1973 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1973 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election
| country = Alaska
| type = by-election
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1972 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
| previous_year = 1972
| next_election = 1974 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
| next_year = 1974
| election_date = March 6, 1973
| seats_for_election = Alaska's at-large congressional district
| image1 = File:Don Young 1973.jpg
| image_size = 150x150px
| nominee1 = Don Young
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = 35,044
| percentage1 = 51.4%
| image2 = File:Emil Notti, 1969 (cropped).jpg
| nominee2 = Emil Notti
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 33,123
| percentage2 = 48.6%
| map_image = 1973 United States House of Representatives special election in Alaska by State House District.svg
| map_size = 325px
| map_caption = Results by state house district
Young: {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}}
Notti: {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}} {{legend0|#3933e5|80–90%}}
| title = Representative at-large
| before_election = Nick Begich Sr.
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = Don Young
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Elections in Alaska sidebar}}
The 1973 Alaska's at-large congressional district special election was held on March 6, 1973, to elect the United States representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district. Incumbent Democratic Representative Nick Begich Sr. had won reelection in 1972, but had gone missing shortly before the election.
Begich's seat was declared vacant by a jury and a special election was ordered by Governor William A. Egan. Don Young, who had lost to Begich in 1972, won the Republican nomination without opposition while Emil Notti defeated Chancy Croft and Begich's widow Pegge Begich for the Democratic nomination. In the general election Young defeated Notti.
Background
Representative Nick Begich Sr. disappeared while traveling on an airplane with House Majority Leader Hale Boggs on October 16, 1972, and was never found. However, despite his disappearance Begich defeated Don Young in the House of Representatives election.{{Cite news |date=October 1, 2014 |title=Five people have won election to Congress, despite being dead |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/10/01/five-people-have-won-election-to-congress-despite-being-dead/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161010184908/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/10/01/five-people-have-won-election-to-congress-despite-being-dead/ |archive-date=October 10, 2016}} On November 24, the United States Air Force announced that it would suspend the air search for Begich and Boggs after no traces of the missing plane had been found after 3,600 hours of searching had covered 325,000 square miles.{{Cite news |date=November 24, 1972 |title=Air Force suspends Begich, Boggs hunt |page=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53253019/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611220407/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53253019/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Following his defeat Young asked Governor William A. Egan to call a special legislative session to speed up the process of the special election to fill Begich's vacant seat. According to Alaskan law a special election must be called by the governor within sixty to ninety days after a vacancy is declared.{{Cite news |date=November 10, 1972 |title=Young presses for Egan to call legislative session |page=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53236679/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611190849/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53236679/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}} Three petitions calling for a presumptive death hearing for Begich were filed in the Juneau District Court, and was later transferred to Anchorage.{{Cite news |date=November 29, 1972 |title=State asks death ruling |page=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53253758/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611221411/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53253758/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=November 29, 1972 |title=Begich hearing moved to Anchorage |page=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53253777/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611221418/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53253777/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}} On December 12, the six-member jury deliberated for twenty minutes before ruling that Begich and two other people on board the plane were presumably dead.{{Cite news |date=December 12, 1972 |title=Jury rules quickly following hearing |page=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53253985/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611221911/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53253985/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
On December 29, Governor Egan announced that the special election would be held on March 6, 1973.{{Cite news |date=December 30, 1972 |title=Young pleased to have date for special election decided |page=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53242505/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611193920/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53242505/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Democratic nomination
On November 7, 1972, after voting in the 1972 election, Pegge Begich, the wife of Nick Begich, stated that she was open to running in a special election to fill her husband's vacant seat.{{Cite news |date=November 9, 1972 |title=Mrs. Begich would consider running for husband's seat |page=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53252225/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611215244/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53252225/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}} Peggy later announced that she would seek the Democratic nomination "if and when a vacancy occurs".{{Cite news |date=November 14, 1972 |title=Pegge Begich decides to run |page=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53252298/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611215245/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53252298/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}} On December 20, she stated that she would spend $40,000 to $60,000 on the campaign.{{Cite news |date=December 21, 1972 |title=Pegge Begich promises 'real fight' for House |page=3 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53260482/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612000311/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53260482/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
