List of United States senators from Alaska

Current delegation

Lisa Murkowski (R)

Dan Sullivan (R)

Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959. Alaska's United States Senate seats belong to class 2 and class 3. The state's current senators are Republicans Lisa Murkowski (serving since 2002) and Dan Sullivan (serving since 2015). A total of eight people have represented Alaska in the U.S. Senate. Ted Stevens was Alaska's longest serving U.S. Senator, serving from 1968 to 2009.

List of senators

Class 2 Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. The next election will be in 2026.						C	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028.
#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
1	Bob Bartlett	Democratic	Jan 3, 1959 – Dec 11, 1968	Elected in 1958.	1	86th	1	Elected in 1958.	Jan 3, 1959 – Jan 3, 1969	Democratic	Ernest Gruening	1
				Re-elected in 1960.	2	87th
						88th	2	Re-elected in 1962. Lost renomination and then lost re-election as a write-in candidate.
						89th
				Re-elected in 1966. Died.	3	90th
Vacant			Dec 11, 1968 – Dec 24, 1968
2	Ted Stevens	Republican	Dec 24, 1968 – Jan 3, 2009	Appointed to continue Bartlett's term. Elected in 1970 to finish Bartlett's term.
						91st	3	Elected in 1968.	Jan 3, 1969 – Jan 3, 1981	Democratic	Mike Gravel	2
						92nd
				Re-elected in 1972.	4	93rd
						94th	4	Re-elected in 1974. Lost renomination.
						95th
				Re-elected in 1978.	5	96th
						97th	5	Elected in 1980.	Jan 3, 1981 – Dec 2, 2002	Republican	Frank Murkowski	3
						98th
				Re-elected in 1984.	6	99th
						100th	6	Re-elected in 1986.
						101st
				Re-elected in 1990.	7	102nd
						103rd	7	Re-elected in 1992.
						104th
				Re-elected in 1996.	8	105th
						106th	8	Re-elected in 1998. Resigned when elected Governor of Alaska.
						107th
									Dec 2, 2002 – Dec 20, 2002	Vacant
								Appointed to finish her father's term.	Dec 20, 2002 – present	Republican	Lisa Murkowski	4
				Re-elected in 2002. Lost re-election.	9	108th
						109th	9	Elected to a full term in 2004.
						110th
3	Mark Begich	Democratic	Jan 3, 2009 – Jan 3, 2015	Elected in 2008. Lost re-election.	10	111th
						112th	10	Lost renomination, but re-elected as a write-in candidate in 2010.
						113th
4	Dan Sullivan	Republican	Jan 3, 2015 – present	Elected in 2014.	11	114th
						115th	11	Re-elected in 2016.
						116th
				Re-elected in 2020.	12	117th
						118th	12	Re-elected in 2022.
						119th
To be determined in the 2026 election.					13	120th
						121st	13	To be determined in the 2028 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 2							Class 3

In fiction

They Shall Have Stars, the first volume in science fiction writer James Blish's Cities in Flight series, was published in 1950 and is set in a fictional 2013. A major character is Alaska Senator Bliss Wagoner, head of the Joint Congressional Committee on Space Flight, who is depicted as playing a crucial role in Humanity's spread into space. At the time of writing, Alaska was not yet a state and had no senators, but Blish correctly assumed that this would come about by 2013.

See also

• List of United States representatives from Alaska
• United States congressional delegations from Alaska
• Elections in Alaska
• List of United States Senate elections in Alaska
• Politics of Alaska
• Political party strength in Alaska

External links

• Alaska Senators, Representatives on GovTrack.us

This page was last edited on 9 May 2024, at 23:09