# 1958 Alaska House of Representatives election

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The 1958 Alaska House of Representatives election was held on November 26, 1958, in Alaska's last days as a territory to elect members of the 1st Alaska State Legislature. All 40 seats of the House were up for election, with 33 seats being won by Democrats, one by Independent Democrat Harold Z. Hansen, five by Republicans, and one by political independent and future Republican Governor Jay S. Hammond.
Warren A. Taylor from Fairbanks was elected House speaker on January 26, 1959, three weeks after Alaska became the 49th state.

## Results by district

Only candidate's last names are listed on the official general election returns.

### District 1

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 1 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Charles M. Jones | 263 | 64.6 |
| | Independent | Widmark | 144 | 35.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 407 | 100.0 |

### District 2

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 2 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Oral E. Freeman | 2,048 | 31.3 |
| | Democratic | James R. "J. Ray" Roady | 1,954 | 29.9 |
| | Republican | Placentia | 1,483 | 22.7 |
| | Republican | Tobin | 1,054 | 16.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,539 | 100.0 |

### District 3

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 3 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | John E. Longworth | 1,054 | 60.5 |
| | Democratic | Lee | 687 | 39.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,741 | 100.0 |

### District 4

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 4 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Frank E. Cashel | 1,297 | 32.3 |
| | Democratic | Andrew Hope | 1,208 | 30.1 |
| | Republican | Van Horn | 896 | 22.3 |
| | Republican | Sarvela | 614 | 15.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 4,015 | 100.0 |

### District 5

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 5 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Dora M. Sweeney | 2,252 | 31.7 |
| | Democratic | Douglas Gray | 2,101 | 29.6 |
| | Republican | McLean | 2,010 | 28.3 |
| | Republican | Krause | 740 | 10.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 7,103 | 100.0 |

### District 6

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 6 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Morgan W. Reed | 603 | 53.9 |
| | Independent | McLean | 446 | 39.9 |
| | Republican | Krause | 70 | 6.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,119 | 100.0 |

### District 7

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 7 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent Democrat | Harold Z. Hansen | 267 | 40.4 |
| | Democratic | Buck | 245 | 37.1 |
| | Republican | Rosswog | 149 | 22.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 661 | 100.0 |

### District 8

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 8 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Bruce B. Kendall | 333 | 45.3 |
| | Democratic | Welch | 320 | 43.5 |
| | Independent | Ewan | 82 | 11.1 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 735 | 100.0 |

### District 9

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 9 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | James J. Hurley | 891 | 57.5 |
| | Independent | Ewan | 370 | 23.9 |
| | Republican | McKinley | 288 | 18.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,549 | 100.0 |

### District 10

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 10 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John L. Rader | 9,846 | 8.5 |
| | Democratic | Earl D. Hillstrand | 9,411 | 8.1 |
| | Democratic | John S. Hellenthal | 9,075 | 7.9 |
| | Democratic | Helen Fischer | 8,487 | 7.3 |
| | Democratic | Edward R. "Russ" Meekins | 8,373 | 7.2 |
| | Democratic | Peter J. Kalamarides | 8,336 | 7.2 |
| | Democratic | James E. Fisher | 8,088 | 7.0 |
| | Democratic | James E. Norene | 8,036 | 7.0 |
| | Republican | Waldron | 7,006 | 6.1 |
| | Republican | Sheffard | 6,559 | 5.7 |
| | Republican | Dianes | 5,221 | 4.5 |
| | Republican | White | 5,062 | 4.4 |
| | Republican | McLean | 4,787 | 4.1 |
| | Republican | Nelson | 4,761 | 4.1 |
| | Republican | Arnett | 4,661 | 4.0 |
| | Independent | Frior | 4,415 | 3.8 |
| | Republican | Fink | 3,485 | 3.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 115,609 | 100.0 |

### District 11

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 11 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | William M. Erwin | 599 | 57.8 |
| | Republican | Williams | 438 | 42.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,037 | 100.0 |

### District 12

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 12 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Allan L. Petersen | 824 | 54.5 |
| | Republican | Rhode | 688 | 45.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,512 | 100.0 |

### District 13

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 13 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Peter M. Deveau | 751 | 36.1 |
| | Democratic | Henry L. Haag | 554 | 26.6 |
| | Republican | Nelson | 425 | 20.4 |
| | Republican | Clark | 352 | 16.9 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,082 | 100.0 |

### District 14

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 14 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Charles J. Franz | 357 | 75.3 |
| | Independent | Berikoff | 117 | 24.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 474 | 100.0 |

### District 15

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 15 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Jay S. Hammond | 350 | 49.5 |
| | Independent | Noden | 190 | 26.9 |
| | Republican | Moore | 167 | 23.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 707 | 100.0 |

### District 16

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 16 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | James Hoffman | 563 | 100.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 563 | 100.0 |

### District 17

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 17 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Donald Harris | 295 | 50.6 |
| | Democratic | Begin | 288 | 49.4 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 583 | 100.0 |

### District 18

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 18 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Grant H. Pearson | 472 | 54.5 |
| | Republican | Huntington | 394 | 45.5 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 866 | 100.0 |

### District 19

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 19 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Frank X. Chapados | 5,294 | 13.3 |
| | Democratic | Richard J. Greuel | 4,835 | 12.1 |
| | Democratic | Joseph R. "Bob" Giersdorf | 4,698 | 11.8 |
| | Democratic | Warren A. Taylor | 4,616 | 11.6 |
| | Democratic | Robert E. Sheldon | 4,591 | 11.5 |
| | Republican | Joy | 3,315 | 8.3 |
| | Republican | Polet | 3,084 | 7.7 |
| | Republican | Boswell | 3,037 | 7.6 |
| | Republican | Ringstad | 3,010 | 7.6 |
| | Republican | Collins | 2,497 | 6.3 |
| | Independent | Purvis | 299 | 0.8 |
| | Independent | Warbelow | 258 | 0.7 |
| | Independent | Moring | 211 | 0.5 |
| | Independent | Ryczkowski | 121 | 0.3 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 39,866 | 100.0 |

### District 20

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 20 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | R.S. McCombe | 318 | 65.3 |
| | Republican | Hannum | 169 | 34.7 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 487 | 100.0 |

### District 21

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 21 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | John Nusunginya | 290 | 100.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 290 | 100.0 |

### District 22

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 22 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | John E. Curtis | 395 | 50.8 |
| | Democratic | Lincoln | 383 | 49.2 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 778 | 100.0 |

### District 23

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 23 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Robert R. Blodgett | 831 | 30.7 |
| | Democratic | Charles E. Fagerstrom | 761 | 28.1 |
| | Republican | Gray | 586 | 21.6 |
| | Republican | Martin | 530 | 19.6 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,708 | 100.0 |

### District 24

1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 24 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Axel C. Johnson | 265 | 100.0 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 265 | 100.0 |