Alaska gubernatorial election, 1966

November 8, 1966



Nominee	Walter Hickel	Bill Egan
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	33,145	32,065
Percentage	49.99%	48.37%

Governor before election

Bill Egan
Democratic

Elected Governor

Walter Hickel
Republican

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The 1966 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1966 for the post of governor of Alaska. Republican challenger Walter Hickel narrowly defeated incumbent Democratic governor Bill Egan, falling just 3 votes short of an overall majority.

Results

1966 gubernatorial election, Alaska^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Walter Hickel	33,145	49.99%
	Democratic	Bill Egan (inc.)	32,065	48.37%
	Independent	John Grasse	1,084	1.64%
Majority			1,080	1.63%
Turnout			66,294
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

References

↑ "1966 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Alaska" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-31.