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1982Final results

1982 election for Alaska Senate District C

Alaska State Senate · Alaska

Bill Ray (D) won with 83.5% of the vote, defeating John Manly (Lib) by 67.8 points.

Bill RayDemocrat · winner · incumbent
83.5%12,298
John ManlyLibertarian
15.7%2,310
Write-ins and other votesOther party
0.8%123
14,731 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenD+31.31986D+39.71990D+16.61996R+10.02000D+14.92002D+7.72004

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