The Green Papers: Alaska 2004 General Election |
Alaska
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress Primary: Tuesday 24 August 2004 General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 |
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Alaska 2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Democrats Republicans Third Parties
President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2000, 2004. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 3 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors. List of States: Details. | |||||
Republican | 190,889 | 61.07% | President George W. Bush (3 Electoral Votes) Vice President: Vice President Richard "Dick" Cheney Renominated by Convention - 2 September 2004 |
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Democrat | 111,025 | 35.52% | Senator John Kerry Vice President: Senator John Edwards |
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Populist | 5,069 | 1.62% | Ralph Nader Vice President: Peter Miguel Camejo |
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Alaska Independence | 2,092 | 0.67% | Michael Anthony Peroutka Vice President: Chuck Baldwin Constitution |
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Libertarian | 1,675 | 0.54% | Michael Badnarik Vice President: Richard Campagna |
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Green | 1,058 | 0.34% | David Keith Cobb Vice President: Patricia Helen "Pat" LaMarche |
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--scatter-- | 790 | 0.25% | Write-in (Miscellaneous) | ||
Total | 312,598 | 100.00% | |||
U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 108th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 2 | Republican | Senator Ted Stevens 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 4 November 2008 |
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Class 3 |
Republican | Senator Lisa Murkowski Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004 Appointed by Governor Frank H. Murkowski (Republican) on 20 December 2002, to fill vacancy left by the resignation of her father, the same Frank H. Murkowski, when he resigned to become Governor of the State on 2 December 2002. First elected: 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 Renominated - 24 August 2004 Primary |
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Republican | 149,773 | 48.58% | Senator Lisa Murkowski | ||
Democrat | 140,424 | 45.55% | Former Alaskan Governor Tony Knowles | ||
Nonpartisan | 8,885 | 2.88% | Marc J. Millican | ||
Alaska Independence | 3,785 | 1.23% | Jerry Sanders | ||
Green | 3,053 | 0.99% | Jim Sykes | ||
Libertarian | 1,240 | 0.40% | Scott A. Kohlhaas | ||
Nonpartisan | 732 | 0.24% | Ted "Big" Gianoutsos | ||
--scatter-- | 423 | 0.14% | Write-in | ||
Total | 308,315 | 100.00% | |||
Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors | |||||
Republican | Governor Frank H. Murkowski First elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately from) the Governor | |||||
Republican | Lieutenant Governor Loren D. Leman First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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108th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2004, 2006. No Term Limit. 108th House | |||||
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Renominated) | |||||
At-Large |
Republican | Congressman Don E. Young Re-elected Tuesday 2 November 2004 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) Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004 Renominated - 24 August 2004 Primary |
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Republican | 213,216 | 71.07% | Congressman Don E. Young | ||
Democrat | 67,074 | 22.36% | Thomas M. Higgins | ||
Green | 11,434 | 3.81% | Timothy A. Feller | ||
Libertarian | 7,157 | 2.39% | Alvin A. Anders | ||
--scatter-- | 1,115 | 0.37% | Write-in | ||
Total | 299,996 | 100.00% |
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