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1978 Alaska U.S. Senate Election

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Who won the 1978 Alaska U.S. Senate Election?

Ted Stevens won the 1978 Alaska U.S. Senate Election. Ted Stevens received 92,783 popular votes (75.59%). The main challenger was Donald Hobbs (24.09%).

See the full head-to-head between Stevens and Hobbs

Stevens +51.5 pts · won by 63,209 votes
Ted StevensRepublicanWINNER75.59%
92,783 votes
Donald HobbsDemocratic24.09%
29,574 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.