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Election for the governorship of the U.S. state of Alaska
1970 Alaska gubernatorial election
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.
Results
Results overview
Results by district
District[ 2]
Bill Egan
Democratic
Keith Miller (incumbent)
Republican
Ralph Anderson
American Independent
Total votes
#
%
#
%
#
%
District 1
2,675
59.8%
1,775
39.7%
25
0.5%
4,475
District 2
980
58.9%
678
40.8%
5
0.3%
1,663
District 3
1,438
62.1%
857
37.0%
22
0.9%
2,317
District 4
3,524
59.8%
2,341
39.7%
26
0.5%
5,891
District 5
942
71.5%
369
28.0%
7
0.5%
1,318
District 6
1,104
62.9%
632
36.0%
19
1.1%
1,755
District 7
820
33.5%
1,581
64.6%
48
1.9%
2,449
District 8
14,231
44.8%
17,126
53.9%
415
1.3%
31,772
District 9
438
45.8%
508
53.1%
10
1.1%
956
District 10
2,154
51.6%
1,876
44.9%
148
3.5%
4,178
District 11
1,218
66.9%
584
32.1%
19
1.0%
1,821
District 12
473
66.8%
212
29.9%
23
3.3%
708
District 13
792
68.6%
334
28.9%
28
2.5%
1,154
District 14
1,476
81.0%
305
16.7%
41
2.3%
1,822
District 15
1,019
54.8%
798
42.9%
44
2.3%
1,861
District 16
6,132
48.6%
6,227
49.3%
268
2.1%
12,627
District 17
1,183
74.7%
370
23.4%
30
1.9%
1,583
District 18
1,160
68.8%
511
30.3%
14
0.9%
1,685
District 19
550
73.9%
180
24.2%
14
1.9%
744
Totals
42,309
52.4%
37,264
46.1%
1,206
1.5%
80,779
References
Alaska gubernatorial elections
