1965 Greater Anchorage Borough election

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1965 Greater Anchorage Borough election
←  Dec. 1963 October 5, 19651967 →

The 1965 Greater Anchorage Borough election was an election for borough offices in Anchorage, Alaska. It was held on October 5, 1965. 8,535 ballots were cast. [1]

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In a proposition ("Prop B"), the borough's voters voted overwhelmingly against reclassifying from a second class borough into a first class borough, maintaining the borough classification that they had voted to adopt two years prior.

Borough Assembly

Section 2

Section 2 seat on the Borough Assembly [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Paul R. Boniface II 365 56.07
NonpartisanWalter E. Jerde (incumbent) [2] 28643.93
Total votes651 100

Section 5

Section 5 seat on the Borough Assembly [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Donald L. Smith 420 41.58
NonpartisanJames M. Garrigues30530.20
NonpartisanMable H. Crawford (incumbent) [2] 28528.22
Total votes1,010 100

Borough school board

An election was held for a three-year term for one of the seats on the borough school board. [1]

Borough school board election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Richard R. Gay (incumbent) [2] 6,560 53.13
NonpartisanDale Pierson5,78846.87
Total votes12,348 100

Propositions

Prop A: areawide dog control

Prop A: areawide dog control [1]
CandidateVotes %
Yes5,85371.04
No2,38628.96
Total votes8,239 100

Prop B: reclassification of borough as a first class borough

Prop B: reclassification of borough as a first class borough [1]
CandidateVotes %
No2,42263.29
Yes1,40536.71
Total votes3,827 100

Prop C: 11 million dollar school bond issue

Prop C: 11 million dollar school bond issue [1]
CandidateVotes %
Yes4,82274.91
No1,61525.09
Total votes6,437 100

Prop D: fire control service area number 1

Prop D: fire control service area number 1 [1]
CandidateVotes %
Yes39778.93
No10621.07
Total votes503 100

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "1965 Regular Election Certificate of Election" (PDF). www.muni.org. State of Alaska Secretary of State. 1965. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 "Official Canvass Totals Anchorage Election District No. 8 Borough Incorporation Election December 3, 1963" (PDF). www.muni.org. State of Alaska Secretary of State. 1963. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
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