Alaska gubernatorial election, 1978

November 7, 1978


Nominee	Jay Hammond	Walter Hickel
Party	Republican	Write-in
Popular vote	49,580	33,555
Percentage	39.1%	26.4%


Nominee	Chancy Croft	Tom Kelly
Party	Democratic	Independent
Popular vote	25,656	15,656
Percentage	20.2%	12.3%

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Jay Hammond
Republican

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Jay Hammond
Republican

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The 1978 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1978 for the post of governor of Alaska. Republican incumbent Jay Hammond defeated four opponents: former Governor of Alaska and write-in candidate Walter Hickel, Alaska Senator and Democratic nominee Chancy Croft, former Commissioner of Natural Resources and Independent candidate Tom Kelly and Alaskan Independence Party nominee Don Wright. After losing to Hammond in the Republican primary, Hickel ran as a write-in candidate and was able to outperform Croft.

Results

1978 gubernatorial election, Alaska^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay Hammond (inc.)	49,580	39.07%
	Write-in	Walter Hickel (write-in)	33,555	26.44%
	Democratic	Chancy Croft	25,656	20.22%
	Independent	Tom Kelly	15,656	12.34%
	Alaskan Independence	Don Wright	2,463	1.94%
Majority			16,025	12.63%
Turnout			126,910
	Republican hold		Swing

References

↑ "1978 Gubernatorial General Election Results – Alaska" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-31.

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