Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Preview Articles: Alaska Congressional Seats
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November 2, 2012
By Ballotpedia's Congressional team
| Alaska's Congressional Elections in 2012 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senate Election? | U.S. House seats | Possible competitive races? | |
| No | 1 | 0 | |
JUNEAU: Alaska: Alaska has one U.S. House seat on the ballot in 2012. Incumbent Don Young (R) is running for re-election and faces multiple challengers.
Young, who has represented Alaska's lone congressional district for the past 39 years, won the Republican primary with 79% of the vote and is expected to easily defeat Democratic challenger Sharon Cissna in the general election.
Polls are open in Alaska from 7:00 AM to 8:00 PM Alaska Time.[1]
Alaska is divided between the Alaska time zone and the Hawaii-Aleutian time zone.
See also: State Poll Opening and Closing Times (2012)
Here is a complete list of U.S. House candidates appearing on the general election ballot in Alaska:
Candidates running by District
| District | General Election Candidates | Incumbent | 2012 Winner | Partisan Switch? |
| At-large |  Sharon Cissna Don Young Jim McDermott Ted Gianoutsos Clinton Desjarlais Fletcher G. Fuller Jr. (Write-in) Sidney I. Hill (Write-in) |
Don Young | Pending | Pending |
Partisan breakdown by district
| 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 | |
Articles
- 2012 elections review: Few incumbents defeated in Alaska primaries August 29
- 2012 elections preview: Alaska voters to select winners in congressional, legislative primaries August 27
See also
- Ballotpedia's 2012 General Election Preview Articles: Alaska State Legislature
- Ballotpedia:2012 general election preview articles
- November 6, 2012 election results
- United States Congressional election results, 2012
- United States House of Representatives elections in Alaska, 2012
- Alaska elections, 2012
- National contested primary average during the 2012 U.S. congressional elections
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