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2016 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

The 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on November 8, 2016, 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 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections in the United States Senate, and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Don Young was re-elected to a twenty-third term in office.

Gerald Heikes, minister at Anchorage's nondenominational Bethel Chapel and perennial candidate
Jesse Tingley
Stephen Wright, US Air Force veteran
Don Young, incumbent U.S. Representative
Mike Dunleavy, state senator
Lance Pruitt, state representative
Sean Parnell, former governor of Alaska, and candidate for US House in 2008
Joe Miller, former magistrate judge, nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014
Mead Treadwell, former lieutenant governor and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	38,998	71.5
	Republican	10,189	18.7
	Republican	2,817	5.2
	Republican	2,524	4.6
54,528	100.0

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.

William Hibler, former glaciologist with the University of Alaska Fairbanks
Steve Lindbeck, former CEO of Alaska Public Media
Lynette Moreno-Hinz, taxicab driver, candidate for lieutenant governor in 2010 and candidate for the State House in 2012
Mark Begich, former U.S. Senator
Jim McDermott
Jon Watts

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	17,009	55.6
	Democratic	5,130	16.8
	Libertarian	3,960	12.9
	Democratic	2,918	9.5
	Libertarian	1,583	5.2
30,543	100.0

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Candidate	Raised	Spent	Cash on hand
Don Young (R)	$759,967	$716,219	$531,968
Steve Lindbeck (D)	$470,897	$153,365	$317,533
Jim McDermott (L)	$7,879	$7,879	$0

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Lean R	November 2, 2016
Daily Kos	Likely R	August 17, 2016
Roll Call	Safe R	August 17, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report	Safe R	July 14, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Likely R	August 10, 2016

Poll source	Date(s)administered	Samplesize	Margin oferror	DonYoung (R)	SteveLindbeck (D)	Other	Undecided
Alaska Survey Research	September 28–October 2, 2016	660	± 3.8%	45%	30%	16%	9%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Republican	155,088	50.32%	−0.65%
	Democratic	111,019	36.02%	−4.95%
	Libertarian	31,770	10.31%	+2.70%
	Independent	9,093	2.95%	N/A
	Write-in	1,228	0.40%	-0.06%
308,198	100.00%	N/A

Hoonah–Angoon Census Area (largest town: Hoonah)
Yakutat Borough
Division of Elections at Alaska Government
Alaska U.S. House at OurCampaigns.com
United States House of Representatives elections in Alaska, 2016 at Ballotpedia
Outside spending at the Sunlight Foundation

Official campaign websites

Steve Lindbeck for Congress (D)
Don Young for Congress (R)

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