United States Senate election in Alaska, 2016

United States Senate election in Alaska, 2016

← 2010 November 8, 2016 2022 →
Nominee Lisa Murkowski Joe Miller Party Republican Libertarian Popular vote 138,149 90,825 Percentage 44.3% 29.1%   Nominee Ray Metcalfe Party Independent Democratic Popular vote 41,194 36,200 Percentage 13.2% 11.6%
Results by state house district Murkowski   30-40%   40-50%   50-60% Miller   40-50%
U.S. Senator before election Lisa Murkowski Republican Elected U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski Republican

Murkowski

Miller

Lisa Murkowski
Republican

Lisa Murkowski
Republican

The 2016 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 8, 2016 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Alaska, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski won re-election to a third term in office. The primaries were held on August 16. She was challenged by several candidates, including: Democrat Ray Metcalfe, a former Republican state legislator; Independent , an attorney; and Libertarian Joe Miller, who defeated Murkowski for the Republican nomination in the United States Senate election in Alaska, 2010.

Murkowski was re-elected with 44.3% of the vote, becoming the first person in history to win three elections to the U.S. Senate with pluralities, having taken 48.6% in 2004 and 39.5% in 2010. Miller's 29% finish was the best ever for a Libertarian candidate in a U.S. Senate election.