United States Senate election in Alaska, 1984

November 6, 1984



Nominee	Ted Stevens	John Havelock
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	146,919	58,804
Percentage	71.17%	28.49%

U.S. Senator before election

Ted Stevens
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Ted Stevens
Republican

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The 1984 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Ted Stevens sought re-election to a third term in the United States Senate. Owing to his popularity and the conservative bent of Alaska, Stevens did not face major opposition, and easily crushed former Alaska Attorney General John Havelock in the general election.

Open primary

Candidates

Democratic

John Havelock, former Attorney General of Alaska
Dave Carlson, former congressional candidate
Michael Beasley, perennial candidate
Joe Tracanna
Phil Stoddard

Republican

Ted Stevens, incumbent United States Senator

Results

Open primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Stevens (inc.)	65,522	69.22
	Democratic	John Havelock	19,074	20.15
	Democratic	Dave Carlson	4,620	4.88
	Republican	Michael Beasley	2,443	2.58
	Democratic	Joe Tracanna	1,661	1.75
	Democratic	Phil Stoddard	1,331	1.41
Total votes			94,651	100.00

General election

Results

United States Senate election in Alaska, 1984^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Ted Stevens (inc.)	146,919	71.17%	-4.42%
	Democratic	John E. Havelock	58,804	28.49%	+4.39%
	Write-ins		715	0.35%
Majority			88,115	42.68%	-8.81%
Turnout			206,438
	Republican hold		Swing

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