United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, 2018

United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, At-large district, 2018
November 6, 2018

 
Nominee Don Young Alyse Galvin[lower-alpha 1]
Party Republican Independent
Representative At-large before election

Don Young
Republican

 Elected Representative At-large

TBD

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

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Thomas "John" Nelson, businessman from Wasilla[1]
  • Jed Whittaker
  • Don Young, incumbent U.S. Representative[2] and Dean of the House of Representatives

Results

Results by State House district:
  Young—70–80%
  Young—60–70%
  Young—50–60%
Republican primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Don Young (incumbent) 49,667 70.9
Republican Thomas "John" Nelson 10,913 15.6
Republican Jed Whittaker 9,525 13.6
Total votes 70,105 100.0

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

  • Christopher C. Cumings, running as Non-partisan (N)[4]
  • Alyse S. Galvin, running as Undeclared (U)[5]
  • Carol "Kitty" Hafner, running as Democrat (D)[6]
  • Dimitri Shein, running as Democrat (D)[7]

Endorsements

Dimitri Shein (D)
Individuals
Organizations
Media

Results

Results by State House district:
  Galvin—60–70%
  Galvin—50–60%
  Galvin—40–50%
  Galvin—30–40%
  Galvin—<30%
  Shein—<30%
Democratic-Libertarian-Independence primary results[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Undeclared (U) Alyse S. Galvin 21,742 53.6
Democratic Dimitri Shein 9,434 23.3
Democratic Carol Hafner 6,071 15.0
Non-partisan (N) Christopher C. Cumings 3,304 8.2
Total votes 40,551 100.0

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[10] Likely R August 22, 2018
Inside Elections[11] Solid R September 29, 2017
Sabato's Crystal Ball[12] Likely R August 23, 2018

Endorsements

Alyse Galvin (I)
Local and statewide politicians
Labor unions
Organizations

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Don
Young (R)		 Alyse
Galvin (I)		 Undecided
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

Alaska's at-large congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Independent Alyse S. Galvin[lower-alpha 1]
Republican Don Young (incumbent)
Independent Sid Hill
Independent Jesse "Messy" Tingley
Total votes

Notes

  1. 1 2 Will also be listed as having the Democratic nomination.

References

  1. ↑ "John Nelson for Alaskans". Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Alaskans for Don Young". Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Election Results". Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Ketchikan resident running for U.S. House of Representative". KRBD. June 8, 2018. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Alyse for Alaska". Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Carol Hafner for Congress". Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Dimitri for Congress". Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Alaska Candidate Rescues Neglected Children".
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ "2018 House Race ratings | The Cook Political Report". The Cook Political Report.
  11. ↑ "House Ratings | Inside Elections". insideelections.com.
  12. ↑ "Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball » 2018 House". www.centerforpolitics.org.
  13. ↑ "I'm excited to share with you that Anchorage Assembly member Eric Croft has endorsed my campaign for Congress today. I'm grateful to earn his support, and I'm looking forward to continuing to work with him on behalf of a better future for families across Alaska". www.facebook.com. Alyse Galvin for Congress. January 24, 2018.
  14. ↑ "PACE Recommendations - NEA-Alaska". www.neaalaska.org. NEA-Alaska.
  15. ↑ "We Endorse Alyse Galvin for Congress- The Alaska Center". The Alaska Center.
  16. ↑ Muller, Tiffany (August 13, 2018). "Four Reform Candidates Earn End Citizens United Endorsement - End Citizens United". End Citizens United.
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