1970 United States Senate special election in Alaska

1970 United States Senate special election in Alaska

← 1966 November 3, 1970 1972 →
 
Candidate Ted Stevens Wendell P. Kay
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 47,908 32,456
Percentage 59.61% 40.39%

Results by state house district
Stevens:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Kay:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Ted Stevens
Republican

Elected U.S. senator

Ted Stevens
Republican

The 1970 United States Senate special election in Alaska was held on November 3, 1970, to fill a seat in the United States Senate following the December 1968 death of Democrat Bob Bartlett, who had been Alaska's senior Senator since statehood in 1959. Republican Ted Stevens was appointed to the seat temporarily on December 24, 1968, to serve until the election could be held.

Stevens faced-off against Democrat Wendell P. Kay for the right to serve the remainder of Bartlett's term, which expired on January 3, 1973. Stevens won the special election, receiving 59.6% of the vote versus 40.4% won by Kay. Stevens would go on to win re-election to six full terms, winning easily, until his defeat in 2008.


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