The Anchorage Daily News released a poll of 22 of the 29 members of the Democratic State Central Committee. Eleven members supported state Senator Chancy Croft, eight were undecided, and three supported Pegge Begich.{{Cite news |date=November 20, 1972 |title=Demo poll gives lead to Croft |page=2 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53263269/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612004854/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53263269/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}} On December 7, Croft announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for the special election.{{Cite news |date=December 9, 1972 |title=Croft announces House candidacy |page=14 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53262285/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612003005/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53262285/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}} On January 5, 1973, Emil Notti, chairman of the Alaska Democratic Party, announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for the special election.{{Cite news |date=January 5, 1973 |title=Notti in Demo race for House |page=2 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53268751/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612021255/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53268751/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Fifty-one Democrats filed a lawsuit on December 5, to prevent the Democratic State Central Committee from choosing the special election candidate at a meeting. On December 7, Judge Edmond W. Burke granted a preliminary injunction while Notti filed an appeal.{{Cite news |date=December 8, 1972 |title=Injunction granted in Demos' lawsuit |page=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53253441/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612171031/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53253441/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=December 12, 1972 |title=Coghill explains suit to name Young choice |page=2 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53253574/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612171248/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53253574/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}} On December 28, the Alaska Supreme Court ruled against Notti's appeal which forced the Democratic Party to select its candidate at a convention. The court ruled that a committee meeting to select the candidate would be a violation of the principle of one man, one vote.{{Cite news |date=December 27, 1972 |title=Decision due today on Demo's candidate |page=3 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53243823/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612171752/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53243823/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=December 29, 1972 |title=Democrats will have to convene |page=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53243831/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612171755/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53243831/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}} Another attempt was made to appeal the ruling prohibiting the selection of a candidate at a committee meeting, but the courts ruled in favor of the 51 Democrats again on January 10, 1973.{{Cite news |date=January 11, 1973 |title=Democrat committee ban stays |page=2 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53261175/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612172202/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53261175/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
On January 14, 1973, the Democratic state convention was held at the Gold Rush Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska. Notti won on the third ballot with 108.5 delegate votes against Croft's 90.4 votes.{{Cite news |date=January 15, 1973 |title=Notti Demos' nominee |page=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53264737/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612011020/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53264737/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}} On January 17, Notti selected Begich to serve as the chairwoman of his campaign.{{Cite news |date=January 18, 1973 |title=Pegge Begich to head House campaign for Notti |page=2 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53264889/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612011022/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53264889/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}} Following the convention Democratic National committeeman Cliff Warren announced that he would drop his appeal to the ruling baring a committee meeting to select the party's special election candidate.{{Cite news |date=January 16, 1973 |title=Democratic committeeman to drop candidate suit |page=2 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53269084/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612172520/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53269084/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
=Candidates=
- Pegge Begich, wife of former Representative Nick Begich Sr.
- Chancy Croft, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1969–1971) and Alaska Senate (1971–1979)
- Emil Notti, chairman of the Alaska Democratic Party
==Speculated==
- Gene Guess, former Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives{{Cite news |date=November 17, 1972 |title=Rader eyeing House race |page=2 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53252743/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612004118/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53252743/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
- Willie Hensley, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1967–1970)
- Ed Merdes, member of the Alaska Senate
- John Rader, member of the Alaska Senate
==Declined==
- H. A. Boucher, 2nd Lieutenant governor of Alaska (1970–1974){{Cite news |date=November 21, 1972 |title=Boucher denies House bid |page=3 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53252911/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612005701/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53252911/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
- John Havelock, Alaska Attorney General
=Results=
{{Election box begin|title = 1973 Alaska at-large congressional district Democratic convention third ballot}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Emil Notti
|votes = 108.5
|percentage = 54.55%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Chancy Croft
|votes = 90.4
|percentage = 45.45%
|change =
}}
{{Election box total|
|votes = 198.9
|percentage = 100.00%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Republican nomination
Former Governor Keith Harvey Miller, Anchorage Mayor George M. Sullivan, former Commissioner of Natural Resources Tom Kelley, and state senators Clifford Groh and Lowell Thomas Jr., who had been speculated as possible candidates for the Republican nomination in the special election, announced that they would support Don Young for the Republican nomination. However, Sullivan and Groh stated that they would be interested in running if Young were to withdraw.{{Cite news |date=November 22, 1972 |title=Republicans throw support to Young |page=2 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53240495/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611192020/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53240495/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
On December 2, 1972, the Alaska Republican Central Committee, with eight committee members present and eight committee members voting by proxy, voted unanimously to give Young the Republican nomination for the special election.{{Cite news |date=December 4, 1972 |title=GOP unanimous for Young |page=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53241649/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611192932/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53241649/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
On December 13, the Republican Party filed a lawsuit to receive clarification on Judge Edmond W. Burke's ruling that the Democratic candidate for the special election could only be nominated at a convention and not by the Democratic Central Committee.{{Cite news |date=December 14, 1972 |title=GOP sues for Young |page=2 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53242904/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611194524/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53242904/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}} The Alaskan government filed a motion to dismiss the Republican lawsuit stating that there was no conflict for the court to resolve, and on December 29, Judge Everett W. Hepp dismissed the lawsuit. Jack Coghill, the chairman of the Alaska Republican Party, stated that as the lawsuit was dismissed that the Republicans would not need to hold a convention to select their special election candidate as their method of selection for Young was not contested.{{Cite news |date=December 23, 1972 |title=State requests dismissal of GOP test suit here |page=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53243120/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611194758/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53243120/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=January 2, 1973 |title=Republicans will keep candidate Don Young |page=2 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53243563/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611195346/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53243563/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
