Electoral history of Mike Gravel
Electoral history of Mike Gravel, Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives (1965–1966), United States Senator from Alaska (1969–1981), candidate for the 1972 Democratic Party Vice Presidential nomination and 2008 Democratic and later Libertarian Presidential nomination Alaska House of Representatives, 8th District, 1962 (Democratic primary): Mike Gravel – finished among top 14 of 33 Democrats Alaska House of Representatives, 8th District, 1962 (general election): Mike Gravel – 8,174 (8th overall in contest for 14 seats) Alaska's At-large congressional district, 1966 (Democratic primary): Ralph Julian Rivers (inc.) – 17,042 (52.52%) Mike Gravel – 15,404 (47.48%) Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Alaska, 1968: Mike Gravel – 17,971 (52.88%) Ernest Gruening (inc.) – 16,015 (47.12%) Alaska United States Senate election, 1968: Mike Gravel (D) – 36,527 (45.13%) Elmer E. Rasmuson (R) – 30,286 (37.42%) Ernest Gruening (I) (inc.) (write-in) – 14,118 (17.44%) 1972 Democratic National Convention (Vice Presidential tally): Thomas Eagleton – 1,742 (59.07%) Frances Farenthold – 405 (13.73%) Mike Gravel – 226 (7.66%) Endicott Peabody – 108 (3.66%) Clay Smothers – 74 (2.51%) Birch Bayh – 62 (2.10%) Peter Rodino – 57 (1.93%) Jimmy Carter – 30 (1.02%) Shirley Chisholm – 20 (0.68%) Moon Landrieu – 19 (0.64%) Edward