United States Senate election in Alaska, 1986

November 3, 1986



Nominee	Frank Murkowski	Glenn Olds
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	97,764	79,727
Percentage	54.02%	44.10%

Senator before election

Frank Murkowski
Republican

Elected Senator

Frank Murkowski
Republican

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The 1986 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 3, 1986. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Frank Murkowski ran for a second term in the United States Senate and was primarily opposed by Alaska Pacific University President Glenn Olds. Following a highly competitive election in 1980, Murkowski faced a legitimate opponent in Glenn Olds, and the contest was fairly close. However, in the end, Murkowski was able to defeat Olds by a slightly wider margin than he won by six years prior.

Open primary

Candidates

Republican

Frank Murkowski, incumbent United States Senator, former banker and commissioner of the Alaska Department of Economic Development

Democratic

Glenn Olds, president of Alaska Pacific University
Bill Barnes, former director of the People Mover transit system in Anchorage. His wife, Allegra, was the Libertarian nominee for lieutenant governor in this same election year
Dave Carlson, former congressional candidate
Michael J. Bruner
Karl Francis

Libertarian

Chuck House, field representative for Eastman Kodak Company and Libertarian Party activist

Results

Open primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Frank Murkowski (inc.)	91,705	63.11
	Democratic	Glenn Olds	36,995	25.46
	Democratic	Bill Barnes	4,871	3.35
	Libertarian	Chuck House	4,265	2.94
	Democratic	Dave J. Carlson	4,211	2.90
	Democratic	Michael J. Bruner	1,809	1.24
	Democratic	Karl Francis	1,454	1.00
Total votes			145,310	100.00

General election

Results

United States Senate election in Alaska, 1986^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Frank Murkowski (inc.)	97,674	54.02%	+0.34%
	Democratic	Glenn Olds	79,727	44.10%	-1.84%
	Libertarian	Chuck House	3,161	1.75%
	Write-ins		239	0.13%
Majority			17,947	9.93%	+2.17%
Turnout			180,801
	Republican hold		Swing

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