1960 Alaska House of Representatives election
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Results: Democratic gain Independent Democrat gain Republican gain Democratic hold Republican hold Multi-member districts: Majority Democratic Even Majority Republican | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 1960, concurrently with the 1960 United States elections to elect members of the Alaska House of Representatives to the 2nd Alaska State Legislature. It was Alaska's first House election as a state. All 40 seats of the House were up for election, with 20 seats being won by Democrats, one by Independent Democrat Robert I. Ditman, and 19 by Republicans.[1] Republicans gained a net total of 13 Democratic seats, mostly from Anchorage and Fairbanks, and future governor Jay S. Hammond switched from an independent to a Republican.[2]
After the House first convened on January 23, 1961, Warren A. Taylor from Fairbanks was once again elected House speaker.[3]
Results by district
[edit]District 1
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Alfred E. Widmark | 224 | 50.7 | |||
Democratic | Charles M. Jones (incumbent) | 218 | 49.3 | |||
Total votes | 442 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 2
[edit]District 2 elected 2 representatives.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Walter L. Kubley | 2,215 | 54.0 | |||
Republican | William K. Boardman | 2,083 | 50.7 | |||
Democratic | Zerbetz | 1,768 | 43.1 | |||
Democratic | Oral E. Freeman (incumbent) | 1,711 | 41.7 | |||
Total votes | 4,105 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 3
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John E. Longworth (incumbent) | 1,019 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 1,019 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 4
[edit]District 4 elected 2 representatives.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Andrew Hope (incumbent) | 1,296 | 55.2 | |
Democratic | Frank E. Cashel (incumbent) | 1,206 | 51.3 | |
Republican | Yaw | 999 | 42.5 | |
Republican | Mitrovitch | 912 | 38.8 | |
Total votes | 2,349 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 5
[edit]District 5 elected 2 representatives.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Marcus F. Jensen | 2,333 | 52.0 | |
Democratic | Dora M. Sweeney (incumbent) | 2,290 | 51.1 | |
Republican | Hermann | 2,156 | 48.1 | |
Republican | Druxman | 1,581 | 35.2 | |
Total votes | 4,486 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 6
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Morgan W. Reed (incumbent) | 693 | 63.1 | |
Republican | Mattson | 406 | 36.9 | |
Total votes | 1,099 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 7
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Harold Z. Hansen (incumbent) | 419 | 72.5 | |
Write-in | David | 159 | 27.5 | |
Total votes | 578 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 8
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Democrat | Robert I. Ditman | 439 | 57.6 | |||
Republican | Ashby | 323 | 42.4 | |||
Total votes | 762 | 100.0 | ||||
Independent Democrat gain from Republican |
District 9
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jalmar M. Kerttula | 1,110 | 51.3 | |
Republican | Reid | 1,055 | 48.7 | |
Total votes | 2,165 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 10
[edit]District 10, based in Anchorage, elected 8 representatives.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | R. W. Stratton, Jr. | 12,081 | 57.5 | |||
Republican | Bruce Kendall | 11,529 | 54.9 | |||
Republican | Harold D. Strandberg | 11,395 | 54.2 | |||
Republican | James C. Parsons | 11,003 | 52.4 | |||
Republican | Henry S. Pratt | 10,233 | 48.7 | |||
Republican | William H. Sanders | 10,205 | 48.5 | |||
Republican | Bennie Leonard | 9,456 | 45.0 | |||
Democratic | John S. Hellenthal (incumbent) | 9,385 | 44.6 | |||
Democratic | Colver | 9,360 | 44.5 | |||
Democratic | Peter J. Kalamarides (incumbent) | 9,295 | 44.2 | |||
Democratic | James E. Fisher (incumbent) | 9,213 | 43.8 | |||
Democratic | Alcantra | 8,867 | 42.2 | |||
Republican | Martin | 8,262 | 39.3 | |||
Democratic | James E. Norene (incumbent) | 8,211 | 39.1 | |||
Democratic | Russ Meekins (incumbent) | 7,738 | 36.8 | |||
Democratic | McSmith | 7,377 | 35.1 | |||
Total votes | 20,998 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 11
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | William M. Erwin (incumbent) | 674 | 57.3 | |
Republican | James | 502 | 42.7 | |
