Samuel Merrill

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Samuel Merrill

Republican Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 16, 2022

Education

High school

East High School, 1976

Personal

Profession

Pilot

Contact

Campaign website

Samuel Merrill (Republican Party) (also known as Al) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Alaska. Merrill lost in the primary on August 16, 2022.

Biography

Samuel Merrill graduated from East High School in 1976. Merrill's career experience includes working as a pilot.

Elections

2022

See also: United States Senate election in Alaska, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Alaska

Select round: Round 3 Round 2 Round 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Lisa Murkowski in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Lisa Murkowski	53.7	136,330	20,571	Won (3)
		Kelly Tshibaka	46.3	117,534	2,224	3
		Patricia Chesbro	0.0	0	-29,134	3
		Buzz Kelley	0.0	0	0	2
		Ted Gianoutsos (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Shoshana Gungurstein (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Sid Hill (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Joe Stephens (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Lisa Murkowski	44.5	115,759	1,641	Won (3)
		Kelly Tshibaka	44.3	115,310	3,209	3
		Patricia Chesbro	11.2	29,134	901	3
		Buzz Kelley	0.0	0	-8,575	2
		Ted Gianoutsos (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Shoshana Gungurstein (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Sid Hill (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Joe Stephens (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
		Lisa Murkowski	43.4	114,118	0	Won (3)
		Kelly Tshibaka	42.6	112,101	0	3
		Patricia Chesbro	10.7	28,233	0	3
		Buzz Kelley	3.3	8,575	0	2
		Ted Gianoutsos (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Shoshana Gungurstein (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Sid Hill (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1
		Joe Stephens (Write-in)	0.0	0	0	1

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 263,027
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Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for U.S. Senate Alaska

The following candidates ran in the primary for U.S. Senate Alaska on August 16, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lisa Murkowski (R)	45.0	85,794
✔		Kelly Tshibaka (R)	38.5	73,414
✔		Patricia Chesbro (D)	6.8	12,989
✔		Buzz Kelley (R)	2.1	4,055
	Submit photo	Pat Nolin (R)	1.1	2,004
		Edgar Blatchford (D)	1.0	1,981
		Ivan Taylor (D)	1.0	1,897
		Samuel Merrill (R)	0.8	1,529
		Sean Thorne (L)	0.7	1,399
		Shoshana Gungurstein (Independent)	0.4	853
		Joe Stephens (Alaskan Independence Party)	0.4	805
		John Schiess (R)	0.4	734
		Dustin Darden (Alaskan Independence Party)	0.3	649
		Kendall Shorkey (R)	0.3	627
		Karl Speights (R)	0.3	613
	Submit photo	Jeremy Keller (Independent)	0.2	405
		Sid Hill (Independent)	0.1	274
		Huhnkie Lee (Independent)	0.1	238
	Submit photo	David Darden (Independent)	0.1	198

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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Sam Little (R)
• Elvi Gray-Jackson (D)
• Shellie Wyatt (Alaskan Independence Party)

Campaign themes

2022

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Campaign website

Merrill's campaign website stated the following:

“	01. Inflation Rapidly rising inflation is crippling our country’s economy. Covid related shutdowns and shut-ins forced a heavy burden on the supply and demand of many supplies needed for almost every aspect of our lives. In addition, the massive decrease of drilling for crude oil and natural gas in the United States has further decreased the ability of supplies to be transported. This combination of high demand and a lack of products creates inflation. 02. CRIME The penalty for a crime needs to be appropriate for the misdeed and enforced. If the consequence for committing a crime is not severe enough to be a deterrent people will continue to break the law. Making new laws to combat crime is not the answer. Enforcing the ones we have is the best place to start. 03. EDUCATION Reading, writing, and arithmetic are a firm foundation for building a bright future for our children. However, we must look to their future with focused trades and life building skills to advance our youth to the next step. Teaching our children these skills can begin to reshape our education system, because America’s youth is the future of our country.	”
—Samuel Merrill's campaign website (2022)

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Candidate

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Footnotes

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Alaska's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Lisa Murkowski (R)

Daniel Sullivan (R)

Representatives

Nicholas Begich (R)

Republican Party (3)