The 2022 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent three-term Republican U.S. Senator

Lisa Murkowski Lisa Ann Murkowski ( ; born May 22, 1957) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator for Alaska, having held that seat since 2002. Murkowski is the second-most senior Republican woman in the Senate, after S ...

won reelection to a fourth term, defeating fellow Republican

Kelly Tshibaka Kelly Chaundel Tshibaka (; born September 5, 1979) is an American attorney and politician who served in the federal government from 2002 to 2019 in several Office of Inspector General (United States), inspector general offices. Upon moving back t ...

and

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Patricia Chesbro. After the voter approval of Ballot Measure 2 during the

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, this was the first U.S. Senate election in Alaska to be held under a new election process. All candidates ran in a nonpartisan blanket top-four primary on August 16, 2022, and the top four candidates advanced to the general election, where voters will utilize

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. Murkowski was appointed to the Senate in 2002 by her father, Frank Murkowski, who served as a U.S. senator from Alaska from

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until he was elected to become

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. Murkowski has won three Senate elections since then, including a notable write-in campaign in the 2010 election, although she has never won an election with an outright majority of the vote. Murkowski was the only Republican senator running for reelection in 2022 who voted to convict former president Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial in 2021. On March 16, 2021, the

Alaska Republican Party Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

voted to censure Murkowski and announced that it would recruit a Republican challenger in the 2022 election cycle. Following Murkowski's opposition to some of Trump's initiatives and her vote to convict him, Trump endorsed Tshibaka and campaigned against Murkowski. The Alaska Republican Party endorsed Tshibaka; Republican Senate leader

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and the National Republican Senatorial Committee supported Murkowski. In addition to Murkowski and Tshibaka,

Pat Chesbro and Republican Buzz Kelley also advanced to the general election. On September 13, Kelley suspended his campaign and endorsed Tshibaka. Murkowski received a plurality of first-place votes, but because no candidate received a majority of the votes in the first round, the

instant runoff Instant-runoff voting (IRV) is a type of ranked preferential voting method. It uses a majority voting rule in single-winner elections where there are more than two candidates. It is commonly referred to as ranked-choice voting (RCV) in the U ...

was triggered. Murkowski won reelection in the maximum round, winning most of the second-choice votes from Chesbro's voters. Murkowski is the only senator never to win a majority of the vote in the first round of a Senate election in three or more elections, as she only received a majority of votes in this election via the third round of ranked choice voting.

Candidates

Republican Party

Advanced to general

, incumbent U.S. senator *

, former commissioner of the Alaska Department of Administration

Withdrew after advancing to general

*Buzz Kelley, retired mechanic ''(remained on ballot; endorsed Tshibaka)''

Eliminated in primary

*Sam Merrill, businessman *Pat Nolin, mechanic *John Schiess, perennial candidate *Kendall L. Shorkey *Karl Speights, retired U.S. Air Force officer and advisor to

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Disqualified

*Sam Little, musician, truck driver, National Guard veteran and candidate for

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Declined

* Mike Dunleavy,

''( running for re-election)'' *

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, former

and nominee for vice president of the United States in

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''( running for U.S. House)'' *Bob Lochner, mechanic and candidate for U.S. Senate in

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Democratic Party

Advanced to general

*Pat Chesbro, teacher

Eliminated in primary

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, professor, former mayor of Seward, and candidate for U.S. Senate in

and

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*Ivan R. Taylor

Withdrew

Elvi Gray-Jackson Elvira Gray-Jackson (born April 8, 1953) is a Democratic member of the Alaska Senate representing the State Senate's I district. She previously served in the Anchorage Assembly from 2008 to 2017. Career Gray-Jackson won the general election on ...

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for District I and former

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member ''( running for re-election)''

Declined

* Mark Begich, former U.S. senator

Libertarian Party

Eliminated in primary

*Sean Thorne, veteran

Alaskan Independence Party

Eliminated in primary

*Dustin Darden, city maintenance worker and perennial candidate *Joe Stephens

Declined

*John Howe, machinist and nominee for U.S. Senate in

''( running for governor)''

Independents

Eliminated in primary

*Dave Darden, perennial candidate *Shoshana Gungurstein, businesswoman *Sid Hill, political

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and candidate for U.S. Senate in

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*Jeremy Keller, television personality *Huhnkie Lee, attorney, army veteran and Republican candidate for

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Declined

* Al Gross, orthopedic surgeon,

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, son of former Alaska Attorney General Avrum Gross, and candidate for U.S. Senate in

''( running for U.S. House)''

Endorsements

Primary election

Results

General election

Predictions

Debates and forums

Polling

Lisa Murkowski vs. Kelly Tshibaka

Results

2022 Alaska United States Senate election preference flow

Notes

Partisan clients

References

External links

Official campaign websites
Pat Chesbro (D) for Senate

Buzz Kelley (R) for Senate

Lisa Murkowski (R) for Senate

Kelly Tshibaka (R) for Senate
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Alaska United States Senate

Candidates

Republican Party

Advanced to general

Withdrew after advancing to general

Eliminated in primary

Disqualified

Declined

Democratic Party

Advanced to general

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

Declined

Libertarian Party

Eliminated in primary

Alaskan Independence Party

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Independents

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Primary election

Results

General election

Predictions

Debates and forums

Polling

Results

See also

Notes

References

External links