Election Name: | 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election |
Country: | Alaska |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1958 Alaska House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 1958 |
Next Election: | 1962 Alaska House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 1962 |
Seats For Election: | All 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 21 |
Election Date: | November 8, 1960 |
Elected Members: | elected members |
Outgoing Members: | outgoing members |
Party1: | Alaska Democratic Party |
Leader1: | Warren A. Taylor |
Leaders Seat1: | 19–Fairbanks |
Seats1: | 21 |
Popular Vote1: | 113,365 |
Percentage1: | 46.87% |
Last Election1: | 34 seats, 59.60% |
Seat Change1: | 13 |
Party2: | Alaska Republican Party |
Leader2: | — |
Leaders Seat2: | — |
Seats2: | 19 |
Popular Vote2: | 128,258 |
Percentage2: | 53.03% |
Last Election2: | 5 seats, 36.61% |
Seat Change2: | 14 |
Party3: | Independent |
Leader3: | — |
Leaders Seat3: | — |
Seats3: | 0 |
Popular Vote3: | 252 |
Percentage3: | 0.10% |
Last Election3: | 1 seat, 3.79% |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Map Size: | 320px |
Alaska House Speaker | |
Before Election: | Office established |
After Election: | Warren A. Taylor |
After Party: | Alaska Democratic Party |
The 1960 Alaska House of Representatives election was held on November 8, 1960, concurrently with the 1960 United States elections to elect members of the Alaska House of Representatives to the 2nd Alaska State Legislature. It was Alaska's first House election as a state. All 40 seats of the House were up for election, with 20 seats being won by Democrats, one by Independent Democrat Robert I. Ditman, and 19 by Republicans. Republicans gained a net total of 13 Democratic seats, mostly from Anchorage and Fairbanks, and future governor Jay S. Hammond switched from an independent to a Republican.[1]
After the House first convened on January 23, 1961, Warren A. Taylor from Fairbanks was once again elected House speaker.[2]
District 2 elected 2 representatives.
District 4 elected 2 representatives.
District 5 elected 2 representatives.
District 10, based in Anchorage, elected 8 representatives.
Jay S. Hammond was originally elected in 1958 as an independent, switching to the Republican party for the 1960 election.
District 13, based in Kodiak, elected 2 representatives.
Jay S. Hammond was originally elected in 1958 as an independent, switching to the Republican party for the 1960 election.
District 19, based in Fairbanks, elected 5 representatives.
District 23 elected 2 representatives.