1972Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1972 election for Alaska House District 5
Alaska House of Representatives · Alaska
Keith Specking (R) won with 57.6% of the vote, defeating Robert I. Ditman (D) by 15.3 points.
Keith SpeckingRepublican · winner · incumbent
57.6%1,666
Robert I. DitmanDemocrat · incumbent
42.4%1,225
2,891 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 1972
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET