Election Name: | 1970 Alaska gubernatorial election |
Country: | Alaska |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1966 Alaska gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 1966 |
Next Election: | 1974 Alaska gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 1974 |
Election Date: | November 3, 1970 |
Nominee1: | Bill Egan |
Image1: | File:William A. Egan.jpg |
Image Upright: | 0.6 |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Running Mate1: | Red Boucher |
Popular Vote1: | 42,309 |
Percentage1: | 52.38% |
Nominee2: | Keith H. Miller |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Running Mate2: | Robert W. Ward |
Popular Vote2: | 37,264 |
Percentage2: | 46.13% |
Map Size: | 400px |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Keith H. Miller |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Bill Egan |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1970 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1970, for the post of Governor of Alaska. Former governor and Democratic candidate Bill Egan was able to defeat incumbent Republican governor Keith H. Miller after having lost his position in the previous election to Wally Hickel. Miller had been appointed to fill the rest of Hickel's term after Hickel was nominated to be the U.S. Secretary of the Interior under President Richard Nixon. Miller defeated Representative Howard Wallace Pollock for the Republican nomination.
District[1] | Bill EganDemocratic | Keith Miller (incumbent)Republican | Ralph AndersonAmerican Independent | Total votes | |||||||||||
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% | % | % | |||||||||||||
align="center" | District 1 | align="center" | 2,675 | align="center" | 59.8% | align="center" | 1,775 | align="center" | 39.7% | align="center" | 25 | align="center" | 0.5% | align="center" | 4,475 |
align="center" | District 2 | align="center" | 980 | align="center" | 58.9% | align="center" | 678 | align="center" | 40.8% | align="center" | 5 | align="center" | 0.3% | align="center" | 1,663 |
align="center" | District 3 | align="center" | 1,438 | align="center" | 62.1% | align="center" | 857 | align="center" | 37.0% | align="center" | 22 | align="center" | 0.9% | align="center" | 2,317 |
align="center" | District 4 | align="center" | 3,524 | align="center" | 59.8% | align="center" | 2,341 | align="center" | 39.7% | align="center" | 26 | align="center" | 0.5% | align="center" | 5,891 |
align="center" | District 5 | align="center" | 942 | align="center" | 71.5% | align="center" | 369 | align="center" | 28.0% | align="center" | 7 | align="center" | 0.5% | align="center" | 1,318 |
align="center" | District 6 | align="center" | 1,104 | align="center" | 62.9% | align="center" | 632 | align="center" | 36.0% | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 1.1% | align="center" | 1,755 |
align="center" | District 7 | align="center" | 820 | align="center" | 33.5% | align="center" | 1,581 | align="center" | 64.6% | align="center" | 48 | align="center" | 1.9% | align="center" | 2,449 |
align="center" | District 8 | align="center" | 14,231 | align="center" | 44.8% | align="center" | 17,126 | align="center" | 53.9% | align="center" | 415 | align="center" | 1.3% | align="center" | 31,772 |
align="center" | District 9 | align="center" | 438 | align="center" | 45.8% | align="center" | 508 | align="center" | 53.1% | align="center" | 10 | align="center" | 1.1% | align="center" | 956 |
align="center" | District 10 | align="center" | 2,154 | align="center" | 51.6% | align="center" | 1,876 | align="center" | 44.9% | align="center" | 148 | align="center" | 3.5% | align="center" | 4,178 |
align="center" | District 11 | align="center" | 1,218 | align="center" | 66.9% | align="center" | 584 | align="center" | 32.1% | align="center" | 19 | align="center" | 1.0% | align="center" | 1,821 |
align="center" | District 12 | align="center" | 473 | align="center" | 66.8% | align="center" | 212 | align="center" | 29.9% | align="center" | 23 | align="center" | 3.3% | align="center" | 708 |
align="center" | District 13 | align="center" | 792 | align="center" | 68.6% | align="center" | 334 | align="center" | 28.9% | align="center" | 28 | align="center" | 2.5% | align="center" | 1,154 |
align="center" | District 14 | align="center" | 1,476 | align="center" | 81.0% | align="center" | 305 | align="center" | 16.7% | align="center" | 41 | align="center" | 2.3% | align="center" | 1,822 |
align="center" | District 15 | align="center" | 1,019 | align="center" | 54.8% | align="center" | 798 | align="center" | 42.9% | align="center" | 44 | align="center" | 2.3% | align="center" | 1,861 |
align="center" | District 16 | align="center" | 6,132 | align="center" | 48.6% | align="center" | 6,227 | align="center" | 49.3% | align="center" | 268 | align="center" | 2.1% | align="center" | 12,627 |
align="center" | District 17 | align="center" | 1,183 | align="center" | 74.7% | align="center" | 370 | align="center" | 23.4% | align="center" | 30 | align="center" | 1.9% | align="center" | 1,583 |
align="center" | District 18 | align="center" | 1,160 | align="center" | 68.8% | align="center" | 511 | align="center" | 30.3% | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 0.9% | align="center" | 1,685 |
align="center" | District 19 | align="center" | 550 | align="center" | 73.9% | align="center" | 180 | align="center" | 24.2% | align="center" | 14 | align="center" | 1.9% | align="center" | 744 |
Totals | 42,309 | 52.4% | 37,264 | 46.1% | 1,206 | 1.5% | 80,779 |