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 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 R. E. Robertson, attorney and former Mayor of Juneau 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 Results by election districtGruening: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%Stepovich: 50–60% 60–70%
This election was for the class 3 term expiring in 1963. It was won by Democrat Ernest Gruening .
General election Candidates Results References ^ "Our Campaigns - AK US Senate Race - Nov 25, 1958". www.ourcampaigns.com . Retrieved February 23, 2021 . ^ "Our Campaigns - AK US Senate Race - Nov 25, 1958". www.ourcampaigns.com . Retrieved February 23, 2021 . ^ a b 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 . ^ "Our Campaigns - AK US Senate Race - Nov 25, 1958". www.ourcampaigns.com . Retrieved June 12, 2020 . ^ "Our Campaigns - AK US Senate Race - Nov 25, 1958". www.ourcampaigns.com . Retrieved February 23, 2021 .
U.S. Senate U.S. House State governors State legislatures Mayors States and territories Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas U.S. Virgin Islands Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington, D.C. West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming