The 2012 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, to elect the U.S. representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district, who will represent the state of Alaska in the 113th United States Congress. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election. As is the case every twelve years in Alaska, this was the only statewide election contest in the state held in 2012. A primary election was held on August 28, 2012.[1]
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Results by state house district Young: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Cissna: 40–50% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Don Young (incumbent) | 58,789 | 78.6 | |
Republican | John Cox | 11,179 | 14.9 | |
Republican | Terre Gales | 4,841 | 6.5 | |
Total votes | 74,809 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Sharon Cissna | 16,329 | 42.8 | |
Democratic | Matt Moore | 7,374 | 19.3 | |
Libertarian | Jim McDermott | 5,741 | 15.0 | |
Democratic | Debra Chesnut | 5,626 | 14.7 | |
Democratic | Frank Vondersaar | 2,085 | 5.5 | |
Democratic | Doug Urquidi | 1,034 | 2.7 | |
Total votes | 38,189 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Don Young (incumbent) | 185,296 | 63.9 | −5.0 | |
Democratic | Sharon Cissna | 82,927 | 28.6 | −1.9 | |
Libertarian | Jim McDermott | 15,028 | 5.2 | N/A | |
Independent | Ted Gianoutsos | 5,589 | 1.9 | N/A | |
n/a | Write-ins | 964 | 0.3 | −0.2 | |
Majority | 102,369 | 35.3 | −3.1 | ||
Total votes | 289,804 | 100.0 | |||
Republican hold |