2020 United States Senate election in Alaska facts for kids

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2020 United States Senate election in Alaska

November 3, 2020

Nominee Dan Sullivan Al Gross Party Republican Independent Popular vote 191,112 146,068 Percentage 53.9% 41.2%

State house district results Sullivan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Gross:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Senator before election Dan Sullivan Republican Elected U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan Republican

An election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Alaska. The two people in the election were Dan Sullivan (Republican Party), Al Gross (independent), and John Wayne Howe (Alaskan Independence Party), was also on the ballot and finished a distant third. Sullivan won the election and stayed as a Senator.

Primary elections happened on August 18, 2020. Nobody ran against Sullivan in the Republican party.

Republican Party primary

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dan Sullivan (incumbent)	65,257	100.00%
Total votes			65,257	100.00%

Libertarian-Democratic-Independence primary

Democratic-Libertarian-Independence primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Al Gross	50,047	79.87%
	Democrat	Edgar Blatchford	5,463	8.72%
	Alaskan Independence	John Howe	4,165	6.65%
	Independent	Christopher Cumings	2,989	4.77%
Total votes			62,664	100.00%

Results

United States Senate election in Alaska, 2020
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Dan Sullivan (incumbent)	191,112	53.90%	+5.94%
	Independent	Al Gross	146,068	41.19%	-4.64%
	Alaskan Independence	John Howe	16,806	4.74%	N/A
	Write-in		601	0.17%	-0.32%
Total votes			354,587	100.0%
	Republican hold