2012 United States House Election in Alaska

The 2012 United States House Election in Alaska was held on November 6, 2012, to elect United States Representative to represent the Alaska Congressional District. The total votes casted was 296,959. Don Young (Republican) was elected, receiving 63.9% of the votes, which equals 185,296 votes. Don Young also won the following election in 2014.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. Don Young of Republican (63.9%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated Sharon M. Cissna of Democratic (28.6%) by a comfortable margin of 35.3%.

2012 United States House Election in Alaska
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','gold','#808080','#0FF0DE'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 185296, name: 'Don Young'},{value: 82927, name: 'Sharon M. Cissna'},{value: 15028, name: 'Jim C. McDermott'},{value: 5589, name: 'Ted Gianoutsos'},{value: 964, name: 'Write-In Votes'}] }]}
Don Young	Republican	185,296	63.9%
Sharon M. Cissna	Democratic	82,927	28.6%
Jim C. McDermott	Libertarian	15,028	5.2%
Ted Gianoutsos	Independent	5,589	1.9%
Write-In Votes		964	0.3%
Date: 2012-11-06, Valid Votes: 289,804, Blank: 7,075, Over: 80, Total: 296,959, Margin: 35.3%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#225E30','#3E1CC7'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 58789, name: 'Don Young'},{value: 11179, name: 'John R. Cox'},{value: 4841, name: 'Terre L. Gales'}] }]}
Don Young	Republican	58,789	78.6%
John R. Cox	Republican	11,179	14.9%
Terre L. Gales	Republican	4,841	6.5%
Date: 2012-08-18, Valid Votes: 74,809, Margin: 63.7%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#1E07A9','#2399CE','#C3E100','#51DA86'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 16329, name: 'Sharon M. Cissna'},{value: 7374, name: 'Matt Moore'},{value: 5626, name: 'Debra Chesnut'},{value: 2085, name: 'Frank J. Vondersaar'},{value: 1034, name: 'Doug Urquidi'}] }]}
Sharon M. Cissna	Democratic	16,329	50.3%
Matt Moore	Democratic	7,374	22.7%
Debra Chesnut	Democratic	5,626	17.3%
Frank J. Vondersaar	Democratic	2,085	6.4%
Doug Urquidi	Democratic	1,034	3.2%
Date: 2012-08-18, Valid Votes: 32,448, Margin: 27.6%
Libertarian Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Jim C. McDermott	Libertarian	5,741	100.0%
Date: 2012-08-18, Valid Votes: 5,741

Next Election

Don Young also won the following election in 2014.

2014 United States House Election in Alaska
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','gold','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 142572, name: 'Don Young'},{value: 114602, name: 'Forrest Dunbar'},{value: 21290, name: 'Jim C. McDermott'},{value: 1277, name: 'Write-In Votes'}] }]}
Don Young	Republican	142,572	51.0%
Forrest Dunbar	Democratic	114,602	41.0%
Jim C. McDermott	Libertarian	21,290	7.6%
Write-In Votes		1,277	0.5%
Date: 2014-11-04, Valid Votes: 279,741, Margin: 10.0%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#E00A32','#250222','#30D153'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 79393, name: 'Don Young'},{value: 14497, name: 'John R. Cox'},{value: 7604, name: 'David Seaward'},{value: 5373, name: 'David F. \Da Dohner'}] }]}
Don Young	Republican	79,393	74.3%
John R. Cox	Republican	14,497	13.6%
David Seaward	Republican	7,604	7.1%
David F. \"Da Dohner	Republican	5,373	5.0%
Date: 2014-08-19, Valid Votes: 106,867, Margin: 60.7%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#965836'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 38735, name: 'Forrest Dunbar'},{value: 9132, name: 'Frank J. Vondersaar'}] }]}
Forrest Dunbar	Democratic	38,735	80.9%
Frank J. Vondersaar	Democratic	9,132	19.1%
Date: 2014-08-19, Valid Votes: 47,867, Margin: 61.8%
Libertarian Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Jim C. McDermott	Libertarian	13,437	100.0%
Date: 2014-08-19, Valid Votes: 13,437

See Also

• 2012 Alaska State House Election
• 2012 Alaska State Senate Election
• 2012 United States Presidential Election in Alaska
• Alaska Congressional District
• 2022 United States House Special Election in Alaska
• 2022 United States House Election in Alaska
• 2020 United States House Election in Alaska
• 2018 United States House Election in Alaska
• 2016 United States House Election in Alaska

List of United States House Elections in Alaska

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