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The 1958 United States Senate elections in Alaska were held November 25, 1958. The elections were held in anticipation of Alaska's admission as the forty-ninth state in the union, effective January 3, 1959. The state held two simultaneous elections to determine their first senators.
Both elections were won by the Democratic Party. The new senators, Bob Bartlett and Ernest Gruening, were sworn into office alongside those senators elected in the 1958 United States Senate elections held three weeks earlier.
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Results by election district Bartlett: 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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This election was for the class 2 term expiring in 1961. It was won by Democrat Bob Bartlett.
Delegate Bartlett was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bob Bartlett | 38,642 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 38,642 | 100.00% |
Robertson was unopposed for the Republican nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | R. E. Robertson | 8,049 | 100.00% | |
Total votes | 8,049 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Bob Bartlett | 40,939 | 83.83% | ||
Republican | R. E. Robertson | 7,299 | 14.95% | ||
Independent | Keith Capper (write-in) | 599 | 1.23% | ||
Majority | 33,640 | 68.88% | |||
Turnout | 48,837 | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
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Results by election district Gruening: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Stepovich: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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This election was for the class 3 term expiring in 1963. It was won by Democrat Ernest Gruening.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Ernest Gruening | 26,045 | 52.61% | ||
Republican | Mike Stepovich | 23,464 | 47.39% | ||
Majority | 2,581 | 5.22% | |||
Turnout | 49,509 | ||||
Democratic win (new seat) |
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