1982 Alaska gubernatorial election

none related races 1982 United States gubernatorial elections February 2020 January 2025 September 2023 1982 Alaska gubernatorial election Alaska presidential no 1978 Alaska gubernatorial election 1978 November 2, 1982 1986 Alaska gubernatorial election 1986 File:Bill Sheffield 1989 (cropped).jpg 150x150px 0.6 Bill Sheffield Democratic Party (United States) Steve McAlpine 89,918 46.12% Governor Jay Hammond Republican Party (United States) Bill Sheffield Democratic Party (United States) Tom Fink Republican Party (United States) File:Tom Fink 1975.jpg Mike Colletta 72,291 37.09% Dick Randolph File:Dick Randolph.jpg Alaska Libertarian Party Donnis Thompson 29,067 14.91% 1982 Alaska gubernatorial election by State House District.svg 325px Results by state house districtSheffield: #bdd3ff 30–40% #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Fink: #ffc8cd 30–40% #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% The 1982 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 2, 1982, for the post of Governor of Alaska. To replace outgoing Republican governor Jay Hammond, Democratic nominee Bill Sheffield defeated three opponents: Republican nominee Tom Fink, Libertarian nominee Dick Randolph and Alaskan Independence Party nominee Joe Vogler. Hammond had endorsed his lieutenant governor, Terry Miller, who lost the Republican nomination to Fink in the primary election, as did Don Wright. Sheffield defeated Steve Cowper and former Lieutenant Governor H. A. Boucher for the Democratic nomination. As of 2023, this is the earliest gubernatorial election in Alaska in which at least one candidate, Dick Randolph, is still living. Randolph was one of the few third-party candidates in Alaska's history to have served in office, serving two terms as a Libertarian in the state house before running for governor. Randolph, as a member of a political party not recognized by the state, gained access to the ballot via a nominating petition. He garnered nearly fifteen percent of the vote, to date the highest percentage received by any Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidate. His running mate, Donnis Thompson, who was married to the mayor of the Kenai Peninsula Borough, was the only woman on a statewide ballot in this year's elections, as well as one of the first in Alaskan history. Results 1982 Alaska gubernatorial electionhttps://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/82GENR/82genr.pdf 1982 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Alaska 2009-08-31 Alaska Division of Elections https://web.archive.org/web/20090902154442/http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/82GENR/82genr.pdf September 2, 2009 live Alaska Democratic Party Bill Sheffield 89,918 46.12% +15.90% Republican Party of Alaska Tom Fink 72,291 37.09% -1.98% Alaska Libertarian Party Dick Randolph 29,067 14.91% Alaskan Independence Party Joe Vogler 3,235 1.66% -0.28% Write-in votes 374 0.19% -26.25% 17,627 9.04% 194,885 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) References Gubernatorial 1982 Alaska Category:November 1982 in the United States