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  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Alaska > Senate Class III
OfficeSenate
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2004 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 02, 2004 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 02, 2004 - 11:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2005 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2011 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedAshley August 27, 2008 05:24am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/03/1998
NameFrank Murkowski Votes165,227 (74.49%)
Term01/03/1999 - 12/02/2002 Margin121,484 (+54.77%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Dec 20, 2002 AK US Senate Appointment Lisa Murkowski
Aug 24, 2004 AK US Senate - R Primary Lisa Murkowski
Aug 24, 2004 AK US Senate - All Party Primary Tony Knowles
Aug 24, 2004 AK US Senate - Combined Primary Jerry Sanders
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 9.8947000504 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Tony Knowles
Safe 1
Strong 1
Lean 8
Slight 59
Lisa Murkowski
Safe 1
Strong 5
Lean 9
Slight 25
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

05/04/2003 10/31/2004

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name (I) St. Rep. Lisa Murkowski Gov. Tony Knowles Marc Millican St. Rep. Jerry Sanders Jim Sykes Scott A. Kohlhaas Ted Gianoutsos
PartyRepublican Democratic Independent Alaskan Independence Green Libertarian Independent
Votes149,773 (48.58%) 140,424 (45.55%) 8,885 (2.88%) 3,785 (1.23%) 3,053 (0.99%) 1,240 (0.40%) 732 (0.24%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -9,349 (-3.03%) -140,888 (-45.70%) -145,988 (-47.35%) -146,720 (-47.59%) -148,533 (-48.18%) -149,041 (-48.34%)
Predict Avg.44.28% 48.71% 0.03% 0.54% 1.71% 0.68% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
McLaughlin & Associates (R) 
10/28-10/31		 48.00% (+0.0) 42.60% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Global Strategy Group (D) 
10/17-10/19		 43.00% (+2.0) 47.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Ivan Moore Research (D) 
10/18-10/18		 45.30% (+0.1) 46.90% (-1.2) 1.10% (+0.0) 0.40% (+0.0) 1.40% (-0.1) 0.40% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Ivan Moore Research (D) 
10/03-10/05		 45.20% (+0.0) 48.10% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 1.50% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Global Strategy Group (D) 
09/28-09/28		 41.00% (+0.0) 47.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Ivan Moore Research (D) 
08/29-08/31		 44.50% (+0.8) 45.60% (-0.7) 0.00% (+0.0) 1.30% (+0.0) 2.50% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D KeystoneProgressive
F Blue Republican
  WISH List
R banexo
D Jason
D Bulldogscm
IND Monsieur
D InspectorMorse
R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
R Jerry Ward
I E Pluribus Unum
G BR_Green
MFL The Oncoming Storm
LBT WickedLib
MORE CANDIDATES
Photo
Name (W) Others
PartyOther
Votes423 (0.14%)
Margin-149,350 (-48.44%)
Predict Avg.0.00%
Finances$0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
McLaughlin & Associates (R) 
10/28-10/31		 0.00% (+0.0)
Global Strategy Group (D) 
10/17-10/19		 0.00% (+0.0)
Ivan Moore Research (D) 
10/18-10/18		 0.00% (+0.0)
Ivan Moore Research (D) 
10/03-10/05		 0.00% (+0.0)
Global Strategy Group (D) 
09/28-09/28		 0.00% (+0.0)
Ivan Moore Research (D) 
08/29-08/31		 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Dec 21, 2004 12:00am Perspective Exir polls proven wrong  Article zorkpolitics 
Oct 18, 2004 12:00am General Alaskan candidates stress independent spirit  Article None Entered 
Aug 11, 2004 12:00am Endorsement Veterans leader endorses Knowles  Article RP 
May 06, 2004 12:00am News Murkowski and Knowles tied in AK Senate poll  Article zorkpolitics 
Apr 09, 2004 12:00am News Knowles' raised money approaches Murkowski's  Article Qbanito 
Apr 09, 2004 12:00am News Young urges Miller to stay out of Senate race (AK)  Article SC-Conservative 

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