The frontiersman., 1952-10-16
VALLEY VOTES REPUBLICAN MAJORITY
PALMER AND WASILLA PRECINCTS GIVE
 M. D. SN0DGRASS HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES

the city of Palmer and 431 living outside the city voted at Recrea- tion Hall. Tuesdays general cleo tion total compares with a total of 538 Palmer Precinct votes cast in the Territorial Primary last April 29. Residents of the city of Palmer, however, failed to come close to the 351 total votes cast in the city election last week.
 Trend of the voting in the Pal mer Precinct was decidedly Re- publican. Except for the offices of Delegate to Congress, Attorney General, and Auditor of Alaska, winning majorities were won only by Republican candidates. The Valleys own M. D. Snodgrass pol led the largest number of votes given to any candidate. He re- ceived ASA votes Next highest total was for John Gorsuch, who received 460 votes for the four year Senate term. Dr. Lee Mo Kinley was nosed out of second place in the Palmer Precinct con- test for Territorial Representa- tives by only one vote. He receiv- ed 429, as compared with 430 for Barbara Dimock. Out of a total of 7,706 votes cast for candidates for the Territorial Legislature, 5,244 were for Republicans-a 68 percent majority.
 The race for Delegate to Con- gress was very close. Although Palmer city voters gave Reeve an eight-vote lead and Eska a five vote lead, Bartlett made up for these losses in the remaining area of the precinct, leading Reeve 323 to 320.
 Neil Moore, the Democratic in- cumbent2 was '7 easy victor ovef Anita Garnick (R) in the local contest for the job of Auditor of Alaska. He received 361 votes to her 273. However, the Republican l aspirant for the job of Highway Engineer led the Democratic in- cumbent, Irving Mex Reed re- ceived 375 votes to 262 for Frank A. Metcalf. Gerald J. Williams CD, who was unopposed for At torney General, boiled a total of 470 votes.
 Other totals from the Palmer Precinct are listed on this page.
 l5l Vote in Wasilla
 Wasilla also had it's biggest turnout in election history Tues day, with 151 votes cast. The larg- est number of votes (94) for any competitive office went to M. D. Snodgrass. With one exception. Wasilla followed the voting trend of the rest of the Valley by casting Republican majorities for all offices except that of Dele gate to Congress, Attorney Gen. eral, and Auditor of Alaska. In the race for Delegate, Bartlett led Reeve 03 to 61. Neil Moore, Demo- cratic incumbent, received 92 vots for Auditor as compared with 5l votes for the Republican can- didate, Anita Garnick. Red (R) led Metcalf, Democratic incum- bent, 80 to 65 in the contest for Highway Engineer.
 In the contest for the four-year Senate term, Steve McCutcheon CD edged Marshall Hoppin (R) by one vote, 63 to GA Gorsuch was high with 92 votes, and Egan trailed with 54. Paul Robison pol led twice as many votes for the Senate short term as his Demo- cratic opponent, Jack Conright- 39 to AT.
 Wasilla voters showed their preference for the 10 Republican candidates for the Territorial House of Representatives in the following order: Snodgrass, 94; Dimock,, 89; Prior, 81; Mckinley, 76; Stringer, 72; Rutherford, 70; Olsen, 69; Williamson, 67; Rens- schler 66, Pollock GA. Only 16 votes separated Nesbett's high of 55 for Democratic candidates from Kalamarides' low vote of 39. In between were Pollard, GA; Young, 51; Owen, 60; Kay. 49; Ryan 49; Carlson, 46; Loussac fl; and Gib-