Three of the four candidates for U.S. Senate celebrate Alaska statehood. From left to right: Ernest Gruening, Bob Bartlett, and Mike Stepovich.

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.

Class 2

1958 class 2 Senate election
November 25, 1958
 
Nominee Bob Bartlett R. E. Robertson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 40,939 7,299
Percentage 83.83% 14.95%
Results by election district
Bartlett:      70–80%      80–90%
Elected U.S. Senator

Bob Bartlett
Democratic

This election was for the class 2 term expiring in 1961. It was won by Democrat Bob Bartlett.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Delegate Bartlett was unopposed for the Democratic nomination.

Alaska regular election (class 2)[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Bob Bartlett 38,642 100.00%
Total votes 38,642 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Robertson was unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Alaska regular election (class 2)[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican R. E. Robertson 8,049 100.00%
Total votes 8,049 100.00%

General election

Results

Alaska regular election (class 2)[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
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)

Class 3

1958 class 3 Senate election
November 25, 1958
 
Nominee Ernest Gruening Mike Stepovich
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 26,045 23,464
Percentage 52.61% 47.39%
Results by election district
Gruening:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Stepovich:      50–60%      60–70%
Elected U.S. Senator

Ernest Gruening
Democratic

This election was for the class 3 term expiring in 1963. It was won by Democrat Ernest Gruening.

General election

Candidates

Results

Alaska regular election (class 3)[3][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
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)

References

  1. ↑ "Our Campaigns - AK US Senate Race - Nov 25, 1958". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Our Campaigns - AK US Senate Race - Nov 25, 1958". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (March 16, 1959). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 4, 1958" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
  4. ↑ "Our Campaigns - AK US Senate Race - Nov 25, 1958". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Our Campaigns - AK US Senate Race - Nov 25, 1958". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
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