1960 Alaska House of Representatives election

none June 2026 January 2025 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election Alaska legislative no 1958 Alaska House of Representatives election 1958 1962 Alaska House of Representatives election 1962 All 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives 21 November 8, 1960 160x180px elected members outgoing members Alaska Democratic Party Warren A. Taylor 19–Fairbanks 21Includes independent Robert I. Ditman 113,365 46.87% 34 seats, 59.60% 13 Alaska Republican Party — — 19 128,258 53.03% 5 seats, 36.61% 14 Independent — — 0 252 0.10% 1 seat, 3.79%Jay S. Hammond switched to the Republican party after election 1 x240px 320px Results:#0671B0 Democratic gain #099cb0 Independent Democrat gain#ca0020 Republican gain#93c5dd Democratic hold #ff9998 Republican holdMulti-member districts:#93c5dd Majority Democratic #c793dd Even #ff9998 Majority Republican Alaska House Speaker Office established Warren A. Taylor Alaska Democratic Party The 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 1960, concurrently with the 1960 United States elections to elect members of the Alaska House of Representatives to the 2nd Alaska State Legislature. It was Alaska's first House election as a state. All 40 seats of the House were up for election, with 20 seats being won by Democrats, one by Independent Democrat Robert I. Ditman, and 19 by Republicans. Republicans gained a net total of 13 Democratic seats, mostly from Anchorage and Fairbanks, and future governor Jay S. Hammond switched from an independent to a Republican.Carey Michael Jay Hammond: man, myth, legend and, yes, politician https://www.alaska.edu/files/uajourney/Jay%20Hammond.pdf 16 April 2024 University of Alaska Anchorage Daily News 5 August 2005 After the House first convened on January 23, 1961, Warren A. Taylor from Fairbanks was once again elected House speaker.Taxes Fund Budget https://akleg.gov/100years/legislature.php?id=2 Alaska Legislature 15 April 2024 Results by district District 1 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 1 Republican Party (United States) Alfred E. Widmark 224 50.7 Democratic Party (United States) Charles M. Jones (incumbent) 218 49.3 442 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 2 District 2, based in Ketchikan, elected 2 representatives. Incumbent J. Ray Roady lost renomination in the primary election. 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 2 Republican Party (United States) Walter L. Kubley 2215 54.0 Republican Party (United States) William K. Boardman 2083 50.7 Democratic Party (United States) Gordon Zerbetz 1768 43.1 Democratic Party (United States) Oral E. Freeman (incumbent) 1711 41.7 4105 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 3 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 3 Republican Party (United States) John E. Longworth (incumbent) 1019 100.0 1019 100.0 Republican Party (United States) District 4 District 4, based in Sitka elected 2 representatives. 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 4 Democratic Party (United States) Andrew Hope (incumbent) 1296 55.2 Democratic Party (United States) Frank E. Cashel (incumbent) 1206 51.3 Republican Party (United States) Leslie Yaw 999 42.5 Republican Party (United States) M. S. "Duke" Mitrovitch 912 38.8 2349 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 5 District 5, based in Juneau, elected 2 representatives. 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 5 Democratic Party (United States) Marcus F. Jensen 2333 52.0 Democratic Party (United States) Dora M. Sweeney (incumbent) 2290 51.1 Republican Party (United States) Mildred R. Hermann 2156 48.1 Republican Party (United States) Robert N. Druxman 1581 35.2 4486 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 6 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 6 Democratic Party (United States) Morgan W. Reed (incumbent) 693 63.1 Republican Party (United States) Clarence H. Mattson 406 36.9 1,099 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 7 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 7 Democratic Party (United States) Harold Z. Hansen (incumbent) 419 72.5 Write-in David 159 27.5 578 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 8 Incumbent Bruce Kendall moved to Anchorage during his term and successfully ran for reelection from District 10. 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 8 Independent Democrat Robert I. Ditman 439 57.6 Republican Party (United States) George Ingram Ashby 323 42.4 762 100.0 Independent Democrat Republican Party (United States) District 9 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 9 Democratic Party (United States) Jalmar M. Kerttula 1110 51.3 Republican Party (United States) Eugene Reid 1055 48.7 2,165 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 10 District 10, based in Anchorage, elected 8 representatives. Incumbent Earl D. Hillstrand ran unsuccessfully for the Alaska Senate. 