Nick Begich Sr. Democratic Nick Begich Sr. Democratic The 1972 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska was held on November 7, 1972, to elect the United States representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district.

Incumbent Democratic Representative Nick Begich Sr. went missing shortly before the general election, but still defeated Republican nominee Don Young.

[8] On June 1, Bruce Dickerson Stevens filed to run for the Republican nomination, but did not actively campaign in the primary.

[9][10][11] On August 22, the open primary was held in which Begich placed first with nearly 70% of the popular vote, Young placed second with 25.60%, and Stevens placed third with less than 5%.

Young stated that he believed that he was "doing what I think is best for the state" as if Begich was never found or discovered to have died then Alaska could not have a representative for six months until a special election was held to fill Begich's vacancy.