1960 Alaska House of Representatives election Alaska House of Representatives Results: Democratic gain Independent Democrat gain Republican gain Democratic hold Republican holdMulti-member districts: Majority Democratic Even Majority Republican
The1960 Alaska House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 1960, concurrently with the1960 United States elections to elect members of theAlaska House of Representatives to the2nd Alaska State Legislature . It wasAlaska 's first House election as a state. All 40 seats of the House were up for election, with 20 seats being won byDemocrats , one byIndependent Democrat Robert I. Ditman, and 19 byRepublicans .[ 1] Anchorage andFairbanks , and future governorJay S. Hammond switched from anindependent to a Republican.[ 2]
After the House first convened on January 23, 1961,Warren A. Taylor fromFairbanks was once again electedHouse speaker .[ 3]
Results by district [ edit ] District 2, based inKetchikan , elected 2 representatives. IncumbentJ. Ray Roady lost renomination in the primary election.
District 4, based inSitka elected 2 representatives.
District 5, based inJuneau , elected 2 representatives.
IncumbentBruce Kendall moved toAnchorage during his term and successfully ran for reelection from District 10.
District 10, based inAnchorage , elected 8 representatives. IncumbentEarl D. Hillstrand ran unsuccessfully for theAlaska Senate .
1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 10[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Republican R. W. Stratton, Jr. 12,081 57.5 Republican Bruce Kendall 11,529 54.9 Republican Harold D. Strandberg 11,395 54.2 Republican James C. Parsons 11,003 52.4 Republican Henry S. Pratt 10,233 48.7 Republican William H. Sanders 10,205 48.5 Republican Bennie Leonard 9,456 45.0 Democratic John S. Hellenthal (incumbent)9,385 44.6 Democratic Warren C. Colver 9,360 44.5 Democratic Peter J. Kalamarides (incumbent)9,295 44.2 Democratic James E. Fisher (incumbent)9,213 43.8 Democratic John R. Alcantra 8,867 42.2 Republican Carolyn C. Martin 8,262 39.3 Democratic James E. Norene (incumbent)8,211 39.1 Democratic E. Russ Meekins (incumbent)7,738 36.8 Democratic Blanche McSmith (incumbent)7,377 35.1 Total votes 20,998 100.0 Republican gain fromDemocratic
IncumbentAllen L. Peterson lost renomination in the primary election.
District 13, based inKodiak , elected 2 representatives.
Jay S. Hammond was originally elected in 1958 as an independent, switching to the Republican party for the 1960 election.
District 19, based inFairbanks , elected 5 representatives.
1960 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 19[ 1] Party Candidate Votes % Republican Charles M. "Jim" Binkley 5,508 57.8 Democratic Frank X. Chapados (incumbent)4,834 50.8 Republican Edgar I. Baggen 4,800 50.4 Republican Forbes L. Baker 4,682 49.2 Democratic Warren A. Taylor (incumbent)4,559 47.9 Republican Kenneth Ringstad 4,464 46.9 Democratic Robert E. Sheldon (incumbent)4,353 45.7 Republican Harry Kerns Gayley 4,199 44.1 Democratic Richard J. Greuel (incumbent)4,092 43.0 Democratic Bob Giersdorf (incumbent)3,632 38.1 Total votes 9,513 100.0 Republican gain fromDemocratic
District 23 elected 2 representatives.
^ Includes independent Robert I. Ditman ^ Jay S. Hammond switched to the Republican party after election ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "STATE OF ALASKA SECRETARY OF STATE OFFICIAL RETURNS GENERAL ELECTION (November 8, 1960)" (PDF) .Alaska Elections . RetrievedApril 16, 2024 .^ Carey, Michael (August 5, 2005)."Jay Hammond: man, myth, legend and, yes, politician" (PDF) .University of Alaska . Anchorage Daily News. RetrievedApril 16, 2024 . ^ "Taxes Fund Budget" .Alaska Legislature . RetrievedApril 15, 2024 .
