As of 2023, the district is the most Republican-leaning congressional district represented by a Democrat, with a partisan lean of R+8.[5] It was also one of five districts that would have voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in their current configuration while being won or held by a Democrat in 2022.
The district was created when Alaska achieved statehood on January 3, 1959. Alaska is still entitled to only one member in the House of Representatives.
^ abAlso listed as having the Democratic nomination.
Referencesedit
^Census data 2010census.gov October 19, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
^"Congressional Districts". proximityone.com. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
^Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
^Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
^ ab"Introducing the 2022 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index". The Cook Political Report. June 8, 2022. Retrieved June 12, 2022.
^"Alaska Voter Registration by Party/Precinct". Retrieved May 18, 2023.
^Prior to the 1976 election, official election returns released by the State of Alaska were typewritten rather than computer generated, and write-in votes were not included in published vote totals
^Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
^"State of Alaska 2020 General Election" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. November 3, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
^"RCV Detailed Report | General Election | State of Alaska" (PDF). Alaska Division of Elections. November 23, 2022. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
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Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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Since becoming a U S state in 1959 Alaska has been entitled to one member in the United States House of Representatives elected in the state s sole at large congressional district By area Alaska s congressional district is the largest congressional district in the United States and the third largest electoral district represented by a single member in the world behind only Yakutsk district in Russia and Nunavut s sole electoral district in Canada Alaska s at large congressional districtRepresentative Mary PeltolaD BethelArea665 384 04 1 sq mi 1 723 336 8 km2 Distribution65 7 urban 2 34 3 ruralPopulation 2022 733 583 3 Median householdincome 88 121 4 Ethnicity57 5 White21 9 Native American8 4 Asian6 8 Hispanic4 8 Black2 5 Pacific Islander AmericansCook PVIR 8 5 On August 31 2022 Democrat Mary Peltola defeated Republican former governor Sarah Palin in the special election to replace Don Young who died on March 18 of the same year Peltola became the first Democrat elected to the House of Representatives from Alaska since 1972 and the first Alaskan Native to be elected to the United States House of Representatives in history As of 2023 the district is the most Republican leaning congressional district represented by a Democrat with a partisan lean of R 8 5 It was also one of five districts that would have voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election had they existed in their current configuration while being won or held by a Democrat in 2022 Contents 1 History 1 1 Voter registration 2 Recent statewide election results 3 List of members representing the district 4 Electoral history 4 1 1958 to 2010 4 2 2012 4 3 2014 4 4 2016 4 5 2018 4 6 2020 4 7 2022 special 4 8 2022 5 Notes 6 ReferencesHistory editThe district was created when Alaska achieved statehood on January 3 1959 Alaska is still entitled to only one member in the House of Representatives Voter registration edit Voter registration as of January 3 2021 6 Party Total voters PercentageUnaffiliated 338 931 56 52 Republican 149 173 24 87 Democratic 81 355 13 57 Alaskan Independence 19 109 3 19 Minor parties 11 136 1 85 Total 599 704 100 Recent statewide election results editYear Office Results1960 President Richard Nixon 51 John F Kennedy 49 1964 President Lyndon B Johnson 66 Barry Goldwater 34 1968 President Richard Nixon 45 Hubert Humphrey 43 1972 President Richard Nixon 58 George McGovern 35 1976 President Gerald Ford 58 Jimmy Carter 36 1980 President Ronald Reagan 54 