2020 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

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2020 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska's at-large district
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Nominee Don Young Alyse Galvin [a]
Party Republican Independent
Alliance Democratic
Popular vote192,126159,856
Percentage54.4%45.3%
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2020 Alaska's at-large congressional district results by county-equivalent.svg
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Young:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Galvin:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     >80%
Tie:     50%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

Don Young
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Don Young
Republican

The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the U.S. representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

Contents

This was Don Young's last reelection as he died in office on March 18, 2022. Until the 2024 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, this was the last time a Republican won Alaska's only congressional U.S. House seat. [1] It was the last Alaska congressional election conducted by plurality voting.

Background

The incumbent in this election was Republican Don Young, who was re-elected with 53.1% of the vote in 2018, in what was one of the closest elections of his long career. [2] Young was the longest-tenured member of the U.S. House of Representatives, having been first elected in a 1973 special election. [3] He served on several committees including as a ranking member of a House Natural Resources subcommittee. [4] In 2019, Young introduced 37 bills, four of which made it out of committee. [4]

Challenging Young was independent candidate Alyse Galvin. [5] Galvin is a small business owner, former teacher, and founder of the non-profit Great Alaska Schools. [3] Galvin has never held public office. Galvin's platform focused on addressing climate change, increasing funding for public schools, and lowering health care costs. [3] Galvin ran as an independent and also received the Democratic Party nomination.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Gerald L. Heikes [6]
  • Thomas "John" Nelson, businessman and candidate for this seat in 2018 [7]
  • Don Young, incumbent U.S. representative [8]

Results

Republican primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Don Young (incumbent) 51,972 76.13%
Republican Thomas "John" Nelson12,34418.08%
Republican Geral Heikes3,9545.79%
Total votes68,270 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Endorsements

Results

Democratic–Libertarian–Independence primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Alyse Galvin 53,258 85.83%
Democratic Ray Tugatuk4,8587.83%
Democratic Bill Hibler3,9316.34%
Total votes62,047 100.0%

Independents

Withdrawn

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [16] Lean RNovember 2, 2020
Inside Elections [17] Likely ROctober 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball [18] Lean RNovember 2, 2020
Politico [19] Lean RNovember 2, 2020
Daily Kos [20] Lean RNovember 2, 2020
RCP [21] Likely RNovember 2, 2020

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Don
Young (R)		Alyse
Galvin (I)		OtherUndecided
Gravis Marketing [22] October 26–28, 2020770 (LV)± 3.5%49%44%–7%
Siena College/NYT Upshot [23] October 9–14, 2020423 (LV)± 5.7%49%41%2% [c] 9% [d]
Alaska Survey Research [24] September 25 – October 4, 2020696 (LV)–46%48%–6%
Public Policy Polling (D) [25] July 7–8, 20201,081 (V)±  3.0%41%43%–16%
Data for Progress (D) [26] [A] May 21–27, 2020589 (LV)±  4.0%42%43%–15%

Results

2020 Alaska's at-large congressional district election [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Don Young (incumbent) 192,126 54.40% +1.32%
Independent Alyse Galvin [a] 159,85645.26%–1.24%
Write-in 1,1830.34%–0.08%
Total votes353,165 100.0%
Republican hold

Boroughs and census areas that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Boroughs and census areas that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Notes

  1. 1 2 Galvin ran as an independent with the nomination of the Democratic Party.
  2. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ↑ "Someone else" and would not vote with 1%
  4. ↑ Includes "Refused"

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Data for Progress supports Democratic candidates, and Galvin is seeking the Democratic nomination as an independent in AK-at-large.

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  23. ↑ Siena College/NYT Upshot
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