2002 Alaska gubernatorial election
Election results
Table:
2002 gubernatorial election, Alaska[13]

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

Republican

Frank Murkowski

129,279

55.85

+38.0

Democratic

Fran Ulmer

94,216

40.70

−10.6

Green

Diane E. Benson

2,926

1.26

−1.7

Independence

Don Wright

2,185

0.94

+0.9

Republican Moderate

Raymond VinZant

1,506

0.65

−5.5

Libertarian

Billy Toien

1,109

0.48

+0.5

Write-ins

263

0.11

−19.7

Majority

35,063

15.2

−17.8

Turnout

231,484

50.5

+1.9

Republican gain from Democratic

Swing

-48.2

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