Jimmy Carter 26 1984 President Ronald Reagan 67 Walter Mondale 30 1988 President George H W Bush 60 Michael Dukakis 36 1992 President George H W Bush 39 Bill Clinton 30 1996 President Bob Dole 51 Bill Clinton 33 2000 President George W Bush 59 Al Gore 28 2004 President George W Bush 61 John Kerry 36 2008 President John McCain 59 Barack Obama 38 2012 President Mitt Romney 55 Barack Obama 41 2016 President Donald Trump 51 Hillary Clinton 37 2020 President Donald Trump 53 Joe Biden 43 List of members representing the district editRepresentative Residence Party Term Congress Electoral historyDistrict created January 3 1959 nbsp Ralph Julian Rivers Fairbanks Democratic January 3 1959 December 30 1966 86th87th88th89th Elected in 1958 Re elected in 1960 Re elected in 1962 Re elected in 1964 Lost re election then resigned early Vacant December 30 1966 January 3 1967 89th nbsp Howard Wallace Pollock Anchorage Republican January 3 1967 January 3 1971 90th91st Elected in 1966 Re elected in 1968 Retired to run for Governor of Alaska nbsp Nick Begich Anchorage Democratic January 3 1971 December 29 1972 92nd Elected in 1970 Went missing October 16 1972 Re elected posthumously in 1972 Declared dead December 29 1972 Vacant December 29 1972 March 6 1973 92nd93rd nbsp Don Young Fort Yukon Republican March 6 1973 March 18 2022 93rd94th95th96th97th98th99th100th101st102nd103rd104th105th106th107th108th109th110th111th112th113th114th115th116th117th Elected to finish Begich s term Re elected in 1974 Re elected in 1976 Re elected in 1978 Re elected in 1980 Re elected in 1982 Re elected in 1984 Re elected in 1986 Re elected in 1988 Re elected in 1990 Re elected in 1992 Re elected in 1994 Re elected in 1996 Re elected in 1998 Re elected in 2000 Re elected in 2002 Re elected in 2004 Re elected in 2006 Re elected in 2008 Re elected in 2010 Re elected in 2012 Re elected in 2014 Re elected in 2016 Re elected in 2018 Re elected in 2020 Died in office Vacant March 18 2022 September 13 2022 117th nbsp Mary Peltola Bethel Democratic September 13 2022 present 117th118th Elected to finish Young s term Re elected in 2022 Electoral history edit1958 to 2010 edit Year Republican Democratic Green Libertarian Others Write in 7 Candidate Votes Pct Candidate Votes Pct Candidate Votes Pct Candidate Votes Pct Candidate Votes Pct Votes Pct1958 Henry A Benson 20 699 42 5 Ralph Rivers 27 948 57 5 1960 R L Rettig 25 517 43 2 Ralph Rivers Incumbent 33 546 56 8 1962 Lowell Thomas Jr 26 638 44 Ralph Rivers Incumbent 33 953 56 1964 Lowell Thomas Jr 32 556 48 5 Ralph Rivers Incumbent 34 590 51 5 1966 Howard W Pollock 34 040 51 6 Ralph Rivers Incumbent 31 867 48 4 1968 Howard W Pollock Incumbent 43 577 54 2 Nick Begich 36 785 45 8 1970 Frank Murkowski 35 947 44 9 Nick Begich 44 137 55 1 1972 Don Young 41 750 43 8 Nick Begich Incumbent 53 651 56 2 1973 Don Young 35 044 51 4 Emil Notti 33 123 48 6 1974 Don Young Incumbent 51 641 53 8 William L Hensley 44 280 46 2 1976 Don Young Incumbent 83 722 70 8 Eben Hopson 34 194 28 9 292 0 2 1978 Don Young Incumbent 68 811 55 4 Patrick Rodey 55 176 44 4 200 0 2 1980 Don Young Incumbent 114 089 73 8 Kevin Parnell 39 922 25 8 607 0 4 1982 Don Young Incumbent 128 274 70 8 Dave Carlson 52 011 28 7 799 0 4 1984 Don Young Incumbent 113 582 55 Pegge Begich 86 052 41 7 Betty Breck I 6 508 3 2 295 0 1 1986 Don Young Incumbent 101 799 56 5 Pegge Begich 74 053 41 1 Betty Breck 4 182 2 3 243 0 1 1988 Don Young Incumbent 120 595 62 5 Peter Gruenstein 71 881 37 3 479 0 2 1990 Don Young Incumbent 99 003 51 7 John S Devens 91 677 47 8 967 0 5 1992 Don Young Incumbent 111 849 46 8 John S Devens 102 378 42 8 Mike Milligan 9 529 4 Michael States AI 15 049 6 3 311 0 1 1994 Don Young Incumbent 118 537 56 9 Tony Smith 68 172 32 7 Joni Whitmore 21 277 10 2 254 0 1 1996 Don Young Incumbent 138 834 59 4 Georgianna Lincoln 85 114 36 4 John J G Grames 4 513 1 9 William J Nemec II AI 5 017 2 1 222 0 1 1998 Don Young Incumbent 139 676 62 6 Jim Duncan 77 232 34 6 John J G Grames 5 923 2 7 469 0 2 2000 Don Young Incumbent 190 862 69 6 Clifford Mark Greene 45 372 16 5 Anna C Young 22 440 8 2 Leonard J Karpinski 4 802 1 8 Jim Dore AI 10 085 3 7 832 0 3 2002 Don Young Incumbent 169 685 74 5 Clifford Mark Greene 39 357 17 3 Russell deForest 14 435 6 3 Rob Clift 3 797 