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.[1]
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 Results by state house district Pollock: 50–60% 60–70% Begich: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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General election
editResults
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Chinn, Ronald E. (1969). "The 1968 Election in Alaska". Western Political Quarterly. 22 (3): 456–461. doi:10.1177/106591296902200302. S2CID 159343438.