=Candidates=
- Don Young, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1967–1971) and Alaska Senate (1971–1973)
==Speculated==
- Clifford Groh, member of the Alaska Senate
- Tom Kelley, former Commissioner of Natural Resources
- Keith Harvey Miller, 3rd Governor of Alaska (1969–1970)
- George M. Sullivan, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska (1967–1981)
- Lowell Thomas Jr., member of the Alaska Senate (1967–1974)
General election
File:Don Young 1973 campaign logo.png
File:Emil Notti congressional logo.png
On January 9, 1973, Don Young filed to run in the special election, and stated that environmental issues and how Alaska utilizes its natural resources would be the major issues during the campaign. Young also stated that he would not resign from the state senate, but he would limit campaigning to the weekends when the state legislature was not in session.{{Cite news |date=January 4, 1973 |title=Young forecasts environment issue |page=3 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53244103/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611200302/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53244103/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |date=January 10, 1973 |title=Young formally candidate |page=2 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53243978/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611200303/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53243978/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}} Jack Coghill served as the chairman of Young's campaign.{{Cite news |date=February 15, 1973 |title=Young formally candidate |page=6 |work=Daily Sitka Sentinel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53247646/daily-sitka-sentinel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611205203/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53247646/daily-sitka-sentinel/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Grant C. LaPoint, the chair of the Alaska Libertarian Party, ran a write-in campaign.{{Cite news |date=June 1, 1973 |title=Spotlight on State Parties |page=3 |work=Libertarian Party News |url=http://lpedia.org/w/images/4/4f/LPNews_1973-5_N14.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110100333/http://lpedia.org/w/images/4/4f/LPNews_1973-5_N14.pdf |archive-date=January 10, 2022}}
Young stated that he was promised seats on the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs by the Republican leadership. Young showed a telegram signed by House Minority Leader Gerald Ford showing the promise. Emil Notti stated that Speaker of the House Carl Albert and House Majority Leader Tip O'Neill promised him a seat on the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.{{Cite news |date=January 20, 1973 |title=Young, Notti say committee promised |page=2 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53245588/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611202731/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53245588/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
On March 6, Young narrowly defeated Notti by 2,000 votes with 35,044 (51.41%) to 33,123 (48.59%) votes. Young was inaugurated into the House of Representatives on March 14. He would continue to be reelected until 2020 and became the longest serving Republican member of the House of Representatives in 2013, dying in 2022.{{Cite news |date=March 6, 2019 |title=Don Young: 46 years in an office he never expected to win |url=https://www.alaskapublic.org/2019/03/06/don-young-46-years-in-an-office-he-never-expected-to-win/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612174240/https://www.alaskapublic.org/2019/03/06/don-young-46-years-in-an-office-he-never-expected-to-win/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020}}{{Cite news |date=October 31, 2013 |title=Alaska's Don Young longest serving Republican in House |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/don-young-alaska-longest-serving-house-republican-099158 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612174243/https://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/don-young-alaska-longest-serving-house-republican-099158 |archive-date=June 12, 2020}}
=Results=
{{Election box begin|title = 1973 Alaska at-large congressional district special election{{Cite web |title=Election Results |url=http://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core/Archive/73SPEC/73specreturns.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200331083218/http://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core/Archive/73SPEC/73specreturns.pdf |archive-date=2020-03-31}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Don Young
|votes = 35,044
|percentage = 51.41%
|change = +7.65%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Emil Notti
|votes = 33,123
|percentage = 48.59%
|change = -7.65%
}}
{{Election box total|
|votes = 68,167
|percentage = 100.00%
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Endorsements
{{Endorsements box
| title = Begich Endorsements
| list =
Organizations
- Democratic Southeast District Committee{{Cite news |date=December 30, 1972 |title=Southeast Demos back Mrs. Begich |page=3 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53261047/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612003321/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53261047/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
{{Endorsements box
| title = Notti Endorsements
| list =
Organizations
- Fairbanks Central Labor Council{{Cite news |date=February 2, 1973 |title=Emil Notti endorsed by Central Labor Council |page=1 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53298056/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200612173005/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53298056/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
{{Endorsements box
| title = Young Endorsements
| list =
Organizations
- Alaska Medical Political Action Committee{{Cite news |date=February 9, 1973 |title=State physicians support Young |page=3 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53246452/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611203555/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53246452/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
- Kenai Natives Association{{Cite news |date=February 10, 1973 |title=Kenai natives support Young |page=5 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53246441/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611203604/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53246441/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
Federal officials
- Ted Stevens, United States Senator from Alaska (1968–2009){{Cite news |date=February 12, 1973 |title=Stevens view legislation for pipeline construction |page=3 |work=Fairbanks Daily News-Miner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53246982/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200611204149/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53246982/fairbanks-daily-news-miner/ |archive-date=June 11, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com}}
State officials
- Tom Kelley, former Commissioner of Natural Resources
- Keith Harvey Miller, 3rd Governor of Alaska (1969–1970)
State legislators
- Clifford Groh, member of the Alaska Senate
- Lowell Thomas Jr., member of the Alaska Senate (1967–1974)
Local officials
- George M. Sullivan, Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska (1967–1981)
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