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Glenn A. Olds (February 28, 1921 – March 11, 2006) was an American academic administrator, government official and politician. Olds was raised in Oregon and attended Willamette University.[1] Olds served as the president of Springfield College in western Massachusetts from 1958 to 1965, of Kent State University in Ohio from 1971 to 1977, and of Alaska Pacific University from 1977 to 1988. In 1986, he was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate from the state of Alaska, which he lost to incumbent Frank Murkowski. He also served as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Commerce and Economic Development during the second governorship of Walter Hickel in the early 1990s.
Glenn Olds | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Sherwood, Oregon, U.S. | February 28, 1921
Died | March 11, 2006 85) Sherwood, Oregon, U.S. | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Willamette University (BA) Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (BDiv) Northwestern University (MA) Yale University (PhD) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Frank Murkowski | 91,705 | 63.11 | |
Democratic | Glenn Olds | 36,995 | 25.46 | |
Democratic | Bill Barnes | 4,871 | 3.35 | |
Libertarian | Chuck House | 4,265 | 2.94 | |
Democratic | Dave J. Carlson | 4,211 | 2.90 | |
Democratic | Michael J. Bruner | 1,809 | 1.24 | |
Democratic | Karl Francis | 1,454 | 1.00 | |
Total votes | 145,310 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Frank Murkowski | 97,674 | 54.02% | +0.34% | |
Democratic | Glenn Olds | 79,727 | 44.10% | −1.84% | |
Libertarian | Chuck House | 3,161 | 1.75% | ||
Write-ins | 239 | 0.13% | |||
Majority | 17,947 | 9.93% | +2.17% | ||
Turnout | 180,801 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
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