The 1974 United States Senate election in Alaska took place on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Mike Gravel was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Republican State Senator Clyde "C.R." Lewis. This is the last time that a member of the Democratic Party has won the Class 3 Senate seat in Alaska. It is also the last time a person not named Murkowski has won this seat. Democrats did not win another Alaska U.S. Senate race until 2008.
^ ab"Our Campaigns - AK US Senate - Open Primary Race - Aug 27, 1974".
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1974, united, states, senate, election, alaska, took, place, november, 1974, incumbent, democratic, senator, mike, gravel, elected, second, term, office, defeating, republican, state, senator, clyde, lewis, this, last, time, that, member, democratic, party, cl. The 1974 United States Senate election in Alaska took place on November 5 1974 Incumbent Democratic U S Senator Mike Gravel was re elected to a second term in office defeating Republican State Senator Clyde C R Lewis This is the last time that a member of the Democratic Party has won the Class 3 Senate seat in Alaska It is also the last time a person not named Murkowski has won this seat Democrats did not win another Alaska U S Senate race until 2008 1974 United States Senate election in Alaska 1968 November 5 1974 1980 Nominee Mike Gravel C R LewisParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 54 361 38 914Percentage 58 28 41 72 Results by borough and census areaResults by state house districtResults by borough and census areaGravel 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Lewis 50 60 U S senator before electionMike GravelDemocratic Elected U S Senator Mike GravelDemocratic Contents 1 Primary election 1 1 Democratic 1 1 1 Results 1 2 Republican 1 2 1 Results 2 General election 3 See also 4 ReferencesPrimary election editDemocratic edit Mike Gravel incumbent U S Senator Dick Greuel former Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives Gene Guess former Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives and candidate for Senate in 1972 Donald W HobbsResults edit U S Senate primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Mike Gravel incumbent 22 834 54 3Democratic Gene Guess 15 090 35 9Democratic Dick Greuel 3 367 8 0Democratic Donald W Hobbs 756 1 8Total votes 42 047 100 00Republican edit Bob Aaron Merle Gnagy Clyde C R Lewis State Senator from Anchorage Terry Miller State Senator from North Pole Red StevensResults edit U S Senate primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Clyde C R Lewis 21 065 52 6Republican Terry Miller 16 336 40 8Republican Red Stevens 2 207 5 5Republican Bob M Aaron 203 0 5Republican Merle W Gnagy 192 0 4Total votes 40 003 100 00General election edit1974 United States Senate election in Alaska 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Mike Gravel incumbent 54 361 58 28 Republican Clyde C R Lewis 38 914 41 72 Total votes 93 275 100 00 Democratic hold SwingSee also edit1974 United States Senate electionsReferences edit a b Our Campaigns AK US Senate Open Primary Race Aug 27 1974 Our Campaigns AK US Senate Race Nov 05 1974 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1974 United States Senate election in Alaska amp oldid 1217430799, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
