1970 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
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Results by state house district Begich: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Murkowski: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The Alaska congressional election of 1970 was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1970. The term of the state's sole Representative to the
Begich would go missing on October 16, 1972, posthumously win the 1972 election, be declared dead on December 29, 1972, and be succeeded by Don Young, who won the 1973 special election. Young would hold the seat for 49 years, until his death in 2022. Murkowski would be elected U.S. Senator in the 1980 Senate election, and later become Governor for one term in the 2002 gubernatorial election.
Campaign
Begich, now more experienced following his
Republicans were much more successful in raising campaign funding, but Democrats brought more people, as was shown when the Republicans sold 100 $10 tickets to a Fairbanks rally where U.S. Senator John Tower spoke, just for Democrats to draw a crowd of 500, admission free, to a rally at Alaskaland. Due to Begich's support for the Alaska Federation of Natives' views on Alaska land claims disputes, a high issue since statehood, Begich performed very well amongst native voters and the 'Bush' regions of Alaska, especially due to the Republican tickets' failure to adequately address economic concerns, something key for the economically depressed natives.[1]
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Nick Begich | 44,137 | 55.1% | +9.3% | |
Republican | Frank Murkowski | 35,947 | 44.9% | -9.3% | |
Total votes | 80,084 | 100.00% |
References
- ^ a b Chinn, Ronald E. “The 1970 Election in Alaska.” The Western Political Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 2, 1971, pp. 234–42. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/446868. Accessed 5 Mar. 2023.
- JSTOR 446868.