1960 Alaska House of Representatives election

1960 Alaska House of Representatives election

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All 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives 21 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Warren A. Taylor — — Party Democratic Republican Independent Leader's seat 19–Fairbanks — — Last election 34 seats, 59.60% 5 seats, 36.61% 1 seat, 3.79%[b] Seats won 21[a] 19 0 Seat change 13 14 1 Popular vote 113,365 128,258 252 Percentage 46.87% 53.03% 0.10%
Results:      Democratic gain      Independent Democrat gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold Multi-member districts:      Majority Democratic      Even      Majority Republican
Alaska House Speaker before election Office established Elected Alaska House Speaker Warren A. Taylor Democratic

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.^[1] 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.^[2]

After the House first convened on January 23, 1961, Warren A. Taylor from Fairbanks was once again elected House speaker.^[3]

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