United States House of Representatives elections in Alaska, 2012

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See the full article here: Alaska's at-large congressional district elections, 2012

The 2012 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Alaska took place on November 6, 2012. Voters elected one candidate to serve in the U.S. House from the state's at-large congressional district.

Incumbent Don Young won re-election on November 6, 2012.^[1]

Candidate Filing Deadline	Primary Election	General Election
June 1, 2012	August 28, 2012	November 6, 2012

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.

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
Party		As of November 2012	After the 2012 Election
	Democratic Party	0	0
	Republican Party	1	1
Total		1	1

FairVote Democracy Study

See also: FairVote's "Dubious Democracy" report about United States House of Representatives elections

FairVote, formerly the Center for Voting and Democracy, published a study of representative democracy in U.S. House elections. The analysis, "Dubious Democracy," compiles voting data to assess "the level of competition and the accuracy of representation in House elections in all 50 states."^[3] The study attempts to highlight a lack of real options in most elections, as well as a mismatch between voter preferences and the politicians who represent them.^[3]

Among the statistics analyzed in the study are the following:

Democracy Index is the overall combination of Average Margin of Victory, Landslide Index, Seats-to-Votes Distortion, and Representation Index. In 2010, Alaska ranked 24th with a score of 24.8.
Margin of Victory is the winner's percentage of the vote minus the second-place candidate's. In 2010, Alaska ranked 41st with a margin of 38.6%
Voter Turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who voted in a given election. In 2010, Alaska ranked 6th with a turnout of 51.5%
Representation Index multiplies voter turnout by the winning candidate's percentage. In 2010, Alaska ranked 1st with an index of 35.5%

Candidates

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General election candidates