1958 Alaska House of Representatives election

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1958 Alaska House of Representatives election
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November 26, 1958 1960  

All 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives
21 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
Leader Warren A. Taylor
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Leader's seat19–Fairbanks
Seats won34 [lower-alpha 1] 51
Popular vote114,24870,1787,270
Percentage59.60%36.61%3.79%

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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

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]

Contents

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

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

District 1

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 1 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charles M. Jones 263 64.6
Independent Widmark14435.4
Total votes407 100.0

District 2

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 2 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Oral E. Freeman 2,048 31.3
Democratic James R. "J. Ray" Roady 1,954 29.9
Republican Placentia1,48322.7
Republican Tobin1,05416.1
Total votes6,539 100.0

District 3

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 3 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John E. Longworth 1,054 60.5
Democratic Lee68739.5
Total votes1,741 100.0

District 4

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 4 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Frank E. Cashel 1,297 32.3
Democratic Andrew Hope 1,208 30.1
Republican Van Horn89622.3
Republican Sarvela61415.3
Total votes4,015 100.0

District 5

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 5 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dora M. Sweeney 2,252 31.7
Democratic Douglas Gray 2,101 29.6
Republican McLean2,01028.3
Republican Krause74010.4
Total votes7,103 100.0

District 6

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 6 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Morgan W. Reed 603 53.9
Independent McLean44639.9
Republican Krause706.3
Total votes1,119 100.0

District 7

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 7 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Democrat Harold Z. Hansen 267 40.4
Democratic Buck24537.1
Republican Rosswog14922.5
Total votes661 100.0

District 8

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 8 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bruce B. Kendall 333 45.3
Democratic Welch32043.5
Independent [lower-alpha 2] Ewan8211.1
Total votes735 100.0

District 9

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 9 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James J. Hurley 891 57.5
Independent Ewan37023.9
Republican McKinley28818.6
Total votes1,549 100.0

District 10

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 10 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
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 Waldron7,0066.1
Republican Sheffard6,5595.7
Republican Dianes5,2214.5
Republican White5,0624.4
Republican McLean4,7874.1
Republican Nelson4,7614.1
Republican Arnett4,6614.0
Independent Frior4,4153.8
Republican Fink3,4853.0
Total votes115,609 100.0

District 11

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 11 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic William M. Erwin 599 57.8
Republican Williams43842.2
Total votes1,037 100.0

District 12

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 12 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Allan L. Petersen 824 54.5
Republican Rhode68845.5
Total votes1,512 100.0

District 13

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 13 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Peter M. Deveau 751 36.1
Democratic Henry L. Haag 554 26.6
Republican Nelson42520.4
Republican Clark35216.9
Total votes2,082 100.0

District 14

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 14 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charles J. Franz 357 75.3
Independent Berikoff11724.7
Total votes474 100.0

District 15

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 15 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Jay S. Hammond 350 49.5
Independent Noden19026.9
Republican Moore16723.6
Total votes707 100.0

District 16

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 16 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican James Hoffman 563 100.0
Total votes563 100.0

District 17

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 17 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Donald Harris 295 50.6
Democratic Begin28849.4
Total votes583 100.0

District 18

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 18 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Grant H. Pearson 472 54.5
Republican Huntington39445.5
Total votes866 100.0

District 19

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 19 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
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 Joy3,3158.3
Republican Polet3,0847.7
Republican Boswell3,0377.6
Republican Ringstad3,0107.6
Republican Collins2,4976.3
Independent [lower-alpha 3] Purvis2990.8
Independent Warbelow2580.7
Independent Moring2110.5
Independent Ryczkowski1210.3
Total votes39,866 100.0

District 20

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 20 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic R.S. McCombe 318 65.3
Republican Hannum16934.7
Total votes487 100.0

District 21

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 21 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Nusunginya 290 100.0
Total votes290 100.0

District 22

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 22 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John E. Curtis 395 50.8
Democratic Lincoln38349.2
Total votes778 100.0

District 23

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 23 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Robert R. Blodgett 831 30.7
Democratic Charles E. Fagerstrom 761 28.1
Republican Gray58621.6
Republican Martin53019.6
Total votes2,708 100.0

District 24

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 24 [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Axel C. Johnson 265 100.0
Total votes265 100.0

See also

Notes

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

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References

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