1968 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

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1968 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

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Nominee Howard Wallace Pollock Nick Begich
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 43,577 36,785
Percentage 54.2% 45.8%

Results by state house district
Pollock:      50–60%      60–70%
Begich:      50–60%      60–70%

Representative at-large before election

Howard Wallace Pollock
Republican

Elected Representative at-large

Howard Wallace Pollock
Republican

The Alaska congressional election of 1968 was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1968. The term of the state's sole Representative to the United States House of Representatives expired on January 3, 1969. The winning candidate would serve a two-year term from January 3, 1969, to January 3, 1971. Incumbent Republican Representative Howard W. Pollock defeated Democratic State Senator Nick Begich, by a margin of 8.4%, winning re-election to a second term.

General election

Results

1968 Alaska's at-large congressional district election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Howard Wallace Pollock (inc.) 43,577 54.2
Democratic Nick Begich 36,785 45.8
Total votes 80,362 100.00
Republican hold

See also

References

  1. ^ Chinn, Ronald E. “The 1968 Election in Alaska.” The Western Political Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 3, 1969, pp. 456–61. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/446336. Accessed 14 Mar. 2023.
  2. ^ Chinn, Ronald E. (1969). "The 1968 Election in Alaska". Western Political Quarterly. 22 (3): 456–461. doi:10.1177/106591296902200302. S2CID 159343438.