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1976Final resultsIncumbent defeated

1976 election for Alaska House District 7

Alaska House of Representatives · Alaska

4 seats: Clark Gruening (D), Russ Meekins (D), Bill Miles (D), M. F. Beirne (R) won.

4 seats
Clark GrueningDemocrat · winner · incumbent
17.0%4,106
Russ MeekinsDemocrat · winner
16.8%4,070
Bill MilesDemocrat · winner
16.6%4,014
M. F. BeirneRepublican · winner
14.8%3,587
Bill ParkerDemocrat · incumbent
12.5%3,031
11.6%2,811
Harold Eide Jr.Republican
10.3%2,479
24,184 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 1976

Races before and after

EvenD+7.11972R+13.51974R+8.41976R+11.41978R+0.91980D+14.31982

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET