Electoral history of Mike Gravel, Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives (1965–1966), United States Senator from Alaska (1969–1981), candidate for the 1972 Democratic Party Vice Presidential nomination and 2008 Democratic and later Libertarian Presidential nomination Alaska House of Representatives, 8th District, 1962 (Democratic primary): * Mike Gravel – finished among top 14 of 33 Democrats Alaska House of Representatives, 8th District, 1962 (general election): * Mike Gravel – 8,174 (8th overall in contest for 14 seats) Democratic primary for the United States Senate from Alaska, 1968: