- Source: 1978 Alaska gubernatorial election
- 1978 Alaska gubernatorial election
- 1998 Alaska gubernatorial election
- 2002 Alaska gubernatorial election
- 2022 Alaska gubernatorial election
- 1990 Alaska gubernatorial election
- 2014 Alaska gubernatorial election
- 1994 Alaska gubernatorial election
- 2010 Alaska gubernatorial election
- 2018 Alaska gubernatorial election
- 2006 Alaska gubernatorial election
The 1978 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1978, for the post of governor of Alaska. Republican incumbent Jay Hammond defeated four opponents: former Governor of Alaska and write-in candidate Wally Hickel, Alaska Senator and Democratic nominee Chancy Croft, former Commissioner of Natural Resources and Independent candidate Tom Kelly and Alaskan Independence Party nominee Don Wright. After losing to Hammond in the Republican primary, Hickel ran as a write-in candidate and was able to outperform Croft. Republican Tom Fink and Democrat Jay Kerttula also ran in the open primary.
This is the first time an incumbent Republican governor was re-elected for a second term, and this would not occur again until 2022.