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The 1996 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 5 1996. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Ted Stevens ran for re-election to a sixth term in the United States Senate. Stevens faced off against Democratic nominee Theresa Obermeyer a former member of the Anchorage School Board and Green Party nominee Jed Whittaker a commercial fisherman. Stevens won over his opponents in an overwhelming landslide. Whittaker finished ahead of Obermeyer.
