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Revision as of 22:42, 14 February 2024 by Mismak the Smart(talk | contribs)(Wally Hickel won the 1966 Alaska gubernatorial election by 49.99% of the vote (not by 50.0% of the vote because he won the 1966 Alaska gubernatorial election by a plurality of the vote not by a majority of the vote) to William Allen Egan's 48.37% of the vote.)
The 1966 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1966, for the post of Governor of Alaska. Republican challenger Wally Hickel narrowly defeated incumbent Democratic governor William A. Egan, falling just 3 votes short of an overall majority. Hickel had defeated former State House Speaker Bruce B. Kendall and former Territorial Governor Mike Stepovich for the Republican nomination, while Egan was challenged in the Democratic primary by former House Speaker Wendell P. Kay.
Alaska gubernatorial elections
