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Alaska's at-large congressional district elections, 2012
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Incumbent Don Young won re-election on November 6, 2012.[1]
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Primary: Alaska has a closed primary system, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.
Voter registration: Voters were required to register to vote in the primary by July 29. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 7.[2]
- See also: Alaska elections, 2012
Incumbent: The incumbent heading into the election was Don Young (R), who was first elected in 1972.
Alaska has a single at-large congressional district, which is made up of the entire state.
Partisan breakdown
Heading into the November 6 election, the Republican Party held the one congressional seat from Alaska.
| Members of the U.S. House from Alaska -- Partisan Breakdown | |||
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| Party | As of November 2012 | After the 2012 Election | |
| Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | |
| Republican Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | |
Candidates
Note: Election results were added on election night as races were called. Vote totals will be added when official election results are certified. For more information about Ballotpedia's election coverage plan, click here. If you find any errors in this list, please email: Geoff Pallay.
General election candidates
August 28, 2012 primary results
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District history
2010
On November 2, 2010, Don Young (R) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Harry T. Crawford, Jr. in the general election.[4]
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| Republican |  Don Young Incumbent |
69.3% | 175,384 | |
| Democratic | Harry T. Crawford, Jr. | 30.7% | 77,606 | |
| Total Votes | 252,990 | |||
See also
References
- ↑ ABC News, "2012 General Election Results Alaska," accessed November 7, 2012
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections "2012 Statewide Election Calendar," Accessed July 20, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Alaska Secretary of State "Primary Candidate List," Accessed June 2, 2012
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"
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