1960 Alaska House of Representatives election

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election
← 1958 November 8, 1960 1962 →
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 — —
Last election 34 seats, 59.60% 5 seats, 36.61% 1 seat, 3.79%[b]
Seats won 21[a] 19 0
Seat change Decrease 13 Increase 14 Decrease 1
Popular vote 113,365 128,258 252
Percentage 46.87% 53.03% 0.10%
Results:
     Democratic gain      Independent Democrat gain
     Republican gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Multi-member districts:
     Majority Democratic      Even      Majority Republican
Alaska House Speaker before election

Office established

 Elected Alaska House Speaker

Warren A. Taylor
Democratic

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

District 1

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 1[1]
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

District 2, based in Ketchikan, elected 2 representatives. Incumbent J. Ray Roady lost renomination in the primary election.

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 2[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Walter L. Kubley 2,215 54.0
Republican William K. Boardman 2,083 50.7
Democratic Gordon 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

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 3[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John E. Longworth (incumbent) 1,019 100.0
Total votes 1,019 100.0
Republican hold

District 4

District 4, based in Sitka elected 2 representatives.

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 4[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andrew Hope (incumbent) 1,296 55.2
Democratic Frank E. Cashel (incumbent) 1,206 51.3
Republican Leslie Yaw 999 42.5
Republican M. S. "Duke" Mitrovitch 912 38.8
Total votes 2,349 100.0
Democratic hold

District 5

District 5, based in Juneau, elected 2 representatives.

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 5[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marcus F. Jensen 2,333 52.0
Democratic Dora M. Sweeney (incumbent) 2,290 51.1
Republican Mildred R. Hermann 2,156 48.1
Republican Robert N. Druxman 1,581 35.2
Total votes 4,486 100.0
Democratic hold

District 6

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 6[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Morgan W. Reed (incumbent) 693 63.1
Republican Clarence H. Mattson 406 36.9
Total votes 1,099 100.0
Democratic hold

District 7

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 7[1]
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

Incumbent Bruce Kendall moved to Anchorage during his term and successfully ran for reelection from District 10.

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 8[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Democrat Robert I. Ditman 439 57.6
Republican George Ingram Ashby 323 42.4
Total votes 762 100.0
Independent Democrat gain from Republican

District 9

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 9[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jalmar M. Kerttula 1,110 51.3
Republican Eugene Reid 1,055 48.7
Total votes 2,165 100.0
Democratic hold

District 10

District 10, based in Anchorage, elected 8 representatives. Incumbent Earl D. Hillstrand ran unsuccessfully for the Alaska Senate.

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 10[1]
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 Warren C. Colver 9,360 44.5
Democratic Peter J. Kalamarides (incumbent) 9,295 44.2
Democratic James E. Fisher (incumbent) 9,213 43.8
Democratic John R. Alcantra 8,867 42.2
Republican Carolyn C. Martin 8,262 39.3
Democratic James E. Norene (incumbent) 8,211 39.1
Democratic E. Russ Meekins (incumbent) 7,738 36.8
Democratic Blanche McSmith (incumbent) 7,377 35.1
Total votes 20,998 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

District 11

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 11[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William M. Erwin (incumbent) 674 57.3
Republican Ray F. James 502 42.7
Total votes 1,176 100.0
Democratic hold

District 12

Incumbent Allen L. Peterson lost renomination in the primary election.

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 15[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Leo F. Rhode 1,104 53.0
Democratic Quincy Benton 978 47.0
Total votes 2,082 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

District 13

District 13, based in Kodiak, elected 2 representatives.

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 13[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Gilbert A. Jarvela 1,138 74.2
Democratic Peter M. Deveau (incumbent) 933 60.9
Republican John P. Trent 422 27.5
Republican Emil Knudsen 325 21.2
Total votes 1,533 100.0
Democratic hold

District 14

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 14[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
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

Jay S. Hammond was originally elected in 1958 as an independent, switching to the Republican party for the 1960 election.

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 15[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jay S. Hammond (incumbent) 506 51.6
Democratic David C. Harrison 475 48.4
Total votes 981 100.0
Republican hold

District 16

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 16[1]
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

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 17[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Donald Harris (incumbent) 410 65.8
Democratic Barbara Pettit Rogers 213 34.2
Total votes 623 100.0
Republican hold

District 18

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 18[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Grant H. Pearson (incumbent) 472 51.3
Republican Berle E. Mercer 449 48.7
Total votes 921 100.0
Democratic hold

District 19

District 19, based in Fairbanks, elected 5 representatives.

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 19[1]
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 Kenneth Ringstad 4,464 46.9
Democratic Robert E. Sheldon (incumbent) 4,353 45.7
Republican Harry Kerns 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

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 20[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in (Republican) Kenneth A. Garrison 210 57.4
Democratic R.S. McCombe (incumbent) 107 29.2
Republican George E. King 49 13.4
Total votes 366 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

District 21

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 21[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Nusunginya (incumbent) 356 100.0
Total votes 356 100.0
Democratic hold

District 22

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 22[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
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

District 23 elected 2 representatives.

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 23[1]
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 Myrtle Fagerstrom Johnson 695 37.2
Total votes 1,868 100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

District 24

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 24[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Write-in (Democratic) Segundo Llorente 210 53.3
Write-in Axel C. Johnson (incumbent) 93 23.6
Democratic Lawrence A. "Larry" Paquette 91 23.0
Total votes 394 100.0
Democratic hold

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Includes independent Robert I. Ditman
  2. ^ Jay S. Hammond switched to the Republican party after election

References

  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 "STATE OF ALASKA SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICIAL RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION (November 8, 1960)" (PDF). Alaska Elections. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ Carey, Michael (5 August 2005). "Jay Hammond: man, myth, legend and, yes, politician" (PDF). University of Alaska. Anchorage Daily News. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Taxes Fund Budget". Alaska Legislature. Retrieved 15 April 2024.