leonard J. "Len" Karpinski | ||
Republican | Senator Ted Stevens | ||
Class 3 | Republican | Senator Frank H. Murkowski First elected: 1980; re-elected: 1986, 1992, 1998 Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 Vacant Office - 22 October 2001: Announced that he would seek the Governor's chair in 2002. 27 August 2002 Primary: Received the Republican nomination for Governor. 5 November 2002: Elected Governor. |
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The election of Republican U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski as Governor of Alaska means that an interim replacement will have to be named to complete the remaining two years of the term of that State's "Class 3" Senate seat. Governor Frank Murkowski was sworn in as Governor on 2 December 2002. | |||
107th House of Representatives 2-year term, House (2001-2002) | |||
1992-2000 Congressional District for the election of the 107th Congress | |||
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Renominated) | |||
At-Large | Republican | Congressman Don E. Young Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 6 March 1973- in a Special Election re: the presumed death of Congressman Nick Begich in a plane crash, 16 October 1972 (Congressman Begich was re-elected to the House of the 93rd Congress, 7 November 1972, before he was declared legally dead and his seat thereby declared vacant) Renominated - 27 August 2002 Primary |
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Congressman Young is a candidate for re-election in the new At-Large District | |||
108th House of Representatives 2-year term, House (2003-2004) | |||
At-Large |
(pending) Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 |
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Democrat | Clifford Mark Greene | ||
Green | Russell F. deForest | ||
Libertarian | Rob Clift | ||
Republican | Congressman Don E. Young |
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