1970Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Alaska Senate District C
Alaska State Senate · Alaska
Bill Ray (D) won with 63.8% of the vote, defeating Elton E. Engstrom (R) by 27.7 points.
Bill RayDemocrat · winner
63.8%4,549
Elton E. EngstromRepublican · incumbent
36.2%2,578
7,127 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