1998 United States Senate election in Alaska

The 1998 United States Senate election in Alaska was held November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Frank Murkowski sought re-election to a fourth term in the United States Senate. Murkowski easily won re-election against Democratic nominee Joseph Sonneman, a perennial candidate, earning nearly 75% of the vote.

Open primary[]

Candidates[]

Democratic[]

Joseph Sonneman, perennial candidate
Frank Vondersaar, perennial candidate

Republican[]

Frank Murkowski, incumbent United States Senator since 1981
William L. Hale

Green[]

Mary Jordan

Libertarian[]

Scott A. Kohlhaas, perennial candidate

Results[]

Open primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Murkowski (incumbent)	76,649	71.76%
	Democratic	Joseph Sonneman	10,721	10.04%
	Democratic	Frank Vondersaar	6,342	5.94%
	Republican	William L. Hale	6,313	5.91%
	Green	Jeffrey Gottlieb	4,796	4.49%
	Libertarian	Scott A. Kohlhaas	1,987	1.86%
Total votes			106,808	100.00%

General election[]

Results[]

1998 United States Senate election in Alaska^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Frank Murkowski (incumbent)	165,227	74.49%	+21.44%
	Democratic		43,743	19.72%	−18.68%
	Green	Jeffrey Gottlieb	7,126	3.21%	−5.14%
	Libertarian	Scott A. Kohlhaas	5,046	2.27%
	Write-ins		665	0.30%
Majority			121,484	54.77%	+40.13%
Turnout			221,807
	Republican hold		Swing

References[]

^ http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/98PRIM/results.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998election.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[Primary_election_results-1] ttp://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/98PRIM/results.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

[2] ttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998election.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}

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1998 United States Senate election in Alaska

Contents

Open primary[]

Candidates[]

Democratic[]

Republican[]

Green[]

Libertarian[]

Results[]

General election[]

Results[]

See also[]

References[]