Alaska's at-large congressional district

Alaska's at-large congressional district
Representative	Mary Peltola D–Bethel
Area	665,384.04[1] sq mi (1,723,336.8 km2)
Distribution	65.7% urban[2] 34.3% rural
Population (2023)	733,406[3]
Median household income	$86,631[4]
Ethnicity	57.5% White 14.8% Native American 9.8% Two or more races 6.8% Hispanic 5.9% Asian 2.8% Black 1.7% Pacific Islander Americans 0.6% other
Cook PVI	R+8[5]

Since becoming a U.S. state in 1959, Alaska has been entitled to one member in the United States House of Representatives. The representative is elected at-large, because the state has only one congressional district, encompassing its entire territory. By area, Alaska's congressional district is the largest congressional district in the United States and the third-largest electoral district represented by a single member in the world. It is exceeded by Yakutsk district in Russia, which is similar in size to India and is the largest, and Nunavut, which comprises a single electoral district in Canada.

On August 31, 2022, Democrat Mary Peltola defeated Republican former governor Sarah Palin in the special election to replace Don Young, who died on March 18 of the same year and was the longest serving Republican in the history of the House and was the most notable person to represent the district. Peltola became the first Democrat elected to the House of Representatives from Alaska since 1972, and the first Alaska Native in history to be elected to the United States House of Representatives.

As of 2024, the state comprises the most Republican-leaning congressional district to be represented by a Democrat. It has a partisan lean of R+8.^[5]