1978 Alaska gubernatorial election
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Results by state house district Hammond: 30–40% 40–50% 50–60% Hickel: 30–40% Croft: 30–40% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1978, for the post of governor of Alaska. Republican incumbent Jay Hammond defeated four opponents: former Governor of Alaska and write-in candidate Wally Hickel, Alaska Senator and Democratic nominee Chancy Croft, former Commissioner of Natural Resources and Independent candidate Tom Kelly and Alaskan Independence Party nominee Don Wright. After losing to Hammond in the Republican primary, Hickel ran as a write-in candidate and was able to outperform Croft. Republican Tom Fink and Democrat Jay Kerttula also ran in the open primary.
This is the first time an incumbent Republican governor was re-elected for a second term, and this would not occur again until 2022.
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Jay Hammond (inc.) | 31,921 | 30.01% | ||
Republican | Wally Hickel | 31,823 | 29.92% | ||
Republican | Tom Fink | 17,487 | 16.44% | ||
Democratic | Chancy Croft | 8,910 | 8.38% | ||
Democratic | Edward A. Merdes | 8,655 | 8.14% | ||
Democratic | Jay Kerttula | 7,125 | 6.70% | ||
Republican | Jimmie D. Lockhart | 451 | 0.42% | ||
Turnout | 106,372 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Jay Hammond (inc.) | 49,580 | 39.07% | −8.60% | |
Write-In | Wally Hickel (write-in) | 33,555 | 26.44% | ||
Democratic | Chancy Croft | 25,656 | 20.22% | −27.15% | |
Independent | Tom Kelly | 15,656 | 12.34% | ||
Independence | Don Wright | 2,463 | 1.94% | −3.02% | |
Majority | 16,025 | 12.63% | |||
Turnout | 126,910 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Our Campaigns - AK Governor - Open Primary Race - Aug 22, 1978".
- ^ "1978 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Alaska" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2009.