Alaska 2012 General Election

The Green Papers: Alaska 2012 General Election

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Alaska
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 28 August 2012
General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	721,523	(0.23% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	1	(0.23% of 435)
2000 Census:	628,933	(0.22% of 281,998,273)
2004, 2008 Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:	1	(0.23% of 435)
Capital:	Juneau
Tuesday 28 August 2012 polling hours 7:00a AKDT (1500 UTC) / 7:00a ALDT (1600 UTC) to 8:00p AKDT (0400 UTC) / 8:00p ALDT (0500 UTC). Alaska Time covers most of the state except for the Aleutian Islands west of Umnak Island (approximately half of Aleutian Islands). The media considers Alaska's polls to close at 8 PM Alaska Time and, thus, considers the State "callable" after that hour.
Tuesday 6 November 2012 polling hours 7:00a AST (1100 UTC) to 8:00p AST (0000 UTC). Alaska Time covers most of the state except for the Aleutian Islands west of Umnak Island (approximately half of Aleutian Islands). The media considers Alaska's polls to close at 8 PM Alaska Time and, thus, considers the State "callable" after that hour.

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Alaska State and Local Government

Alaska 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 112^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2		Democratic	Senator Mark Begich • First elected: 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Class 3		Republican	Senator Lisa Murkowski • Appointed by Governor Frank H. Murkowski (Republican) on 20 December 2002, to fill vacancy left by the resignation of her father, the same Frank H. Murkowski, when he resigned to become Governor of the State on 2 December 2002. First elected: 2004; relected: 2010. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

		Republican	Governor Sean R. Parnell • Entered office 26 July 2009 upon the resignation of Governor Sarah H. Palin. First elected: 2010. • Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014. Elected on a ticket with (but nominated separately from) the Governor

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Mead Treadwell • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

112^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
At-Large		Republican	Congressman Don E. Young • First elected: 6 March 1973- in a Special Election re: the presumed death of Congressman Nick Begich in a plane crash, 16 October 1972 (Congressman Begich was re-elected to the House of the 93rd Congress, 7 November 1972, before he was declared legally dead and his seat thereby declared vacant) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		Democratic		Doug Urquidi
		Democratic		Frank J. Vondersaar • FEC H4AK00057; 31 Dec 11; Tot $300; Dsb $100

		Republican		John R. Cox
		*Republican*		*Congressman Don E. Young* • FEC H6AK00045; 31 Dec 11; Tot $484,716; Dsb $182,756

		Libertarian		Jim C. McDermott

		No Affiliation		Ted Gianoutsos
		No Affiliation		Sidney I. Hill

		Write-in; (No Affiliation)		Fletcher G. Fuller, Jr.

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 1 incumbent, 2 candidates
	• Republican: 4 incumbents, 2 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates)
	• Green (affiliates)
	• Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
	• Alaskan Independence
	• Unity
Independents
	• No Affiliation: 3 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 1 candidate
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution Links to State Constitutions
	• Alaska State Constitution
	• Infobases (Statutes)
Election Authority
	• Alaska Department of Administration - Political Offices Commission - APOC
	• Alaska Division of Elections
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• Alaska Legislature
	• Alaska State Legislature's House Majority
	• Alaska's Senate Bipartisan Working Group
	• House of Representatives
	• State Senate
Democratic
	• Alaska Democrats
	• Alaska's Democratic Legislators
Republican
	• Alaska State Legislature's Senate Minority
	• House and Senate Legislative Majorities (Republican)
	• Republican Party of Alaska
Third Party
	• Alaska Constitution Party
	• Alaska Constitution Party
	• Alaska Libertarian Party
	• Alaskan Independence Party
	• Green Party of Alaska
	• The Unity Party of Alaska
Media & others
	• Alaska Dispatch - Anchorage
	• AlaskaLegislature.com - News and Resouces for Constituents
	• alaskapublic.org - APRN - Alaska Public Telecommunications -Anchorage
	• Anchorage Daily News
	• DC's Political Report - Alaska
	• Homer Tribune - Homer
	• Juneau Empire
	• Ketchikan Daily News
	• KIMO TV - ABC - Anchorage
	• Kodiak Daily Mirror
	• KTNL TV - CBS
	• KTUU TV - NBC - Anchorage
	• KUAC FM - NPR/PBS - Fairbanks
	• Nome Nugget
	• Petersburg Pilot
	• Politics1.com - Alaska
	• The Alaska Star - Eagle River
	• The Daily News-Miner - Fairbanks
	• The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman - Wasilla
	• The Peninsula Clarion - Kenai