1970Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Alaska House District 9
Alaska House of Representatives · Alaska
Keith Specking (R) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Irwin L. Metcalf (D) by 13.2 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Keith SpeckingRepublican · winner
56.6%532
Irwin L. MetcalfDemocrat · incumbent
43.4%408
940 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
The seat's recent races
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)