Don Young
Electoral history

Don Young

Section Title: Electoral history
Table Section Text: None

Year	Republican	Votes	Pct	Democratic	Votes	Pct	Third Party	Votes	Pct	Third Party	Votes	Pct	Third Party	Votes	Pct	Write-in votes	Write-in %

1972	Don Young	41,750	43.76%	Nick J. Begich* †	53,651	56.24%

1973	Don Young	35,044	51.41%	Emil Notti	33,123	48.39%

1974	Don Young*	51,641	53.84%	William L. Hensley	44,280	46.16%

1976	Don Young*	83,722	71.00%	Eben Hopson	34,194	29.00%

1978	Don Young*	68,811	55.41%	Patrick Rodey	55,176	44.43%	200	0.16%

1980	Don Young*	114,089	73.79%	Kevin Parnell	39,922	25.82%	607	0.39%

1982	Don Young*	128,274	70.84%	Dave Carlson	52,011	28.72%	799	0.44%

1984	Don Young*	113,582	55.02%	Pegge Begich	86,052	41.68%	Betty Breck (I)	6,508	3.15%	295	0.14%

1986	Don Young*	101,799	56.47%	Pegge Begich	74,053	41.08%	Betty Breck (L)	4,182	2.32%	243	0.14%

1988	Don Young*	120,595	62.50%	Peter Gruenstein	71,881	37.25%	479	0.25%

1990	Don Young*	99,003	51.66%	John S. Devens	91,677	47.84%	967	0.51%

1992	Don Young*	111,849	46.78%	John S. Devens	102,378	42.82%	Michael States (AKI)	15,049	6.29%	Mike Milligan (G)	9,529	3.99%	311	0.13%

1994	Don Young*	118,537	56.92%	Tony Smith	68,172	32.74%	Joni Whitmore (G)	21,277	10.22%	254	0.12%

1996	Don Young*	138,834	59.41%	Georgianna Lincoln	85,114	36.42%	William J. Nemec II (AKI)	5,017	2.15%	John J. G. Grames (G)	4,513	1.93%	222	0.10%

1998	Don Young*	139,676	62.55%	Jim Duncan	77,232	34.59%	John J. G. Grames (G)	5,923	2.65%	469	0.21%

2000	Don Young*	190,862	69.56%	Clifford Mark Greene	45,372	16.54%	Anna C. Young (G)	22,440	8.18%	Jim Dore (AKI)	10,085	3.68%	Leonard J. Karpinski (L)	4,802	1.75%	832	0.30%

2002	Don Young*	169,685	74.66%	Clifford Mark Greene	39,357	17.32%	Russell deForest (G)	14,435	6.35%	Rob Clift (L)	3,797	1.67%	291	0.00%

2004	Don Young*	213,216	71.34%	Thomas M. Higgins	67,074	22.44%	Timothy A. Feller (G)	11,434	3.83%	Alvin A. Anders (L)	7,157	2.40%	1,115	0.4%

2006	Don Young*	132,743	56.57%	Diane E. Benson	93,879	40.01%	Alexander Crawford (L)	4,029	1.72%	Eva L. Ince (G)	1,819	0.78%	William W. Ratigan (I)	1,615	0.69%	560	0.24%

2008	Don Young*	158,939	50.14%	Ethan Berkowitz	142,560	44.98%	Don Wright (AKI)	14,274	4.50%	1,205	0.38%

2010	Don Young*	175,384	68.87%	Harry Crawford	77,606	30.64%	1,345	0.49%

2012	Don Young*	185,296	63.94%	Sharon Cissna	82,927	28.61%	Jim McDermott (L)	15,028	5.19%	Ted Gianoutsos (I)	5,589	1.93%	964	0.33%

2014	Don Young*	142,572	50.97%	Forrest Dunbar	114,602	40.97%	Jim McDermott (L)	21,290	7.61%	1,277	0.46%

2016	Don Young*	155,088	50.32%	Steve Lindbeck	111,019	36.02%	Jim McDermott (L)	31,770	10.31%	Bernie Souphanavong (I)	9,093	2.95%	1,228	0.40%

2018	Don Young*	149,779	53.08%	Alyse Galvin	131,199	46.50%	1,188	0.42%

Sentence(s)

In 2006, Don Young defeated Diane E. Benson with 56.57% of the vote.

final_sentence: In 2006, Don Young defeated Diane E. Benson with 56.57% of the vote.