Elections / 2010 · Senate · AK
Alaska — 2010 U.S. Senate election
Recent presidential results
Akashic2010 · U.S. SenateAlaska · U.S. SenateLisa Murkowski+4.0
Candidates
Statewide candidate totals — MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 2010 Senate returns.
- Lisa Murkowski✓(i)Other101,09139.6%
- Joe MillerRepublican90,83935.6%
- Scott T. McAdamsDemocrat60,04523.5%
- Fredrick "David" HaaseLibertarian1,4590.6%
- Tim CarterNonaffiliated9270.4%
- OtherOther6020.2%
- Ted GianoutsosNonaffiliated4580.2%
Lisa Murkowski won as an independent (caucusing with the Republicans); the headline figure is the 4.0-point margin of victory over Miller, not the two-party measure.
presidential baselinePresident 2008R+21.5Senate 2010R+4.0vs. baselineD+17.5
Alaska's 2010 Senate race ran 17.5 points more Democratic than its 2008 presidential margin.
Lisa Murkowski is an independent who caucuses with the Republicans; the seat is shown Republican-aligned here so the comparison reads against the side it anchors.
Alaska's Senate margins
Every contest in our store, 1978–2022
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1978 | −51.7% |
| 1980 | −7.8% |
| 1984 | −42.7% |
| 1986 | −9.9% |
| 1990 | −34.6% |
| 1992 | −14.7% |
| 1996 | −66.7% |
| 1998 | −54.9% |
| 2002 | −67.7% |
| 2004 | −3.0% |
| 2008 | +1.2% |
| 2010 | −4.0% |
| 2014 | −2.1% |
| 2016 | −32.8% |
| 2020 | −12.7% |
| 2022 | −78.5% |
Same ballot, 2010AK
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2010 US Senate returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · certified statewide totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.