1978 Alaska gubernatorial election
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The <entity_0> took place on <entity_3>, for the post of governor of <entity_5>. Republican incumbent <entity_4> defeated four opponents: former <entity_2> and write-in candidate Walter Hickel, <entity_5> Senator and Democratic nominee Chancy Croft, former Commissioner of Natural Resources and Independent candidate Tom Kelly and Alaskan Independence Party nominee Don Wright. As of 2019, this is the earliest <entity_1> in <entity_5> in which at least one candidate is still living.
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