2014 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
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{{Distinguish|2014 Alaska House of Representatives election}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2013}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2014 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
| country = Alaska
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2012 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
| previous_year = 2012
| next_election = 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska
| next_year = 2016
| election_date = November 4, 2014
| image1 = File:Don Young, official 115th Congress photo portrait.jpg
| image_size = x150px
| nominee1 = {{nowrap|{{resize|105%|Don Young}}}}
| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = 142,572
| percentage1 = 50.97%
| image2 = File:Forrest Dunbar.jpg
| nominee2 = {{resize|105%|Forrest Dunbar}}
| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 114,602
| percentage2 = 40.97%
| image3 = File:3x4.svg
| nominee3 = {{nowrap|{{resize|105%|Jim McDermott}}}}
| party3 = Libertarian Party (United States)
| popular_vote3 = 21,290
| percentage3 = 7.61%
| map_image = {{switcher |350px|State house district results |350px|Borough and census area results|default=2}}
| map_caption = Young: {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}}
Dunbar: {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}}
| title = Representative at-large
| before_election = Don Young
| before_party = Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = Don Young
| after_party = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Elections in Alaska sidebar}}
The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the U.S. representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district, who will represent the state of Alaska in the 114th United States Congress. The election coincided with the elections of a Class II U.S. Senator and the Governor of Alaska, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Don Young ran for re-election to a twenty-second term in office. He won the Republican primary and then defeated Democratic attorney Forrest Dunbar and Libertarian business professor Jim McDermott in the general election. Young was the only statewide official in Alaska who was re-elected in 2014, as Republican governor Sean Parnell and Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Begich were both defeated by their respective challengers.{{cite web |url=http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cspg/smartpolitics/2014/11/mark_begich_and_sean_parnell_j.php |title=Mark Begich and Sean Parnell Join Small Group in Defeat |work=Smart Politics |first=Eric |last=Ostermeier |date=November 19, 2014}}
Republican primary
=Candidates=
==Declared==
- John Cox, retired naval officer and candidate for the seat in 2010 and 2012
- David Dohner, write-in candidate for the seat in 2012{{cite news|url=http://www.elections.alaska.gov/ci_pg_cl_2014_prim.php|title=2014 Primary Official Candidate List|access-date=June 4, 2014|work=Alaska Secretary of State|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140630031311/http://www.elections.alaska.gov/ci_pg_cl_2014_prim.php|archive-date=June 30, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
- David Seaward, former mayor of Seward{{cite web|url=http://sewardcitynews.com/2014/05/guess-whos-running-for-higher-office/|title=Guess who's running for higher office?|publisher=Seward City News|date=May 24, 2014|access-date=June 4, 2014}}
- Don Young, incumbent U.S. Representative{{cite web|url=http://atr.rollcall.com/don-young-to-files-for-re-election/|title=Don Young to File for Re-Election #AKAL|publisher=Roll Call|date=July 2, 2013|access-date=July 30, 2013}}
=Primary results=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Republican primary results{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/14PRIM/data/results.htm |title=2014 Primary Elections August 19, 2014 Official Results |publisher=State of Alaska Division of Elections |access-date=September 8, 2014}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Don Young
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 79,393
| percentage = 74.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John Cox
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 14,497
| percentage = 13.57
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = David Seaward
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 7,604
| percentage = 7.12
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = David Dohner
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 5,373
| percentage = 5.03
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 106,867
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
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==
- Forrest Dunbar, attorney{{cite web|url=http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20140309/paperboy-alaska-congressional-candidate |title=From paperboy to Alaska congressional candidate |publisher=Alaska Dispatch |date=March 9, 2014 |access-date=March 13, 2014}}
- Frank Vondersaar, attorney, engineer and perennial candidate
==Withdrew==
==Declined==
- Scott McAdams, former mayor of Sitka and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010{{cite web |url=http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130403/less-more-former-senate-candidate-scott-mcadams-sheds-100-pounds |title=Less is more as former Senate candidate Scott McAdams sheds 100 pounds |publisher=Alaska Dispatch |date=April 3, 2013 |access-date=October 16, 2013 |archive-date=October 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016065543/http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130403/less-more-former-senate-candidate-scott-mcadams-sheds-100-pounds |url-status=dead }}
