Alaska

ALASKA

3 Electoral Votes

Population
(Source: U.S. Census Bureau, State of Alaska Division of Elections)

Total Population, July 1, 2003 est.	648,818
Total Registration, Oct. 4, 2004	469,042

Rep. 117,445 (25.04%) Dem. 70,930 (15.12%) AI 15,653 (3.32%) Lib. 7,296 (1.56%) Grn. 4,466 (0.95%) Rep.Mod. 4,363 (0.93%) Non-Partisan 69,505 (14.82%) Undeclared 176,663 (37.66%) Other 2,721 (0.58%)
Alaska has: 17 boroughs, 145 cities, 447 precincts.
Trend: From 1992-2004 the percent registered as Undeclared has steadily increased (from 25.75% to over 37%), the percent Republican has steadily increased (21.96% to 25%) and the percent Democrats has steadily decreased (from 18.61% to a bit more than 15%).

Government
Governor: Frank H. Murkowski (R) elected in Nov. 2002.
State Legislature: Alaska Legislature House: 40 seats, Senate 20 seats
Local: Communities DCED Community Database
U.S. House: 1R - At Large: Don Young (R)
U.S. Senate: Ted Stevens (R) re-elected in 2002, Lisa Murkowski (R) appointed Dec. 2002, elected Nov. 2004.

In the marquee U.S. Senate race, appointed incumbent Lisa Murkowski (R) defeated former Gov. Tony Knowles (D) by 149,773 to 140,424 (48.58% to 45.55%); there were also five other candidates and write in votes. Financially the two candidates were equally matched; Knowles raised $5.8 million and Murkowski $5.7 million, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

The Last Frontier

State of Alaska
Division of Elections

AK Democratic Party
Green Party of AK
Libertarian Party of AK
Natural Law Party-AK
Reform Party-AK
Republican Party of AK
Constitution Party-AK

Anchorage Daily News
Media (Newsp.)
Media (TV)

Politics1-AK

General Election -- Tuesday, November 2, 2004

Final date for citizens to register for the General Election: Oct. 3, 2004

Official Results 439 of 439 precincts
Nader/Camejo (Pop.)	5,069	(1.62)
Cobb/LaMarche (Grn.)	1,058	(0.34)
Peroutka/Baldwin (AI)	2,092	(0.67)
Kerry/Edwards (Dem.)	111,025	(35.52)
Badnarik/Campagna (Lib.)	1,675	(0.54)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	190,889	(61.07)
w/ins	790	(0.25)
Total........312,598

Registered voters: 472,160

2004 Overview
Bush-Cheney finished with a very comfortable plurality of 79,864 votes (25.55 percentage points).
General Election Details

Of interest: Alaska Statutes provide for the candidates to submit position statements of 250 words or less and biographical statements of 150 words or less for the Election Pamphlet. See how the candidates presented themselves: here.

[Primary Election: August 24, 2004]

Past Results

1996

Dole (Rep.)............122,746	(50.80)
Clinton (Dem.).........80,380	(33.27)
Perot (Ref.).............26,333	(10.90)
Nader (Grn.)..............7,597	(3.14)
Others (3+w/ins).......4,564	(1.88)
Total........241,620

1992

Bush (Rep.)...........102,000
(39.46)

Clinton (Dem.)..........78,294
(30.29)

Perot (No P.)...........73,481
(28.42)

Others (6+w/ins)........4,731
(1.83)

Total........258,506

2000

Nader/LaDuke (Grn.)	28,747	(10.07)
Browne/Olivier (Lib.)	2,636	(0.92)
Buchanan/Foster (Ref.)	5,192	(1.82)
+Bush/Cheney (Rep.)	167,398	(58.62)
Gore/Lieberman (Dem.)	79,004	(27.67)
Hagelin/Goldhaber (NLP)	919	(0.32)
Phillips/Frazier (Const.)	596	(0.21)
Write-ins	1,068	(0.37)
Total........285,560

Ballots Cast / Reg. Voters - 287,825 / 473,648 = 60.77%
Turnout as a percentage of voting age population was 66.41%, third best in the nation. (U.S. avg. 53.76%).

2000 Overview
Alaska remained very securely in the Republican column as Bush-Cheney thumped Gore-Lieberman by a more than two-to-one margin. Bush's plurality was 88,394 votes (30.95 percentage points). Ralph Nader achieved his best showing nationwide in Alaska, receiving 10% of the vote. Pat Buchanan stumped in the state on Oct. 23-24 and advertised > heavily but could not break 2%.

Democratic Caucuses-- March 2004

A March 27, 2004 Alaska Democratic Party press release reports caucuses were held in 36 of Alaska's 40 legislative districts:

Alaska Democratic Convention May 21-23, 2004 at the Hilton Anchorage.

	Percent
+John F. Kerry	47.81%
Dennis J. Kucinich	26.53%
Uncomm.	11.95%
Howard Dean	11.08%
John Edwards	2.62%

18 Delegates (Pledged 13, Unpledged 5) and 4 Alternates.

Republicans
Delegates elected by the State Convention, May 21-22, 2004 at the Soldotna Sports Center. 29 Delegates and 26 Alternates.

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