2018 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska were held on November 6, 2018, to elect the U.S. representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district, who would represent the state of Alaska in the 116th United States Congress. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, as well as elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

2018 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

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November 6, 2018
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Turnout49.34%
 
Nominee Don Young Alyse Galvin
Party Republican Independent
Alliance Democratic
Popular vote 149,779 131,199
Percentage 53.08% 46.50%

Young:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Galvin:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

U.S. Representative before election

Don Young
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Don Young
Republican

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Results

2018 Alaska Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Don Young (incumbent) 49,667 70.85%
Republican Thomas "John" Nelson 10,913 15.57%
Republican Jed Whittaker 9,525 13.59%
Total votes 70,105 100%

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.

Candidates

Declared

  • Christopher C. Cumings, running as Non-partisan (N)
  • Alyse S. Galvin, running as Undeclared (U)
  • Carol "Kitty" Hafner, running as Democrat (D)
  • Dimitri Shein, running as Democrat (D)

Endorsements

Dimitri Shein (D)
Individuals
  • Cenk Uygur, co-founder and co-host of The Young Turks
Organizations
  • Our Revolution
Media
  • The Young Turks

Results

2018 Alaska Democratic–Libertarian–Independence primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Alyse S. Galvin 21,742 53.62%
Democratic Dimitri Shein 9,434 23.26%
Democratic Carol Hafner 6,071 14.97%
Independent Christopher C. Cumings 3,304 8.15%
Total votes 40,551 100%

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report Lean R November 5, 2018
Inside Elections Likely R November 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball Lean R November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics Tossup November 5, 2018
Daily Kos Lean R November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight Lean R November 6, 2018

Endorsements

Alyse Galvin (I)
Local and statewide politicians
  • Eric Croft, member of the Anchorage Assembly
Labor unions
  • National Education Association-Alaska

Organizations

  • The Alaska Center
  • End Citizens United

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Don
Young (R)
Alyse
Galvin (I)
Undecided
Alaska Survey Research October 26–29, 2018 500 48% 49% 3%
Lake Research Partners (I-Galvin) October 13–16, 2018 500 48% 44% 8%
Alaska Survey Research October 12–14, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 49% 47% 4%
Public Policy Polling (D) October 11–12, 2018 645 46% 43% 10%
Alaska Survey Research October 1–6, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 50% 46% 4%
Alaska Survey Research September 21–25, 2018 500 ± 4.4% 53% 43% 4%
Lake Research Partners (I-Galvin) June 7–12, 2018 540 ± 4.2% 40% 36% 24%

Results

2018 Alaska's at-large congressional district
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Don Young (incumbent) 149,779 53.08% +2.76%
Independent Alyse S. Galvin 131,199 46.50% +10.48%
Write-in 1,188 0.42% +0.02%
Total votes 282,166 100% N/A
Republican hold

Boroughs and census areas that flipped from Republican to Democratic

  • Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area (largest town: Craig)
  • Petersburg Borough (largest town: Petersburg)
  • Yakutat Borough
  • Anchorage (largest town: Anchorage)
  • Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area (largest town: Fort Yukon)
  • Nome Census Area (largest town: Nome)
  • Kusilvak Census Area (largest town: Hooper Bay)
  • Bethel Census Area (largest town: Bethel)
  • Dillingham Census Area (largest town: Dillingham)
  • Aleutians West Census Area (largest town: Unalaska)

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