1962 United States Senate election in Alaska

← 1958 November 6, 1962 1968 →

Nominee Ernest Gruening Ted Stevens Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 33,827 24,354 Percentage 58.14% 41.86%

Results by borough and census area Results by state house district Gruening:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election Ernest Gruening Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Ernest Gruening Democratic

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The 1962 United States Senate election in Alaska took place on November 6, 1962. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Ernest Gruening 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, and winning seven elections until his defeat in 2008.

• Ernest Gruening, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1959
• Robert L. Veach

This article is part of a series about Ted Stevens
Electoral history 2010 Alaska plane crash Solicitor of the Interior Alaska Statehood Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 1960 presidential election 1962 Senate run 1964 RNC Delegate U.S. Senator from Alaska ANCSA Title IX Trans-Alaska pipeline Magnuson-Stevens Act Ted Stevens Olympics Act ANILCA Trial & exoneration 2008 defeat Legacy Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Mount Stevens USS Ted Stevens
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• Frank Cook
• Ted Stevens, former U.S. Attorney for the Fourth Division of Alaska Territory, Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, and co-author of the Alaska Statehood Act

• 1962 United States Senate elections