1980 United States Senate election in Alaska information
1980 United States Senate election in Alaska
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November 4, 1980
1986 →
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Frank Murkowski
Clark Gruening
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Popular vote
84,159
72,007
Percentage
53.69%
45.93%
Results by state house district Murkowski: 50–60% 60–70% Gruening: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
U.S. senator before election
Mike Gravel
Democratic
Elected U.S. Senator
Frank Murkowski
Republican
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The 1980 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 4, 1980. Incumbent Democratic United States Senator Mike Gravel ran for a third term in the United States Senate, but lost in the Democratic primary to Clark Gruening, a former state representative who was the grandson of Ernest Gruening, whom Gravel had defeated twelve years prior in an election for the same seat. Gruening later went on to lose the general election to Republican nominee Frank Murkowski, a banker.
After the loss of Gravel's seat, no Alaska Democrat would win a congressional race again until Mark Begich's narrow victory in Alaska's 2008 Senate election.[1]
^Kane, Paul (November 19, 2008). "Ted Stevens Loses Battle For Alaska Senate Seat". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 19, 2008.
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