1964 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

1964 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

November 3, 1964

Nominee Ralph Rivers Lowell Thomas Jr. Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 34,590 32,556 Percentage 51.5% 48.5%

Results by state house district Rivers:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Thomas:      50–60%

Representative at-large before election Ralph Rivers Democratic Elected Representative at-large Ralph Rivers Democratic

The Alaska congressional election of 1964 was held on Tuesday, November 3, 1964. The term of the state's sole Representative to the United States House of Representatives expired on January 3, 1965. The winning candidate would serve a two-year term from January 3, 1965, to January 3, 1967. Incumbent representative Ralph Rivers won re-election to a fourth term by 3 percentage points. He greatly under-performed fellow Democrat, Lyndon B. Johnson in the concurrent presidential election by 28.8 percentage points.

General election

Results

1964 Alaska's at-large congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ralph Rivers (inc.)	34,590	51.51
	Republican	Lowell Thomas Jr.	32,556	48.49
Total votes			67,146	100.00
	Democratic hold

See also

• 1964 United States presidential election in Alaska