United States Senate election in Alaska, 2016

2016 U.S. Senate Election in Alaska

General Election Date November 8, 2016

Primary Date August 16, 2016

November 8 Election Winner: Lisa Murkowski

Incumbent prior to election: Lisa Murkowski

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2016 U.S. House Elections

Voters in Alaska elected one member to the U.S. Senate in the election on November 8, 2016.

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Alaska's U.S. Senate race as safely Republican. Incumbent Lisa Murkowski defeated Ray Metcalfe (D), Joe Miller (L), Breck Craig (I), Ted Gianoutsos (I), and Margaret Stock (I) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Murkowski defeated Paul Kendall, Thomas Lamb, and Bob Lochner in the Republican primary, while Metcalfe defeated Edgar Blatchford to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on August 16, 2016.

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
June 1, 2016	August 16, 2016	November 8, 2016

Primary: Alaska uses a top-four primary for congressional and state-level offices. Under Alaska's top-four primary system, all candidates for a given office run in a single primary election. The top four vote-getters, regardless of partisan affiliation, then advance to the general election.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Incumbent: The election filled the Class 3 Senate seat held by Lisa Murkowski (R). She was first appointed in 2002.

Election results

General election

U.S. Senate, Alaska General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Lisa Murkowski Incumbent	44.4%	138,149
	Libertarian	Joe Miller	29.2%	90,825
	Independent	Margaret Stock	13.2%	41,194
	Democratic	Ray Metcalfe	11.6%	36,200
	Independent	Breck Craig	0.8%	2,609
	Independent	Ted Gianoutsos	0.6%	1,758
	N/A	Write-in	0.2%	706
Total Votes				311,441
Source: Alaska Secretary of State

Primary election

U.S. Senate, Alaska Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Lisa Murkowski Incumbent	71.5%	39,545
Bob Lochner	15.3%	8,480
Paul Kendall	7.7%	4,272
Thomas Lamb	5.4%	2,996
Total Votes		55,293
Source: Alaska Division of Elections

U.S. Senate, Alaska Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Ray Metcalfe	60.1%	15,228
Edgar Blatchford	39.9%	10,090
Total Votes		25,318
Source: Alaska Division of Elections

Candidates

General election candidates:

Lisa Murkowski a
Ray Metcalfe
Joe Miller
Margaret Stock
Breck Craig
Ted Gianoutsos

Primary candidates:

Democratic

Edgar Blatchford
Ray Metcalfe a

Republican

Lisa Murkowski - Incumbent a
Paul Kendall
Thomas Lamb
Bob Lochner

Third Party/Other

Margaret Stock (Independent) a

Withdrew:
Dan Sullivan (R)
Cean Stevens (Libertarian)

Disqualified:

Richard Grayson (D)

Endorsements

Lisa Murkowski

• Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan - "Look, I have a good relationship with Mayor Dan. He's a friend. I have a lot of respect for him. And while I would agree that he has one of the best names in Alaska politics, as I said earlier this year, I'm supporting Senator Murkowski in her election bid."

Election history

2014

See also: United States Senate elections in Alaska, 2014

On November 8, 2014, Dan Sullivan won election to the United States Senate. He defeated incumbent Mark Begich (D) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Alaska General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Dan Sullivan	48%	135,445
	Democratic	Mark Begich Incumbent	45.8%	129,431
	Libertarian	Mark Fish	3.7%	10,512
	Independent	Ted Gianoutsos	2%	5,636
	N/A	Write-in	0.5%	1,376
Total Votes				282,400
Source: Alaska Secretary of State

2010

On November 2, 2010, Lisa Murkowski won re-election to the United States Senate. She defeated Joe Miller (R), Scott T. McAdams (D), Frederick Haase (L), Tim Carter (Nonaffiliated) and Ted Gianoutsos (Nonaffiliated) in the general election.

U.S. Senate, Alaska General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Write-in	Lisa Murkowski incumbent	39.7%	101,091
	Republican	Joe Miller	35.6%	90,839
	Democratic	Scott T. McAdams	23.6%	60,045
	Libertarian	Frederick Haase	0.6%	1,459
	Nonaffiliated	Tim Carter	0.4%	927
	Nonaffiliated	Ted Gianoutsos	0.2%	458
Total Votes				254,819

Important dates and deadlines

See also: Alaska elections, 2016

The calendar below lists important dates for political candidates in Alaska in 2016.

Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016
Deadline	Event type	Event description
January 19, 2016	Campaign finance	Statewide municipal elections 105-day report due
February 15, 2016	Campaign finance	Year start report due
March 7, 2016	Campaign finance	30-day report due
March 29, 2016	Campaign finance	7-day report due
June 1, 2016	Ballot access	Candidate filing deadline
July 19, 2016	Campaign finance	105-day report due
August 16, 2016	Ballot access	Nominating petitions due
August 16, 2016	Election date	Primary election
September 6, 2016	Campaign finance	30-day report due
September 27, 2016	Campaign finance	7-day report due
November 8, 2016	Election date	General election
Sources: Alaska Division of Elections, "2016-2017 Election Dates," accessed November 25, 2015 Alaska Division of Elections, "No-party Candidate Filing Instructions," accessed November 25, 2015 Alaska Public Offices Commission, "APOC Annual Calendar," accessed November 25, 2015

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections in Alaska, 2016
• United States Senate elections, 2016
• Lisa Murkowski

Footnotes

For information about public policy issues in the 2016 elections, see: Public policy in the 2016 elections!

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Alaska's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Lisa Murkowski (R)

Daniel Sullivan (R)

Representatives

Nicholas Begich (R)

Republican Party (3)