United States House election in Alaska, 2020 (August 18 Democratic primary)
- Primary date: Aug. 18
- Primary type: Open (Democratic, Libertarian, and Alaskan Independence parties); semi-closed (Republican)
- Registration deadline(s): July 19
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Early voting starts: Aug. 3
- Absentee/mail voting deadline(s): Aug. 18 (postmarked)
- Voter ID: Non-photo ID
- Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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| Alaska's At-Large Congressional District |
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| Democratic primary Republican primary General election |
| Election details |
| Filing deadline: June 1, 2020 |
| Primary: August 18, 2020 General: November 3, 2020 Pre-election incumbent: Don Young (R) |
| How to vote |
| Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Voting in Alaska |
| Race ratings |
Inside Elections: Likely Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Lean Republican |
| Ballotpedia analysis |
| U.S. Senate battlegrounds U.S. House battlegrounds Federal and state primary competitiveness Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2020 |
| See also |
U.S. Senate • At-large Alaska elections, 2020 U.S. Congress elections, 2020 U.S. Senate elections, 2020 U.S. House elections, 2020 |
The 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Alaska took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected one candidate to serve in the U.S. House from the state's one at-large congressional district. This page focuses on the Democratic primary that took place in Alaska on August 18, 2020.
Click here for more information about the Republican primary.
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Heading into the election the incumbent was Republican Don Young, who was first elected in 1973.
Alaska uses a top-four primary for congressional and state-level offices. Under Alaska's top-four primary system, all candidates for a given office run in a single primary election. The top four vote-getters, regardless of partisan affiliation, then advance to the general election.[1][2]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Election procedure changes in 2020
Ballotpedia provided comprehensive coverage of how election dates and procedures changed in 2020. While the majority of changes occurred as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, some changes occurred for other reasons.
Political party events in Alaska were modified as follows:
- Political party events: The Democratic Party of Alaska canceled in-person voting in its presidential preference primary, originally scheduled for April 4, 2020. All voting was conducted by mail. The receipt deadline for mail-in ballots was April 20, 2020.
For a full timeline about election modifications made in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, click here.
Candidates and election results
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At-large district
Alaska Democratic and Independence parties primary election
Alaska Democratic and Independence parties primary for U.S. House Alaska At-large District
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alyse Galvin | 85.8 | 53,258 |
| Ray Sean Tugatuk | 7.8 | 4,858 | ||
 | William Hibler | 6.3 | 3,931 | |
| Total votes: 62,047 | |||
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District analysis
- See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
- See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores
The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+9, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 9 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Alaska's At-Large Congressional District the 141st most Republican nationally.[3]
FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 1.16. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.16 points toward that party.[4]
Campaign finance
The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission.
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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| William Hibler | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
| Ray Sean Tugatuk | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2020. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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General election race ratings
- See also: Race rating definitions and methods
Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:
- Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
- Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
- Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[5]
- Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.
Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[6][7][8]
| Race ratings: Alaska's At-large Congressional District election, 2020 | |||||||||
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| The Cook Political Report | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | |||||
| Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | Likely Republican | |||||
| Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | Lean Republican | |||||
| Note: Ballotpedia updates external race ratings every week throughout the election season. | |||||||||
See also
- United States House election in Alaska, 2020 (August 18 Republican primary)
- United States House Democratic Party primaries, 2020
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2020
- U.S. House battlegrounds, 2020
- United States House election in Alaska (August 21, 2018 Republican primary)
- United States House election in Alaska (August 21, 2018 Democratic primary)
Footnotes
- ↑ Alaska Division of Elections, "August 18, 2020 Primary Election Information," accessed October 20, 2025
- ↑ The Alaska Legislature, "Alaska Stat. § 15.25.010," accessed October 20, 2025
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017
- ↑ FiveThirtyEight, "Election Update: The Most (And Least) Elastic States And Districts," September 6, 2018
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