1 7 291 0 1 2004 Don Young Incumbent 213 216 71 1 Thomas M Higgins 67 074 22 4 Timothy A Feller 11 434 3 8 Alvin A Anders 7 157 2 4 1 115 0 4 2006 Don Young Incumbent 132 743 56 6 Diane E Benson 93 879 40 Eva Ince 1 819 0 8 Alexander Crawford 4 029 1 7 William Ratigan 1 615 0 7 560 0 2 2008 Don Young Incumbent 158 939 50 1 Ethan Berkowitz 142 560 45 Don Wright 14 274 4 5 1 205 0 4 2010 Don Young Incumbent 175 384 69 Harry Crawford 77 606 30 5 1 345 0 5 Year Republican Democratic Green Libertarian Others Write inSource Election Statistics Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives Archived from the original on July 30 2008 Retrieved August 8 2008 2012 edit 2012 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska Party Candidate Votes Republican Don Young incumbent 185 296 63 94 5 02Democratic Sharon Cissna 82 927 28 62 1 89Libertarian Jim McDermott 15 028 5 19 5 19Independent Ted Gianoutsos 5 589 1 93 1 93Independent Write in votes 964 0 33 0 20Republican hold SwingTurnout 289 8042014 edit 2014 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska Party Candidate Votes Republican Don Young incumbent 142 260 50 95 12 99Democratic Forrest Dunbar 114 317 40 94 12 32Libertarian Jim McDermott 21 373 7 65 2 46Independent Write in votes 1 269 0 45 0 12Republican hold SwingTurnout 279 2192016 edit 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska Party Candidate Votes Republican Don Young incumbent 155 088 50 32 0 63Democratic Steve Lindbeck 111 019 36 02 4 92Libertarian Jim McDermott 31 770 10 31 2 66Independent Bernie Souphanavong 9 093 2 95 2 95Independent Write in votes 1 228 0 40 0 05Republican hold SwingTurnout 308 1982018 edit 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska 8 Party Candidate Votes Republican Don Young incumbent 149 779 53 08 2 76 Independent Alyse S Galvin a 131 199 46 50 10 48 Write in 1 188 0 42 0 02 Total votes 282 166 100 N A2020 edit 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska 9 Party Candidate Votes Republican Don Young incumbent 192 126 54 40 1 32 Independent Alyse S Galvin a 159 856 45 26 1 24 Write in 1 183 0 34 0 08 Total votes 353 165 100 N A2022 special edit 2022 Alaska s at large congressional district special election Party Candidate Round 1 Round 2Votes Transfer Votes Democratic Mary Peltola 74 807 39 66 16 399 91 206 51 47 Republican Sarah Palin 58 328 30 93 27 659 85 987 48 53 Republican Nick Begich III 52 504 27 84 52 504 EliminatedWrite in 2 971 1 58 2 971 EliminatedTotal votes 188 610 100 00 177 193 94 29 Inactive ballots 0 0 00 10 726 10 726 5 71 Democratic gain from Republican2022 edit 2022 Alaska s at large congressional district election 10 Party Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3Votes Transfer Votes Transfer Votes Democratic Mary Peltola incumbent 128 329 48 68 1 038 129 433 49 20 7 460 136 893 54 94 Republican Sarah Palin 67 732 25 74 1 064 69 242 26 32 43 013 112 255 45 06 Republican Nick Begich III 61 431 23 34 1 988 64 392 24 48 64 392 EliminatedLibertarian Chris Bye 4 560 1 73 4 560 EliminatedWrite in 1 096 0 42 1 096 EliminatedTotal votes 263 148 100 00 263 067 100 00 249 148 100 00 Inactive ballots 2 193 0 83 906 3 097 1 16 14 765 17 016 5 55 Democratic holdNotes edit a b Also listed as having the Democratic nomination References edit Census data 2010census gov Archived October 19 2012 at the Wayback Machine Congressional Districts proximityone com Retrieved October 9 2020 Center for New Media amp Promotion CNMP US Census Bureau My Congressional District www census gov Retrieved October 5 2023 Center for New Media amp Promotion CNMP US Census Bureau My Congressional District www census gov Retrieved October 5 2023 a b Introducing the 2022 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index The Cook Political Report June 8 2022 Retrieved June 12 2022 Alaska Voter Registration by Party Precinct Retrieved May 18 2023 Prior to the 1976 election official election returns released by the State of Alaska were typewritten rather than computer generated and write in votes were not included in published vote totals Johnson Cheryl L February 28 2019 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6 2018 Clerk of the U S House of Representatives 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