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 10 Republican Party (United States) R. W. Stratton, Jr. 12081 57.5 Republican Party (United States) Bruce Kendall 11529 54.9 Republican Party (United States) Harold D. Strandberg 11395 54.2 Republican Party (United States) James C. Parsons 11003 52.4 Republican Party (United States) Henry S. Pratt 10233 48.7 Republican Party (United States) William H. Sanders 10205 48.5 Republican Party (United States) Bennie Leonard 9456 45.0 Democratic Party (United States) John S. Hellenthal (incumbent) 9385 44.6 Democratic Party (United States) Warren C. Colver 9360 44.5 Democratic Party (United States) Peter J. Kalamarides (incumbent) 9295 44.2 Democratic Party (United States) James E. Fisher (incumbent) 9213 43.8 Democratic Party (United States) John R. Alcantra 8867 42.2 Republican Party (United States) Carolyn C. Martin 8262 39.3 Democratic Party (United States) James E. Norene (incumbent) 8211 39.1 Democratic Party (United States) E. Russ Meekins (incumbent) 7738 36.8 Democratic Party (United States) Blanche McSmith (incumbent) 7377 35.1 20998 100.0 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 11 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 11 Democratic Party (United States) William M. Erwin (incumbent) 674 57.3 Republican Party (United States) Ray F. James 502 42.7 1,176 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 12 Incumbent Allen L. Peterson lost renomination in the primary election. 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 15 Republican Party (United States) Leo F. Rhode 1104 53.0 Democratic Party (United States) Quincy Benton 978 47.0 2,082 100.0 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 13 District 13, based in Kodiak, elected 2 representatives. 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 13 Democratic Party (United States) Gilbert A. Jarvela 1138 74.2 Democratic Party (United States) Peter M. Deveau (incumbent) 933 60.9 Republican Party (United States) John P. Trent 422 27.5 Republican Party (United States) Emil Knudsen 325 21.2 1,533 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 14 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 14 Democratic Party (United States) Arthur J. Harris 391 68.1 Write-in (Democratic) Independent Democrat Charles J. Franz (incumbent) 182 31.8 573 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 15 Jay S. Hammond was originally elected in 1958 as an independent, switching to the Republican party for the 1960 election. 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 15 Republican Party (United States) Jay S. Hammond (incumbent) 506 51.6 Democratic Party (United States) David C. Harrison 475 48.4 981 100.0 Republican Party (United States) District 16 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 16 Democratic Party (United States) Raymond C. Christiansen 533 57.4 Republican Party (United States) James Hoffman (incumbent) 396 42.6 929 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 17 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 17 Republican Party (United States) Donald Harris (incumbent) 410 65.8 Democratic Party (United States) Barbara Pettit Rogers 213 34.2 623 100.0 Republican Party (United States) District 18 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 18 Democratic Party (United States) Grant H. Pearson (incumbent) 472 51.3 Republican Party (United States) Berle E. Mercer 449 48.7 921 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 19 District 19, based in Fairbanks, elected 5 representatives. 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 19 Republican Party (United States) Charles M. "Jim" Binkley 5508 57.8 Democratic Party (United States) Frank X. Chapados (incumbent) 4834 50.8 Republican Party (United States) Edgar I. Baggen 4800 50.4 Republican Party (United States) Forbes L. Baker 4682 49.2 Democratic Party (United States) Warren A. Taylor (incumbent) 4559 47.9 Republican Party (United States) Kenneth Ringstad 4464 46.9 Democratic Party (United States) Robert E. Sheldon (incumbent) 4353 45.7 Republican Party (United States) Harry Kerns Gayley 4199 44.1 Democratic Party (United States) Richard J. Greuel (incumbent) 4092 43.0 Democratic Party (United States) Bob Giersdorf (incumbent) 3632 38.1 9513 100.0 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 20 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 20 Write-in (Republican) Independent Republican Kenneth A. Garrison 210 57.4 Democratic Party (United States) R.S. McCombe (incumbent) 107 29.2 Republican Party (United States) George E. King 49 13.4 366 100.0 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 21 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 21 Democratic Party (United States) John Nusunginya (incumbent) 356 100.0 356 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) District 22 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 22 Democratic Party (United States) Jacob A. Stalker 449 55.0 Republican Party (United States) John E. Curtis (incumbent) 368 45.0 817 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) District 23 District 23 elected 2 representatives. 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 23 Democratic Party (United States) Robert R. Blodgett (incumbent) 982 52.5 Republican Party (United States) Arthur D. Johnson 909 48.6 Democratic Party (United States) Charles E. Fagerstrom (incumbent) 782 41.8 Republican Party (United States) Myrtle Fagerstrom Johnson 695 37.2 1868 100.0 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) District 24 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 24STATE OF ALASKA SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICIAL RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION (November 8, 1960) https://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core/Archive/60GENR/60genr.pdf Alaska Elections 16 April 2024 Write-in (Democratic) Independent Democrat Segundo Llorente 210 53.3 Write-in Axel C. Johnson (incumbent) 93 23.6 Democratic Party (United States) Lawrence A. "Larry" Paquette 91 23.0 394 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) See also 2nd Alaska State Legislature 1960 United States elections Notes References External links Alaska 2nd State Legislature – Member information United States Senate 1960 Category:Alaska House of Representatives