2018 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

Not to be confused with 2018 Alaska House of Representatives election.

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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Turnout	49.34%
Nominee Don Young Alyse Galvin[a] Party Republican Independent Alliance Democratic Popular vote 149,779 131,199 Percentage 53.08% 46.50%
State house district results Borough and census area results Precinct results 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

• Thomas "John" Nelson, businessman^[1]
• Jed Whittaker, candidate for U.S. Senate in 1996 and perennial candidate
• Don Young, incumbent U.S. representative and Dean of the House of Representatives^[2]

Results

Republican primary results by state house district

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•   Young—70–80%
•   Young—60–70%
•   Young—50–60%

2018 Alaska Republican primary results^[3]

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)^[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

• Cenk Uygur, co-founder and co-host of The Young Turks^[8]

Organizations

• Our Revolution

Media

• The Young Turks

Results

Democratic–Libertarian–Independence primary results by state house district

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•   Galvin—60–70%
•   Galvin—50–60%
•   Galvin—40–50%
•   Galvin—30–40%
•   Galvin—<30%
•   Shein—<30%

2018 Alaska Democratic–Libertarian–Independence primary results^[9]

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[10]	Lean R	November 5, 2018
Inside Elections[11]	Likely R	November 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball[12]	Lean R	November 5, 2018
RealClearPolitics[13]	Tossup	November 5, 2018
Daily Kos[14]	Lean R	November 5, 2018
FiveThirtyEight[15]	Lean R	November 6, 2018

Endorsements

Alyse Galvin (I)

Local and statewide politicians

• Eric Croft, member of the Anchorage Assembly^[16]

Labor unions

• National Education Association-Alaska^[17]

Organizations

• The Alaska Center^[18]
• End Citizens United^[19]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Don Young (R)	Alyse Galvin (I)	Undecided
Alaska Survey Research[20]	October 26–29, 2018	500	–	48%	49%	3%
Lake Research Partners (I-Galvin)[21]	October 13–16, 2018	500	–	48%	44%	8%
Alaska Survey Research[22]	October 12–14, 2018	500	± 4.4%	49%	47%	4%
Public Policy Polling (D)[23]	October 11–12, 2018	645	–	46%	43%	10%
Alaska Survey Research[24]	October 1–6, 2018	500	± 4.4%	50%	46%	4%
Alaska Survey Research[25]	September 21–25, 2018	500	± 4.4%	53%	43%	4%
Lake Research Partners (I-Galvin)[26]	June 7–12, 2018	540	± 4.2%	40%	36%	24%

Results

2018 Alaska's at-large congressional district^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Don Young (incumbent)	149,779	53.08%	+2.76%
	Independent	Alyse S. Galvin[a]	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)

Notes

1. Also listed as having the Democratic nomination.