1974 Alaska gubernatorial election

none related races 1974 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1974 Alaska gubernatorial election Alaska presidential no 1970 Alaska gubernatorial election 1970 1978 Alaska gubernatorial election 1978 November 5, 1974 Jay Hammond File:Jay Hammond 1975.jpg 150x150px 0.6 Republican Party (United States) Lowell Thomas Jr. 45,840 47.67% Bill Egan File:William A. Egan.jpg Democratic Party (United States) Red Boucher 45,553 47.37% 1974 Alaska gubernatorial election by State House District.svg 350px Results by state house districtHammond: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Egan: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Bill Egan Democratic Party (United States) Jay Hammond Republican Party (United States) The 1974 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1974, for the post of governor of Alaska. Republican challenger and mayor of Bristol Bay Borough Jay Hammond narrowly beat Democratic incumbent Bill Egan in a close race that was forced into a recount to verify the results. The formation of the new Alaskan Independence Party was considered to have a large impact on the race. Hammond had defeated former governors Wally Hickel and Keith Harvey Miller for the Republican nomination, while Egan defeated Eben Hopson and Don Wright for the Democratic nomination. Results Open primary result https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/74PRIM/74prim.pdf 1974 Primary Election Results Alaska Division of Elections Republican Party of Alaska Jay Hammond 28,602 34.47% Republican Party of Alaska Wally Hickel 20,728 24.98% Alaska Democratic Party Bill Egan (inc.) 20,356 24.53% Republican Party of Alaska Keith Harvey Miller 10,864 13.09% Alaska Democratic Party Don Wright 1,063 1.28% Alaska Democratic Party Eben Hopson 951 1.15% Republican Party of Alaska Donn Hopkins 269 0.32% Republican Party of Alaska James R. Russell 144 0.17% 82,977 100.0% 84,585 1974 Alaska gubernatorial election https://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/74GENR/74genr.pdf 1974 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Alaska 2009-08-31 Alaska Division of Elections 2010-05-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20100527095454/http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/74GENR/74genr.pdf live Republican Party of Alaska Jay Hammond 45,840 47.67% +1.54% Alaska Democratic Party Bill Egan (inc.) 45,553 47.37% -5.01% Alaskan Independence Party Joe Vogler 4,770 4.96% 287 0.30% 96,163 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) References Gubernatorial 1974 Alaska Alaska gubernatorial election