The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on November 4, 2014, to elect the U.S. representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district, who will represent the state of Alaska in the 114th United States Congress. The election coincided with the elections of a Class II U.S. Senator and the Governor of Alaska, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Don Young ran for re-election to a twenty-second term in office. He won the Republican primary and then defeated Democratic attorney Forrest Dunbar and Libertarian business professor Jim McDermott in the general election. Young was the only statewide official in Alaska who was re-elected in 2014, as Republican governor Sean Parnell and Democratic U.S. Senator Mark Begich were both defeated by their respective challengers.
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared John Cox, retired naval officer and candidate for the seat in 2010 and 2012 David Dohner, write-in candidate for the seat in 2012 David Seaward, former mayor of Seward Don Young, incumbent U.S. Representative
Primary results
Democratic–Libertarian–Independence primary Candidates from the Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Libertarian Party and Alaskan Independence Party appear on the same ballot, with the highest-placed candidate from each party receiving that party's nomination.
Democratic candidates
Declared Forrest Dunbar, attorney Frank Vondersaar, attorney, engineer and perennial candidate
Withdrew Matt Moore, businessman and candidate for the seat in 2012
Declined Scott McAdams, former mayor of Sitka and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010
Libertarian candidates
Declared Jim McDermott, business professor and nominee for the seat in 2012
Primary results
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 3, 2014 Rothenberg October 24, 2014 Sabato's Crystal Ball October 30, 2014RCP November 2, 2014Daily Kos Elections November 4, 2014
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror DonYoung (R) ForrestDunbar (D) JimMcDermott (L) UndecidedPublic Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling November 1–2, 2014 1,052 ± 3% 47% 41% 6% 6%Moore Information October 24–26, 2014 544 – 44% 43% 10% 4%Hellenthal & AssociatesHellenthal & Associates October 15–21, 2014 403 ± 4.88% 52% 35% 6% 7%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling September 18–21, 2014 880 ± 3.3% 48% 33% 9% 11%
Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror DonYoung (R) MattMoore (D) JimMcDermott (L) UndecidedPublic Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling January 30–February 1, 2014 850 ± 3.4% 50% 22% 12% 16%Public Policy PollingPublic Policy Polling July 25–28, 2013 890 ± 3.3% 56% 28% — 16%
Results
References
External links John Cox Forrest Dunbar Jim McDermott Frank Vondersaar Don Young Division of Elections at Alaska Government Alaska U.S. House at OurCampaigns.com United States House of Representatives elections in Alaska, 2014 at Ballotpedia Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets Outside spending at the Sunlight Foundation