Elections / 2010 · Senate · AK
An independent or third-party candidate won Alaska's Senate seat.
Alaska, 2010. Party-level statewide totals below — candidate names join when the raw MEDSL store is re-fetched with name columns. An independent or third-party candidate won this contest; the margin in the table is the Democratic-vs-Republican measure used across Akashic.
Alaska — 2010 Senate result
Source: MIT Election Data + Science Lab, 1976–2024 Senate returns (party-classified by literal ballot party).
Democratic (D)
60,045
23.5%
Republican (R)
90,839
35.6%
All others
104,537
40.9%
Margin
R+12.1
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 | −12.1% |
| 2014 | −2.1% |
| 2016 | −32.8% |
| 2020 | −12.7% |
| 2022 | −78.5% |