2014 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

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2014 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
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  2012 November 4, 2014 2016  
  Don Young, official 115th Congress photo portrait.jpg Forrest Dunbar.jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Don Young Forrest Dunbar Jim McDermott
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Popular vote142,572114,60221,290
Percentage51.0%41.0%7.6%

Alaska House election, 2014.svg
2014 Alaska's at-large congressional district results by county-equivalent.svg
Young:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Dunbar:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Representative at-large before election

Don Young
Republican

Elected Representative at-large

Don Young
Republican

The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the U.S. representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district, who will represent the state of Alaska in the 114th United States Congress. The election coincided with the elections of a Class II U.S. Senator and the Governor of Alaska, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Contents

Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Don Young ran for re-election to a twenty-second term in office. He won the Republican primary and then defeated Democratic attorney Forrest Dunbar and Libertarian business professor Jim McDermott in the general election. Young was the only statewide official in Alaska who was re-elected in 2014, as Republican governor Sean Parnell and Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Begich were both defeated by their respective challengers. [1]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • John Cox, retired naval officer and candidate for the seat in 2010 and 2012 [2]
  • David Dohner, write-in candidate for the seat in 2012 [2]
  • David Seaward, former mayor of Seward [3]
  • Don Young, incumbent U.S. Representative [4]

Primary results

Republican primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Don Young 79,393 74.29
Republican John Cox14,49713.57
Republican David Seaward7,6047.12
Republican David Dohner5,3735.03
Total votes106,867 100.00

Democratic–Libertarian–Independence primary

Candidates from the Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Libertarian Party and Alaskan Independence Party appear on the same ballot, with the highest-placed candidate from each party receiving that party's nomination.

Democratic candidates

Declared

Withdrew

  • Matt Moore, businessman and candidate for the seat in 2012 [2] [7]

Declined

Libertarian candidates

Declared

  • Jim McDermott, business professor and nominee for the seat in 2012 [9]

Primary results

Democratic–Libertarian–Independence primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Forrest Dunbar 38,735 63.19
Libertarian Jim McDermott 13,437 21.92
Democratic Frank Vondersaar9,13214.90
Total votes61,304 100.00

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Don
Young (R)
Forrest
Dunbar (D)
Jim
McDermott (L)
Undecided
Public Policy Polling [10] November 1–2, 20141,052± 3%47%41%6%6%
Moore Information [11] October 24–26, 201454444%43%10%4%
Hellenthal & Associates [12] October 15–21, 2014403± 4.88%52%35%6%7%
Public Policy Polling [13] September 18–21, 2014880± 3.3%48%33%9%11%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Don
Young (R)
Matt
Moore (D)
Jim
McDermott (L)
Undecided
Public Policy Polling [14] January 30–February 1, 2014850± 3.4%50%22%12%16%
Public Policy Polling [15] July 25–28, 2013890± 3.3%56%28%16%

Results

2014 Alaska's at-large congressional district [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Don Young (incumbent) 142,572 50.97% −12.97%
Democratic Forrest Dunbar 114,60240.97%+12.36%
Libertarian Jim McDermott21,2907.61%+2.42%
Write-in 1,2770.46%+0.13%
Total votes279,741 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

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