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1958 Alaska House of Representatives election

The 1958 Alaska House of Representatives election was held on November 26, 1958, in Alaska's last days as a territory to elect members of the 1st Alaska State Legislature. All 40 seats of the House were up for election, with 33 seats being won by Democrats, one by Independent Democrat Harold Z. Hansen, five by Republicans, and one by political independent and future Republican Governor Jay S. Hammond.[1]

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election
November 26, 1958 1960 →
All 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives
21 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Warren A. Taylor — —
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Leader's seat 19–Fairbanks — —
Seats won 34[a] 5 1
Popular vote 114,248 70,178 7,270
Percentage 59.60% 36.61% 3.79%
Results:
     Democratic gain      Independent Democrat gain
     Independent gain      Republican gain
Multi-member districts:
     Majority Democratic
Alaska House Speaker before election

Office established

 Elected Alaska House Speaker

Warren A. Taylor
Democratic

Warren A. Taylor from Fairbanks was elected House speaker on January 26, 1959, three weeks after Alaska became the 49th state.[2]

Results by district edit

Only candidate's last names are listed on the official general election returns.

District 1 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 1[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles M. Jones 263 64.6
Independent Widmark 144 35.4
Total votes 407 100.0

District 2 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 2[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Oral E. Freeman 2,048 31.3
Democratic James R. "J. Ray" Roady 1,954 29.9
Republican Placentia 1,483 22.7
Republican Tobin 1,054 16.1
Total votes 6,539 100.0

District 3 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 3[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John E. Longworth 1,054 60.5
Democratic Lee 687 39.5
Total votes 1,741 100.0

District 4 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 4[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank E. Cashel 1,297 32.3
Democratic Andrew Hope 1,208 30.1
Republican Van Horn 896 22.3
Republican Sarvela 614 15.3
Total votes 4,015 100.0

District 5 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 5[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dora M. Sweeney 2,252 31.7
Democratic Douglas Gray 2,101 29.6
Republican McLean 2,010 28.3
Republican Krause 740 10.4
Total votes 7,103 100.0

District 6 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 6[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Morgan W. Reed 603 53.9
Independent McLean 446 39.9
Republican Krause 70 6.3
Total votes 1,119 100.0

District 7 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 7[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Democrat Harold Z. Hansen 267 40.4
Democratic Buck 245 37.1
Republican Rosswog 149 22.5
Total votes 661 100.0

District 8 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 8[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bruce Kendall 333 45.3
Democratic Welch 320 43.5
Independent[b] Ewan 82 11.1
Total votes 735 100.0

District 9 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 9[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James J. Hurley 891 57.5
Independent Ewan 370 23.9
Republican McKinley 288 18.6
Total votes 1,549 100.0

District 10 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 10[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John L. Rader 9,846 8.5
Democratic Earl D. Hillstrand 9,411 8.1
Democratic John S. Hellenthal 9,075 7.9
Democratic Helen Fischer 8,487 7.3
Democratic Edward R. "Russ" Meekins 8,373 7.2
Democratic Peter J. Kalamarides 8,336 7.2
Democratic James E. Fisher 8,088 7.0
Democratic James E. Norene 8,036 7.0
Republican Waldron 7,006 6.1
Republican Sheffard 6,559 5.7
Republican Dianes 5,221 4.5
Republican White 5,062 4.4
Republican McLean 4,787 4.1
Republican Nelson 4,761 4.1
Republican Arnett 4,661 4.0
Independent Frior 4,415 3.8
Republican Fink 3,485 3.0
Total votes 115,609 100.0

District 11 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 11[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William M. Erwin 599 57.8
Republican Williams 438 42.2
Total votes 1,037 100.0

District 12 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 12[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Allan L. Petersen 824 54.5
Republican Rhode 688 45.5
Total votes 1,512 100.0

District 13 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 13[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter M. Deveau 751 36.1
Democratic Henry L. Haag 554 26.6
Republican Nelson 425 20.4
Republican Clark 352 16.9
Total votes 2,082 100.0

District 14 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 14[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles J. Franz 357 75.3
Independent Berikoff 117 24.7
Total votes 474 100.0

District 15 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 15[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Jay S. Hammond 350 49.5
Independent Noden 190 26.9
Republican Moore 167 23.6
Total votes 707 100.0

District 16 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 16[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James Hoffman 563 100.0
Total votes 563 100.0

District 17 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 17[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donald Harris 295 50.6
Democratic Begin 288 49.4
Total votes 583 100.0

District 18 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 18[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Grant H. Pearson 472 54.5
Republican Huntington 394 45.5
Total votes 866 100.0

District 19 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 19[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank X. Chapados 5,294 13.3
Democratic Richard J. Greuel 4,835 12.1
Democratic Joseph R. "Bob" Giersdorf 4,698 11.8
Democratic Warren A. Taylor 4,616 11.6
Democratic Robert E. Sheldon 4,591 11.5
Republican Joy 3,315 8.3
Republican Polet 3,084 7.7
Republican Boswell 3,037 7.6
Republican Ringstad 3,010 7.6
Republican Collins 2,497 6.3
Independent[c] Purvis 299 0.8
Independent Warbelow 258 0.7
Independent Moring 211 0.5
Independent Ryczkowski 121 0.3
Total votes 39,866 100.0

District 20 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 20[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic R.S. McCombe 318 65.3
Republican Hannum 169 34.7
Total votes 487 100.0

District 21 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 21[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Nusunginya 290 100.0
Total votes 290 100.0

District 22 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 22[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John E. Curtis 395 50.8
Democratic Lincoln 383 49.2
Total votes 778 100.0

District 23 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 23[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Robert R. Blodgett 831 30.7
Democratic Charles E. Fagerstrom 761 28.1
Republican Gray 586 21.6
Republican Martin 530 19.6
Total votes 2,708 100.0

District 24 edit

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 24[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Axel C. Johnson 265 100.0
Total votes 265 100.0

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Includes Harold Z. Hansen, who was elected on an independent ticket
  2. ^ labelled as "AP"
  3. ^ labelled as "AP"

References edit

  1. ^ 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 "OFFICIAL RETURNS OF GENERAL ELECTION HELD NOVEMBER 26, 1958" (PDF). Alaska Elections. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ "The Beginning of Statehood". Alaska Legislature. Retrieved 15 April 2024.

External links edit

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