1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Alaska Senate District L
Alaska State Senate · Alaska
Bob Mulcahy (R) won with 52.6% of the vote, defeating Edward Naughton (D) by 5.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bob MulcahyRepublican · winner
52.6%1,634
Edward NaughtonDemocrat
47.3%1,469
3,104 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET