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2006 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

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2006 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

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Nominee Don Young Diane E. Benson
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 132,743 93,879
Percentage 56.6% 40.0%

Representative at-large before election

Don Young
Republican

Elected Representative at-large

Don Young
Republican

The 2006 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. The term of the state's sole Representative to the United States House of Representatives expired on January 3, 2007. The winning candidate would serve a two-year term from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2009. The primary elections were held on August 22, 2006.

Combined primary

Candidates

Results

Combined party primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Diane E. Benson 19,421 40.41
Democratic Ray Metcalfe 16,529 34.40
Green Eva L. Ince 3,620 7.53
Libertarian Alexander Crawford 3,176 6.61
Democratic Todd Hyde 2,482 5.16
Democratic Frank Vondersaar 2,141 4.46
Libertarian Sol L. Gerstenfeld 687 1.43
Total votes 48,056 100.00

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Diane E. Benson

Diane E. Benson

Diane E. Benson is an Alaskan politician, writer and dramatist. She was the 2010 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Alaska, defeating three other opponents in the Democratic primary. Benson's running mate for governor was former state House minority leader Ethan Berkowitz; they lost in the general election to the Republican ticket of Sean Parnell and Mead Treadwell by 22% of the vote.

2002 Alaska gubernatorial election

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The 2002 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2002, for the post of Governor of Alaska. Republican U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski defeated Democratic Lieutenant Governor Fran Ulmer. Murkowski became the first Republican elected governor of Alaska since Jay Hammond in 1978.

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Ray Metcalfe

Ray Metcalfe

Ray Metcalfe is a politician and political activist in Alaska. Metcalfe has served in the Alaska House of Representatives as a Republican between 1979 and 1983, been active as an activist with the Republican Moderate Party founded by himself, and later became a Democrat, running unsuccessfully for the United States Senate in 2016.

Alaska House of Representatives

Alaska House of Representatives

The Alaska State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of approximately 17,756 people per 2010 Census figures. Members serve two-year terms without term limits. With 40 representatives, the Alaska House is the smallest state legislative lower chamber in the United States. The House convenes at the State Capitol in Juneau.

Democratic Party (United States)

Democratic Party (United States)

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Alaska Libertarian Party

Alaska Libertarian Party

The Libertarian Party of Alaska is the affiliate of the Libertarian Party (LP) in Alaska, headquartered in Anchorage.

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican Party primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Don Young (incumbent) 81,089 100.00
Total votes 81,089 100.00

General election

Results

2006 Alaska's at-large congressional district election[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Don Young (incumbent) 132,743 56.57
Democratic Diane E. Benson 93,879 40.01
Libertarian Alexander Crawford 4,029 1.72
Green Eva L. Ince 1,819 0.78
Independent Bill Ratigan 1,615 0.69
Write-ins 560 0.24
Total votes 234,645 100.00
Republican hold

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Don Young

Don Young

Donald Edwin Young was an American politician in Alaska. He was the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, having been the U.S. representative for Alaska's at-large congressional district for 49 years, from 1973 until his death in 2022.

Democratic Party (United States)

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Diane E. Benson

Diane E. Benson

Diane E. Benson is an Alaskan politician, writer and dramatist. She was the 2010 Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor of Alaska, defeating three other opponents in the Democratic primary. Benson's running mate for governor was former state House minority leader Ethan Berkowitz; they lost in the general election to the Republican ticket of Sean Parnell and Mead Treadwell by 22% of the vote.

Alaska Libertarian Party

Alaska Libertarian Party

The Libertarian Party of Alaska is the affiliate of the Libertarian Party (LP) in Alaska, headquartered in Anchorage.

Green Party (United States)

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The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green state political parties in the United States. The party promotes green politics, specifically environmentalism; nonviolence; social justice; participatory democracy, grassroots democracy; anti-war; anti-racism; libertarian socialism and eco-socialism. On the political spectrum, the party is generally seen as left-wing.

Source: "2006 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, July 7th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Alaska.

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References
  1. ^ "Results" (PDF). www.elections.alaska.gov. 2006. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  2. ^ "Results" (PDF). www.elections.alaska.gov. 2006. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  3. ^ "Results" (PDF). clerk.house.gov. 2004. Retrieved 2021-03-30.

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