The Green Papers: Alaska 2002 Midterm Election
 
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Primary: Tuesday 27 August 2002
Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
2002 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
1990 Census:550,043 (0.22% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:628,933 (0.22% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98):456,914
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98):437,000
Capital:Juneau
Tuesday 27 August 2002 polls close 8:00p AKDT (0400 UTC) / 8:00p ALDT (0500 UTC). Alaska Time covers most of the state except for the Aleutian Islands west of Umnak Island (approximately half of Aleutian Islands). The media considers Alaska's polls to close at 8 PM Alaska Time and, thus, considers the State "callable" after that hour.
Tuesday 5 November 2002 polls close 8:00p AKST (0500 UTC) / 8:00p ALST (0600 UTC). Alaska Time covers most of the state except for the Aleutian Islands west of Umnak Island (approximately half of Aleutian Islands). The media considers Alaska's polls to close at 8 PM Alaska Time and, thus, considers the State "callable" after that hour.
 

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Alaska State and Local Government

preview re: General Election in ALASKA-
Tuesday 5 November 2002

MOST polls close: 8 PM Alaska Standard Time
(0500 UTC, Wed 6 Nov)
though there are portions of this State in Aleutians Standard Time in which the polls close at 8 PM local time (0600 UTC)

  • ALASKA is electing its Governor in 2002; this is an Open Chair, as incumbent Democrat Tony Knowles is term-limited and cannot run for re-election as Governor in the General Election.
  • ALASKA is electing its U.S. Senator in the "Class 2" seat in 2002; incumbent Republican Ted Stevens is a candidate for re-election to the Senate in the General Election.
  • ALASKA is electing one (1) At-Large Member of Congress (U.S. House of Representatives) in 2002; the State did not lose a House seat as a result of the 2000 Census.

    • Member of Congress currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, 107th Congress from the State of ALASKA not seeking re-election in the 5 November 2002 General Election:

    None.

    Open Seats [those in which an incumbent is not running for re-election] in the U.S. House from ALASKA in the 5 November 2002 General Election:

    None.

    Uncontested Major Races [for Governor, U.S. Senate or U.S. House] in the 5 November 2002 General Election in ALASKA:

    None.

 
Governor  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Governors
Chair up for election 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
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Alaska Independence Don Wright
• Lt. Governor: Daniel DeNardo.
  Candidate Democrat Fran Ulmer
• Lt. Governor: Ernie Hall
  Candidate Green Diane E. Benson
• Lt. Governor: Della A. Coburn
  Candidate Libertarian Billy Toien
• Lt. Governor: Al A. Anders
  Candidate Republican Moderate Raymond P. Vinzant, Sr.
• Lt. Governor: Dawn M. Mendias
  Elected Republican Senator Frank H. Murkowski
• Lt. Governor: Loren D. Leman
Announced 22 October 2001. Incumbent Senator, term expires January 2005.
Senate  6-year term, 107th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2
Seat up for election		 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
  Candidate Alaska Independence Jim Dore
  Candidate Democrat Frank J. Vondersaar
  Candidate Green James L. Sykes
  Candidate Libertarian Leonard J. "Len" Karpinski
  Elected 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.
 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
 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
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Clifford Mark Greene
  Candidate Green Russell F. deForest
  Candidate Libertarian Rob Clift
  Elected Republican Congressman Don E. Young
 

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