Glenn Olds

Glenn A. Olds (February 28, 1921 – March 11, 2006) was an American academic administrator, government official and politician. Olds was raised in Oregon and attended Willamette University.[1] Olds served as the president of Springfield College in western Massachusetts from 1958 to 1965, of Kent State University in Ohio from 1971 to 1977, and of Alaska Pacific University from 1977 to 1988. In 1986, he was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate from the state of Alaska, which he lost to incumbent Frank Murkowski. He also served as commissioner of the Alaska Department of Commerce and Economic Development during the second governorship of Walter Hickel in the early 1990s.

Electoral history

Blanket primary results

Blanket primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frank Murkowski (inc.) 91,705 63.11
Democratic Glenn Olds 36,995 25.46
Democratic Bill Barnes 4,871 3.35
Libertarian Chuck House 4,265 2.94
Democratic Dave J. Carlson 4,211 2.90
Democratic Michael J. Bruner 1,809 1.24
Democratic Karl Francis 1,454 1.00
Total votes 145,310 100.00

General election results

United States Senate election in Alaska, 1986[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Frank Murkowski (inc.) 97,674 54.02% +0.34%
Democratic Glenn Olds 79,727 44.10% -1.84%
Libertarian Chuck House 3,161 1.75%
Write-ins 239 0.13%
Majority 17,947 9.93% +2.17%
Turnout 180,801
Republican hold Swing

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