2020 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

2020 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska's at-large district

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Nominee Don Young Alyse Galvin[a] Party Republican Independent Alliance Democratic Popular vote 192,126 159,856 Percentage 54.40% 45.26%

State house district results Young:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Galvin:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. Representative before election Don Young Republican Elected U.S. Representative Don Young Republican

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The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the U.S. Representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

Background[]

The incumbent in this election was Republican Don Young, who was re-elected with 53.1% of the vote in 2018, in what was one of the closest elections of his long career.^[1] Young is the longest-tenured member of the U.S. House of Representatives, having been first elected in a 1973 special election.^[2] He currently serves on several committees including as a ranking member of a House Natural Resources subcommittee.^[3] In 2019, Young introduced 37 bills, four of which made it out of committee.^[3]

Challenging Young was independent candidate Alyse Galvin.^[4] Galvin is a small business owner, former teacher, and founder of the non-profit Great Alaska Schools.^[2] Galvin has never held public office. Galvin's platform focused on addressing climate change, increasing funding for public schools, and lowering health care costs.^[2] Galvin ran as an independent and also received the Democratic Party nomination.

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

• Gerald L. Heikes^[5]
• Thomas "John" Nelson, businessman and candidate for this seat in 2018^[6]
• Don Young, incumbent U.S. Representative^[7]

Results[]

Republican primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Don Young (incumbent)	51,972	76.13%
	Republican	Thomas "John" Nelson	12,344	18.08%
	Republican	Geral Heikes	3,954	5.79%
Total votes			68,270	100.0%

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

• Alyse Galvin (Independent), public education advocate and nominee for Alaska's at-large congressional district in 2018^[4]
• Bill Hibler (Democratic)^[5]
• Ray Sean Tugatuk (Democratic)^[5]

Endorsements[]

Results[]

Democratic–Libertarian–Independence primary results^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Alyse Galvin	53,258	85.83%
	Democratic	Ray Tugatuk	4,858	7.83%
	Democratic	Bill Hibler	3,931	6.34%
Total votes			62,047	100.0%

Independents[]

Withdrawn[]

• Thomas Lamb^[14]

General election[]

Predictions[]

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[15]	Lean R	November 2, 2020
Inside Elections[16]	Likely R	October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[17]	Lean R	November 2, 2020
Politico[18]	Lean R	November 2, 2020
Daily Kos[19]	Lean R	November 2, 2020
RCP[20]	Likely R	November 2, 2020

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[b]	Margin of error	Don Young (R)	Alyse Galvin (I)	Other	Undecided
Gravis Marketing	October 26–28, 2020	770 (LV)	± 3.5%	49%	44%	–	7%
Siena College/NYT Upshot	October 9–14, 2020	423 (LV)	± 5.7%	49%	41%	2%[c]	9%[d]
Alaska Survey Research	September 25 – October 4, 2020	696 (LV)	–	46%	48%	–	6%
Public Policy Polling	July 7–8, 2020	1,081 (V)	±  3.0%	41%	43%	–	16%
Data for Progress (D)[A]	May 21–27, 2020	589 (LV)	±  4.0%	42%	43%	–	15%

Results[]

2020 Alaska's at-large congressional district election^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Don Young (incumbent)	192,126	54.40%	+1.32%
	Independent	Alyse Galvin[a]	159,856	45.26%	–1.24%
	Write-in		1,183	0.34%	–0.08%
Total votes			353,165	100.0%
	Republican hold

Notes[]

Partisan clients

References[]

External links[]

• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Alaska", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Alaska: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Alaska". (state affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Alaska at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites

• Alyse Galvin (I) for Congress
• Don Young (R) for Congress