Total votes | 1,176 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 12
[edit]Jay S. Hammond was originally elected in 1958 as an independent, switching to the Republican party for the 1960 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Republican | Leo F. Rhode | 1,104 | 53.0 | |||
Democratic | Benton | 978 | 47.0 | |||
Total votes | 2,082 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 13
[edit]District 13, based in Kodiak, elected 2 representatives.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gilbert A. Jarvela | 1,138 | 74.2 | |
Democratic | Peter M. Deveau (incumbent) | 933 | 60.9 | |
Republican | Trent | 422 | 27.5 | |
Republican | Knudsen | 325 | 21.2 | |
Total votes | 1,533 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 14
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Arthur J. Harris | 391 | 68.1 | |
Write-in (Democratic) | Charles J. Franz (incumbent) | 182 | 31.8 | |
Total votes | 573 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 15
[edit]Jay S. Hammond was originally elected in 1958 as an independent, switching to the Republican party for the 1960 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jay S. Hammond (incumbent) | 506 | 51.6 | |
Democratic | Harrison | 475 | 48.4 | |
Total votes | 981 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 16
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Raymond C. Christiansen | 533 | 57.4 | |||
Republican | James Hoffman (incumbent) | 396 | 42.6 | |||
Total votes | 929 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 17
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Donald Harris (incumbent) | 410 | 65.8 | |
Democratic | Rogers | 213 | 34.2 | |
Total votes | 623 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
District 18
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Grant H. Pearson (incumbent) | 472 | 51.3 | |
Republican | Mercer | 449 | 48.7 | |
Total votes | 921 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 19
[edit]District 19, based in Fairbanks, elected 5 representatives.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Charles M. "Jim" Binkley | 5,508 | 57.8 | |||
Democratic | Frank X. Chapados (incumbent) | 4,834 | 50.8 | |||
Republican | Edgar I. Baggen | 4,800 | 50.4 | |||
Republican | Forbes L. Baker | 4,682 | 49.2 | |||
Democratic | Warren A. Taylor (incumbent) | 4,559 | 47.9 | |||
Republican | Ringstead | 4,464 | 46.9 | |||
Democratic | Robert E. Sheldon (incumbent) | 4,353 | 45.7 | |||
Republican | Gayley | 4,199 | 44.1 | |||
Democratic | Richard J. Greuel (incumbent) | 4,092 | 43.0 | |||
Democratic | Bob Giersdorf (incumbent) | 3,632 | 38.1 | |||
Total votes | 9,513 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 20
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Write-in (Republican) | Kenneth A. Garrison | 210 | 57.4 | |||
Democratic | R.S. McCombe (incumbent) | 107 | 29.2 | |||
Republican | King | 49 | 13.4 | |||
Total votes | 366 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 21
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Nusunginya (incumbent) | 356 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 356 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
District 22
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Jacob A. Stalker | 449 | 55.0 | |||
Republican | John E. Curtis (incumbent) | 368 | 45.0 | |||
Total votes | 817 | 100.0 | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican |
District 23
[edit]District 23 elected 2 representatives.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert R. Blodgett (incumbent) | 982 | 52.5 | |||
Republican | Arthur D. Johnson | 909 | 48.6 | |||
Democratic | Charles E. Fagerstrom (incumbent) | 782 | 41.8 | |||
Republican | M. Johnson | 695 | 37.2 | |||
Total votes | 1,868 | 100.0 | ||||
Republican gain from Democratic |
District 24
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Write-in (Democratic) | Segundo Llorente | 210 | 53.3 | |
Write-in | A. Johnson | 93 | 23.6 | |
Democratic | Paquette | 91 | 23.0 | |
Total votes | 394 | 100.0 | ||
Democratic hold |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "STATE OF ALASKA SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICIAL RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION (November 8, 1960)" (PDF). Alaska Elections. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ Carey, Michael (5 August 2005). "Jay Hammond: man, myth, legend and, yes, politician" (PDF). University of Alaska. Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Taxes Fund Budget". Alaska Legislature. Retrieved 15 April 2024.