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Alaska's At-Large Congressional District

General Election Date November 8, 2016

Primary Date August 16, 2016

November 8 Election Winner: Don Young

Incumbent prior to election: Don Young

Race Ratings Cook Political Report:Lean R[1] Sabato's Crystal Ball:Likely R[2] Rothenberg & Gonzales:Safe R[3]

Alaska U.S. House ElectionsAt-Large District

2016 U.S. Senate Elections

2016 U.S. House Elections

The2016 U.S. House of Representatives elections inAlaska took place onNovember 8, 2016. Voterselected one candidate to serve in theU.S. House fromthe state's At-Large Congressional District.

Heading into the election, Ballotpediarated this race as safely Republican. IncumbentDon Young (R) defeatedSteve Lindbeck (D),Jim McDermott (L),Bernie Souphanavong (I), andStephen Wright (R Write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Young defeatedGerald Heikes,Jesse Tingley, andStephen Wright in the Republican primary, while Lindbeck defeatedWilliam Hibler andLynette Hinz to win the Democratic nomination. Jim McDermott defeatedJon Briggs Watts in the Libertarian primary. The primary elections took place on August 16, 2016.^[4][5]

Primary: Alaska uses atop-four primary for congressional and state-level offices. Under Alaska's top-four primary system, all candidates for a given office run in a single primary election. The top four vote-getters, regardless of partisan affiliation, then advance to the general election.^[6][7]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, seethis article.

Incumbent: The incumbent heading into the election wasDon Young (R), who was first elected in 1972.

Alaska has a singleat-large congressional district, which makes up the entirestate.

Partisan breakdown

Heading into the November 8 election, the Republican Party held the one congressional seat fromAlaska.

Election results

General election

U.S. House, Alaska's At-Large District General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Don YoungIncumbent	50.3%	155,088
	Democratic	Steve Lindbeck	36%	111,019
	Libertarian	Jim McDermott	10.3%	31,770
	Independent	Bernie Souphanavong	3%	9,093
	N/A	Write-in	0.4%	1,228
Total Votes				308,198
Source:Alaska Secretary of State

Primary election

U.S. House, Alaska At-Large District Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Don YoungIncumbent	71.5%	38,998
Stephen Wright	18.7%	10,189
Gerald Heikes	5.2%	2,817
Jesse Tingley	4.6%	2,524
Total Votes		54,528
Source:Alaska Division of Elections

U.S. House, Alaska At-Large District Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Steve Lindbeck	67.9%	17,009
Lynette Hinz	20.5%	5,130
William Hibler	11.6%	2,918
Total Votes		25,057
Source:Alaska Division of Elections

U.S. House, Alaska At-Large District Libertarian Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jim McDermott	71.4%	3,960
Jon Briggs Watts	28.6%	1,583
Total Votes		5,543
Source:Alaska Division of Elections

Margin of victory

The margin of victory in Alaska's U.S. House race was14.3 percent. This was calculated by examining the percentage difference between the two candidates who received the most votes.

Candidates

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General election candidates: Don Younga Steve Lindbeck Jim McDermott Bernie Souphanavong Stephen Wright (Write-in)

Democratic William Hibler[4] Lynette Hinz[4] Steve Lindbeck[9]a

Republican Don Young - Incumbent[10][4]a Gerald Heikes[4] Jesse Tingley[4] Stephen Wright[4]

Third Party/Other Jim McDermott (Libertarian)[4]a Jon Briggs Watts (Libertarian)[4]

Endorsements

Steve Lindbeck

• Labor unions Inlandboatmen's Union and the International Organization of Masters, Mates & Pilots^[11]

Media

Steve Lindbeck

Important dates and deadlines

See also:Alaska elections, 2016

The calendar below lists important dates for political candidates in Alaska in 2016.

District history

2014

Alaska's At-Large Congressional District held an election for theU.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. IncumbentDon Young (R) defeatedForrest Dunbar (D) andJim McDermott (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Alaska's At-Large District General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Don YoungIncumbent	51%	142,572
	Democratic	Forrest Dunbar	41%	114,602
	Libertarian	Jim McDermott	7.6%	21,290
	N/A	Write-in	0.5%	1,277
Total Votes				279,741
Source:Alaska Secretary of State

2012

On November 6, 2012,Don Young (R) won re-election to theUnited States House. He defeatedSharon Cissna (D),Jim McDermott (L),Ted Gianoutsos (I) andClinton Desjarlais (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Alaska At-Large General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Don Young	63.9%	185,296
	Democratic	Sharon M. Cissna	28.6%	82,927
	Libertarian	Jim C. McDermott	5.2%	15,028
	NA	Ted Gianoutsos	1.9%	5,589
	NA	Write-in	0.3%	964
Total Votes				289,804
Source:Alaska Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

See also

• United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
• United States Senate election in Alaska, 2016
• U.S. House battlegrounds, 2016
• List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2016
• U.S. House primaries, 2016

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