1966 Alaska Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1966 Alaska Gubernatorial Election?

Wally Hickel won the 1966 Alaska Gubernatorial Election. Wally Hickel received 33,145 popular votes (49.99%). The main challenger was William A. Egan (48.37%).

See the full head-to-head between Hickel and Egan

Hickel +1.6 pts · won by 1,080 votes
33,145 votes
32,065 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 1.6% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.