United States House of Representatives seat for Alaska

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The United States House of Representatives seat for Alaska is the state's single at-large congressional district, representing all of Alaska in the U.S. House.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States congressional district ⓘ
at-large congressional district ⓘ
alsoKnownAs AK-AL ⓘ
Alaska at-large congressional district ⓘ
Alaska's at-large congressional district ⓘ
apportionmentBasis United States census ⓘ
ballotType statewide ballot ⓘ
chamber United States House of Representatives ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
createdFrom Alaska Territory at-large congressional district ⓘ
currentStatus active ⓘ
districtType at-large ⓘ
Don YoungTenure served from 1973 to 2022 ⓘ
electionCycle every two years in even-numbered years ⓘ
elects one voting member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
federalLevel federal ⓘ
geographicCoverage all boroughs of Alaska ⓘ
all census areas of Alaska ⓘ
entire land area of Alaska ⓘ
entire population of Alaska ⓘ
governingLaw United States Constitution ⓘ
hasHadLongtimeRepresentative Don Young ⓘ
hasNoSubdividedDistrictsWithinState true ⓘ
hasOnlyDistrictForState true ⓘ
hasRepresentative Mary Peltola ⓘ
hasSpecialElections true ⓘ
isLargestByAreaAmongUSHouseDistricts true ⓘ
isSingleMemberDistrict true ⓘ
jurisdiction federal laws affecting Alaska ⓘ
legislature United States Congress ⓘ
numberOfSeats 1 ⓘ
officialName United States House of Representatives seat for Alaska ⓘ
partyOfCurrentRepresentative Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ
predecessor non-voting delegate from Alaska Territory ⓘ
reasonForCreation admission of Alaska as a U.S. state ⓘ
represents Alaska ⓘ
entire state of Alaska ⓘ
startDateAsStateDistrict 1959-01-03 ⓘ
state Alaska ⓘ
statehoodDateRelated Alaska statehood on 1959-01-03 ⓘ
termLengthOfRepresentative 2 years ⓘ
timeZoneCoverage Alaska Time Zone ⓘ
Hawaii–Aleutian Time Zone ⓘ
usedFor federal legislative representation ⓘ
votingMethod ranked-choice voting ⓘ
votingRights full voting member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ralph Julian Rivers → officeContested → United States House of Representatives seat for Alaska ⓘ
Alaska congressional delegation → hasPart → United States representatives from Alaska ⓘ
linked to: United States House of Representatives seat for Alaska
United States House of Representatives seat for Alaska → officialName → United States House of Representatives seat for Alaska ⓘ