1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1970 election for Alaska House District 15
Alaska House of Representatives · Alaska
Leslie E. Swanson (D) won with 62.2% of the vote, defeating Mercer (R) by 24.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Leslie E. SwansonDemocrat · winner
62.2%1,084
MercerRepublican
37.8%659
1,743 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET