The 1962 United States Senate election in Alaska took place on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator
Ernest Gruening
Ernest Henry Gruening ( ; February 6, 1887 – June 26, 1974) was an American journalist and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Gruening was the governor of the Alaska Territory from 1939 until 1953, and a United States Senator from Al ...
ran for a second (his first full) term in office and defeated Republican nominee, Anchorage lawyer, former Interior Solicitor & former U.S. Attorney
Ted Stevens.
Stevens was appointed to Alaska's other (Class II) U.S. Senate seat in 1968, following the death of
Bob Bartlett and served for over forty years, serving as
President pro tempore
A president pro tempore or speaker pro tempore is a constitutionally recognized officer of a legislative body who presides over the chamber in the absence of the normal presiding officer. The phrase ''pro tempore'' is Latin "for the time being". ...
, and winning seven elections until his defeat in
2008
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.
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Ernest Gruening
Ernest Henry Gruening ( ; February 6, 1887 – June 26, 1974) was an American journalist and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Gruening was the governor of the Alaska Territory from 1939 until 1953, and a United States Senator from Al ...
, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1959
* Robert L. Veach
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
* Frank Cook
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Ted Stevens, former
U.S. Attorney for the
Fourth Division of Alaska Territory, Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, and Alaskan statehood activist
Results
General election
See also
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1962 United States Senate elections
The 1962 United States Senate elections was an election for the United States Senate which was held in the middle of President John F. Kennedy's term. His Democratic Party made a net gain of four seats from the Republicans, increasing their cont ...
References
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1962
Events January
* January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand.
* January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism.
* January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...
Alaska
United States Senate