# 2014 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

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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

Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Don Young | 79,393 | 74.29 |
| | Republican | John Cox | 14,497 | 13.57 |
| | Republican | David Seaward | 7,604 | 7.12 |
| | Republican | David Dohner | 5,373 | 5.03 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 106,867 | 100.00 |

## 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

Democratic–Libertarian–Independence primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Forrest Dunbar | 38,735 | 63.19 |
| | Libertarian | Jim McDermott | 13,437 | 21.92 |
| | Democratic | Frank Vondersaar | 9,132 | 14.90 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 61,304 | 100.00 |

## General election
### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Don Young (R) | Forrest Dunbar (D) | Jim McDermott (L) | Undecided |
| Public 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 & Associates | October 15–21, 2014 | 403 | ± 4.88% | 52% | 35% | 6% | 7% |
| Public Policy Polling | September 18–21, 2014 | 880 | ± 3.3% | 48% | 33% | 9% | 11% |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Don Young (R) | Matt Moore (D) | Jim McDermott (L) | Undecided |
| Public Policy Polling | January 30–February 1, 2014 | 850 | ± 3.4% | 50% | 22% | 12% | 16% |
| Public Policy Polling | July 25–28, 2013 | 890 | ± 3.3% | 56% | 28% | — | 16% |

### Results

2014 Alaska's at-large congressional district :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Don Young (incumbent) | 142,572 | 50.97% | −12.97% |
| | Democratic | Forrest Dunbar | 114,602 | 40.97% | +12.36% |
| | Libertarian | Jim McDermott | 21,290 | 7.61% | +2.42% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 1,277 | 0.46% | +0.13% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 279,741 | 100.00% | N/A |
| | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold | Republican hold |