Alaska's At-large congressional district

Alaska's At-large congressional district
Current Representative		Don Young (R–Fort Yukon)
Area	663,267 mi² (1,717,855 km²)
Distribution	65.7% urban, 34.3% rural
Population (2000)	626,932
Median income	$51,171
Ethnicity	67.6% White, 3.4% Black, 3.9% Asian, 4.1% Hispanic, 15.4% Native American, 0.2% other
Occupation	22.4% blue collar, 60.5% white collar, 17.1% gray collar
Cook PVI	R+13

Alaska's At-large congressional district comprises the entire state of Alaska. This congressional district has the largest land area and lowest population density of any district in the United States. It is the second-largest parliamentary constituency in the world, behind only the Canadian territory of Nunavut.

The district/state is currently represented by Republican Don Young and has been since 1973.

Election results

This district is normally considered safely Republican because no Democrat has been elected since 1972 and because incumbent Don Young hasn't faced a serious challenge since 1990 when he faced Mayor John Devens (D-Valdez), who was defeated by a comfortable margin. Although allegations of corruption against Young led Democrats to target this race in 2008, Young retained his seat.

List of representatives

See also: Alaska Territory's At-large congressional district

Representative	Party	Term	Notes
District created January 3, 1959
Ralph J. Rivers	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – December 30, 1966	Lost re-election, then resigned
Vacant		December 30, 1966 – January 3, 1967
Howard W. Pollock	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971	Retired
Nick Begich	Democratic	January 3, 1971 – December 29, 1972	Died
Vacant		December 29, 1972 – March 6, 1973
Don Young	Republican	March 6, 1973 – Present	Incumbent

Historical elections

Year		Republican	Votes	Pct		Democratic	Votes	Pct		Third party	Votes	Pct		Fourth Party	Votes	Pct		Fifth Party	Votes	Pct		Write-in votes	Write-in %
1958		Henry A. Benson	20,699	42.5%		Ralph J. Rivers	27,948	57.5%
1960		R. L. Rettig	25,517	43.2%		Ralph J. Rivers (inc.)	33,546	56.8%
1962		Lowell Thomas, Jr.	26,638	44%		Ralph J. Rivers (inc.)	33,953	56%
1964		Lowell Thomas, Jr.	32,556	48.5%		Ralph J. Rivers (inc.)	34,590	51.5%
1966		Howard W. Pollock	34,040	51.6%		Ralph J. Rivers (inc.)	31,867	48.4%
1968		Howard W. Pollock (inc.)	43,577	54.2%		N. J. Begich	36,785	45.8%
1970		Frank H. Murkowski	35,947	44.9%		N. J. Begich	44,137	55.1%
1972		Don Young	41,750	43.8%		N. J. Begich (inc.)	53,651	56.2%
1973		Don Young	35,044	51.4%		Emil Notti	33,123	48.6%
1974		Don Young (inc.)	51,641	53.8%		William L. Hensley	44,280	46.2%
1976		Don Young (inc.)	83,722	70.8%		Eben Hopson	34,194	28.9%														292	0.2%
1978		Don Young (inc.)	68,811	55.4%		Patrick Rodey	55,176	44.4%														200	0.2%
1980		Don Young (inc.)	114,089	73.8%		Kevin Parnell	39,922	25.8%														607	0.4%
1982		Don Young (inc.)	128,274	70.8%		Dave Carlson	52,011	28.7%														799	0.4%
1984		Don Young (inc.)	113,582	55%		Pegge Begich	86,052	41.7%		Betty Breck (I)	6,508	3.2%										295	0.1%
1986		Don Young (inc.)	101,799	56.5%		Pegge Begich	74,053	41.1%		Betty Breck (L)	4,182	2.3%										243	0.1%
1988		Don Young (inc.)	120,595	62.5%		Peter Gruenstein	71,881	37.3%														479	0.2%
1990		Don Young (inc.)	99,003	51.7%		John S. Devens	91,677	47.8%														967	0.5%
1992		Don Young (inc.)	111,849	46.8%		John S. Devens	102,378	42.8%		Michael States (AI)	15,049	6.3%		Mike Milligan (G)	9,529	4%						311	0.1%
1994		Don Young (inc.)	118,537	56.9%		Tony Smith	68,172	32.7%		Joni Whitmore (G)	21,277	10.2%										254	0.1%
1996		Don Young (inc.)	138,834	59.4%		Georgianna Lincoln	85,114	36.4%		William J. Nemec II (AI)	5,017	2.1%		John J. G. Grames (G)	4,513	1.9%						222	0.1%
1998		Don Young (inc.)	139,676	62.6%		Jim Duncan	77,232	34.6%		John J. G. Grames (G)	5,923	2.7%										469	0.2%
2000		Don Young (inc.)	190,862	69.6%		Clifford Mark Greene	45,372	16.5%		Anna C. Young (G)	22,440	8.2%		Jim Dore (AI)	10,085	3.7%		Leonard J. Karpinski (L)	4,802	1.8%		832	0.3%
2002		Don Young (inc.)	169,685	74.5%		Clifford Mark Greene	39,357	17.3%		Russell deForest (G)	14,435	6.3%		Rob Clift (L)	3,797	1.7%						291	0.1%
2004		Don Young (inc.)	213,216	71.1%		Thomas M. Higgins	67,074	22.4%		Timothy A. Feller (G)	11,434	3.8%		Alvin A. Anders (L)	7,157	2.4%						1,115	0.4%
2006		Don Young (inc.)	122,743	54.6%		Diane E. Benson	93,879	41.8%		Alexander Crawford (L)	4,029	1.8%		Eva L. Ince (G)	1,819	0.8%		William W. Ratigan (IN)	1,615	0.7%		560	0.2%
2008		Don Young (inc.)	158,939	50.1%		Ethan Berkowitz	142,560	45%		Don Wright (AIP)	14,274	4.5%										1,205	0.4%
2010		Don Young (inc.)	175,384	69%		Harry Crawford	77,606	30.5%														1,345	0.5%

Source: "Election Statistics". Office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html. Retrieved 2007-08-08. 

References

• Alaska Election Results 2008, via www.gov.state.ak.us
• CQ Politics: District Detail: AK-AL
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company. 
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present