=Libertarian candidates=
==Declared==
- Jim McDermott, business professor and nominee for the seat in 2012{{cite web|url=https://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/libertarian-jim-mcdermott-for-congress-in-alaska-polling-at-12 |title=Libertarian Jim McDermott for Congress in Alaska polling at 12% |publisher=Libertarian Party |date=February 5, 2014 |access-date=March 13, 2014}}
=Primary results=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Democratic–Libertarian–Independence primary results
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Forrest Dunbar
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 38,735
| percentage = 63.19
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jim McDermott
| party = Alaska Libertarian Party
| votes = 13,437
| percentage = 21.92
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Frank Vondersaar
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 9,132
| percentage = 14.90
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 61,304
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
General election
=Polling=
| class="wikitable" |
| valign= bottom
!Poll source ! Date(s) ! Sample ! Margin of ! style="width:100px;"| Don ! style="width:100px;"| Forrest ! style="width:100px;"| Jim ! Undecided |
| Public Policy Polling[http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2014/AKResults.pdf Public Policy Polling]
| align=center| November 1–2, 2014 | align=center| 1,052 | align=center| ± 3% | {{party shading/Republican}} align=center| 47% | align=center| 41% | align=center| 6% | align=center| 6% |
| Moore Information[http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/polls/ivan-moore-21129 Moore Information]
| align=center| October 24–26, 2014 | align=center| 544 | align=center| – | {{party shading/Republican}} align=center| 44% | align=center| 43% | align=center| 10% | align=center| 4% |
| Hellenthal & Associates[https://www.scribd.com/doc/244305469/AK-Sen-AK-Gov-Hellenthal-Associates-Oct-2014 Hellenthal & Associates]
| align=center| October 15–21, 2014 | align=center| 403 | align=center| ± 4.88% | {{party shading/Republican}} align=center| 52% | align=center| 35% | align=center| 6% | align=center| 7% |
| Public Policy Polling[http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2014/PPP_Release_AK_923925.pdf Public Policy Polling]
| align=center| September 18–21, 2014 | align=center| 880 | align=center| ± 3.3% | {{party shading/Republican}} align=center| 48% | align=center| 33% | align=center| 9% | align=center| 11% |
{{hidden begin|titlestyle=background:#cff|title=Hypothetical polling|contentstyle=border:solid 1px silver; padding:8px; background:white;}}
| class="wikitable" |
| valign= bottom
! style="width:150px;"| Poll source ! style="width:190px;"| Date(s) ! class=small | Sample ! Margin of ! style="width:110px;"| Don ! style="width:110px;"| Matt ! style="width:110px;"| Jim ! style="width:40px;"| Undecided |
| Public Policy Polling[http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2014/PPP_Release_AK_204.pdf Public Policy Polling]
| align=center| January 30–February 1, 2014 | align=center| 850 | align=center| ± 3.4% | {{party shading/Republican}} align=center| 50% | align=center| 22% | align=center| 12% | align=center| 16% |
| Public Policy Polling[http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_AK_073013.pdf Public Policy Polling]
| align=center| July 25–28, 2013 | align=center| 890 | align=center| ± 3.3% | {{party shading/Republican}} align=center| 56% | align=center| 28% | align=center| — | align=center| 16% |
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=Results=
{{Election box begin
| title = 2014 Alaska's at-large congressional district{{cite news|url=http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/14GENR/data/results.htm |title=2014 General Election November 4, 2014 Official Results |date=November 11, 2014 |access-date=November 27, 2014 |publisher=elections.alaska.gov }}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| candidate = Don Young (incumbent)
| votes = 142,572
| percentage = 50.97%
| change = -12.97%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| candidate = Forrest Dunbar
| votes = 114,602
| percentage = 40.97%
| change = +12.36%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Alaska Libertarian Party
| candidate = Jim McDermott
| votes = 21,290
| percentage = 7.61%
| change = +2.42%
}}
{{Election box write-in with party link
| votes = 1,277
| percentage = 0.46%
| change = +0.13%
}}
{{Election box total
|votes = 279,741
|percentage = 100.00%
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box hold with party link no swing
|winner = Republican Party (United States)
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.johnrcoxforcongress.com/ John Cox]
- [http://www.forrestforalaska.com/ Forrest Dunbar]
- [http://mcdermott4congress4alaska.com/ Jim McDermott]
- [https://sites.google.com/site/vondersaar/ Frank Vondersaar]
- [http://www.alaskansfordonyoung.com/ Don Young]
- [http://www.elections.alaska.gov/ Division of Elections] at Alaska Government
- [http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=782657 Alaska U.S. House] at OurCampaigns.com
- [http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Alaska,_2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Alaska, 2014] at Ballotpedia
- [http://www.opensecrets.org/races/summary.php?id=AK01&cycle=2014 Campaign contributions] at OpenSecrets
- [http://reporting.sunlightfoundation.com/outside-spending/state/AK/ Outside spending] at the Sunlight Foundation
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