The 1966 United States Senate election in Alaska was held on November 8, 1966. Incumbent
Democratic U.S. Senator
Bob Bartlett
Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett (April 20, 1904 – December 11, 1968), was an Alaska politician and a member of the Democratic Party.
A key fighter for Alaska statehood, Bartlett served as the Secretary of Alaska Territory from 1939 to 1945, ...
was re-elected to a third term in office in a landslide, defeating Republican dentist
Lee McKinley in a rematch of their
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
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race. Bartlett would not complete the term, dying in office on December 11th, 1968, following complications after heart surgery.
Ted Stevens
Theodore Fulton Stevens Sr. (November 18, 1923 – August 9, 2010) was an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1968 to 2009. He was the longest-serving Republican Senator in history at the time he left o ...
would be elected to succeed Bartlett, and would serve for 40 years in the U.S. Senate. This was the last time until
2008
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that a Democrat was elected to Alaska's Class 2 Senate seat.
Open primary
Candidates
Democratic
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Bob Bartlett
Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett (April 20, 1904 – December 11, 1968), was an Alaska politician and a member of the Democratic Party.
A key fighter for Alaska statehood, Bartlett served as the Secretary of Alaska Territory from 1939 to 1945, ...
, incumbent Senator
*T. J. Bichsel
*David Boyer, candidate for Governor of Alaska in 1962
*Robert L. Veach
Republican
*Lawrence M. Brayton, candidate for Senate in 1960
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Lee McKinley, dentist and Republican nominee for Senate in 1960
*Maxine B. Whaley
Results
General election
Results
See also
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1966 United States Senate elections
The 1966 United States Senate elections were elections on November 8, 1966 for the United States Senate which occurred midway through the second (and only full) term of President Lyndon B. Johnson. The 33 seats of Class 2 were contested in regul ...
References
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
1966 Alaska elections
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