1978Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Alaska Senate District O
Alaska State Senate · Alaska
2 seats: Bettye Fahrenkamp (D), Don Bennett (R) won.
2 seatsBettye FahrenkampDemocrat · winner
28.8%9,358
Don BennettRepublican · winner
28.4%9,229
John HuberDemocrat · incumbent
24.2%7,862
Larry CarpenterRepublican
18.6%6,046
32,538 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