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1980Final results

1980 election for Alaska Senate District D

Alaska State Senate · Alaska

Jalmar Kerttula (D) won with 59.8% of the vote, defeating Noel W. Woods (R) by 19.6 points.

Jalmar KerttulaDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.8%7,218
Noel W. WoodsRepublican
40.1%4,849
12,079 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 1980

Races before and after

EvenD+43.61976D+19.61980R+0.31982R+28.51984R+8.81988D+5.41992

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