1958 Alaska House of Representatives election
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The 1958 Alaska House of Representatives election was held on November 26, 1958, in
Jay S. Hammond.[1]
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles M. Jones | 263 | 64.6 | |
Independent
|
Widmark | 144 | 35.4 | |
Total votes | 407 | 100.0 |
District 2
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John E. Longworth | 1,054 | 60.5 | |
Democratic | Lee | 687 | 39.5 | |
Total votes | 1,741 | 100.0 |
District 4
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | William M. Erwin | 599 | 57.8 | |
Republican | Williams | 438 | 42.2 | |
Total votes | 1,037 | 100.0 |
District 12
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Allan L. Petersen | 824 | 54.5 | |
Republican | Rhode | 688 | 45.5 | |
Total votes | 1,512 | 100.0 |
District 13
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Charles J. Franz | 357 | 75.3 | |
Independent | Berikoff | 117 | 24.7 | |
Total votes | 474 | 100.0 |
District 15
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | James Hoffman | 563 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 563 | 100.0 |
District 17
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Donald Harris | 295 | 50.6 | |
Democratic | Begin | 288 | 49.4 | |
Total votes | 583 | 100.0 |
District 18
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Grant H. Pearson | 472 | 54.5 | |
Republican | Huntington | 394 | 45.5 | |
Total votes | 866 | 100.0 |
District 19
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | R.S. McCombe | 318 | 65.3 | |
Republican | Hannum | 169 | 34.7 | |
Total votes | 487 | 100.0 |
District 21
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Nusunginya | 290 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 290 | 100.0 |
District 22
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | John E. Curtis | 395 | 50.8 | |
Democratic | Lincoln | 383 | 49.2 | |
Total votes | 778 | 100.0 |
District 23
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Axel C. Johnson | 265 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 265 | 100.0 |