Alaska gubernatorial election, 1958

November 25, 1958



Nominee	Bill Egan	John Butrovich, Jr.
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	29,189	19,299
Percentage	59.61%	39.41%

Governor before election

Waino Hendrickson
Republican

Elected Governor

Bill Egan
Democratic

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The 1958 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 25, 1958 for the post of governor of Alaska. This was Alaska's first Governor's election as a U.S. state, although this did not actually take effect until January 3, 1959. Democratic State Senator Bill Egan defeated Republican State Senator John Butrovich, Jr..

Results

1958 gubernatorial election, Alaska^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Bill Egan	29,189	59.61%
	Republican	John Butrovich, Jr.	19,299	39.41%
	Independent	Mike Dollinter	480	0.98%
Majority			9,890	20.20%
Turnout			48,968
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

References

↑ "1958 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Alaska". Alaska Division of Elections. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-31.