The primary election is 11 days away and pollster Ivan Moore took a look at how some of the congressional races are shaping up. Former state House lawmaker Ethan Berkowitz holds a sizable lead over Diane Benson in the Democratic primary.

On the Congress side, Ethan Berkowitz is winning, hands down. Ethan Berkowitz: 58.0% vs Diane Benson: 24.1%

Could we have a Jewish member of Congress from Alaska? Two weeks before the primary, it’s certainly not out of the question. A poll shows state represenative Ethan Berkowitz is looking pretty good in the race to be the Democratic nominee, and in the general election he is up by 15 points on scandal-plagued Republican incumbent Don Young.

A month before the primary, Alaska Rep. Don Young holds a narrow lead in the Republican nomination battle while former State Rep. Ethan Berkowitz has a big lead on the Democratic side. As Young’s popularity plummets, that’s the best outcome Democrats can hope for, according to general election matchups.

The annual League of Women Voters poll at the fair ended with Democrat Ethan Berkowitz receiving 317 votes, Democrat Diane Benson receiving 245 votes, while Republican Sean Parnell tallied 248 and incumbent Rep. Don Young collected 88.

Alaska will have no fewer than three newbie vs. codger races in the Fall: Barack Obama vs. John McCain for President, Mark Begich vs. Ted Stevens for senator and Ethan Berkowitz vs. Don Young for the House. These races will reinforce each other and in a year where 80% of the voters think the country is heading in the wrong direction, change could hit Alaska big time.

A recent Hays Research survey put Democrat Ethan Berkowitz ahead of Parnell, 33 percent to 30 percent, in a general election matchup.

Stevens and his Democratic opponent, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich, were tested, as were Young and likely Democratic nominee Ethan Berkowitz, the former House Minority Leader. The party identification breakdown was 31% Republican, 20% Democratic and 49% independent or other. Berkowitz 51% vs. Young 40%

Fmr. State House Minority Leader Ethan Berkowitz (D) 51% — Rep. Don Young (R) 40%. These numbers are virtually unchanged from May, when Berkowitz led 50%-40%.

If 2008 election for Congress were held today, for whom would you vote for if the choices were between Ethan Berkowitz, the Democrat, and Don Young, the Republican? Young (R) 40 (40) — Berkowitz (D) 51 (50)