2008 United States Senate election in Alaska
Results

2008 United States Senate election in Alaska

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Democratic	Mark Begich	151,767	47.77%	+37.26%

Republican	Ted Stevens (incumbent)	147,814	46.52%	31.65%

Alaskan Independence	Bob Bird	13,197	4.15%	+1.22%

Libertarian	Fredrick Haase	2,483	0.78%	0.25%

Independent	Ted Gianoutsos	1,385	0.44%

Write-ins	1,077	0.34%

Majority	3,953	1.24%	66.42%

Turnout	317,723

Democratic gain from Republican	Swing

Sentence(s)

Begich won the 2008 United States Senate election in Alaska by 3,953 votes.

final_sentence: Begich won the 2008 United States Senate election in Alaska by 3,953 votes.