The person behind the name
Nick Begich’s public career runs from business to a single term in the U.S. House: a software entrepreneur from Alaska’s best-known Democratic family who lost two House races in 2022, unseated Mary Peltola in 2024 and put six Alaska measures into law in his first term. [3][48][6]
Begich was born in Anchorage on October 21, 1977, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, which records him as the grandson of Nicholas Joseph Begich and the nephew of Mark Begich; the grandfather won Alaska’s House seat in 1970 and the uncle served in the U.S. Senate, both as Democrats, as the Anchorage Daily News has recounted. His official House biography says he was raised by his maternal grandparents and lives in Chugiak with his wife, Dharna, and their son, Nicholas; his statement in the 2024 official election pamphlet lists Anchorage as his home from 2004 to 2011 and Chugiak since then. [3][48][1][30]
Education and professional preparation
The Biographical Directory records a diploma from The Master’s Academy in Oviedo, Florida, in 1995, a Bachelor of Business Administration from Baylor University in 1999 and a Master of Business Administration from Indiana University in 2002; his official biography describes the Baylor degree as one in entrepreneurship. The same biography says he was recruited by Ford Motor Company and worked in technology, finance and product development before returning to Alaska in 2004; his pamphlet statement lists the Ford posts as product marketing manager and technology manager from 2002 to 2004, then the founding of FarShore Partners, a software company he chaired from 2006 to 2024, and of Dashfire. The official biography records prior work with the Alaska Policy Forum and Club for Growth and board service at Matanuska Telecom Association; the pamphlet statement dates the MTA board seat to 2016–2022 and lists him as board president of the Alaska Policy Forum from 2018 to 2021, co-chair of the Alaska Republican Party’s finance committee from 2017 to 2019 and co-chair of Don Young’s 2020 campaign. Company filings were not part of this review. [3][1][30][48]
Four campaigns for the House
He ran for the Anchorage Assembly in 2016 and lost to Amy Demboski. On October 22, 2021 he filed with the Federal Election Commission to challenge Representative Don Young, telling the Anchorage Daily News, “I would say I’m probably a little to the right of Don, but at the end of the day it’s conservative principles that I hold”. Young died on March 18, 2022, and the seat was filled under the top-four, ranked-choice system Alaska began using that year: Begich finished second in the June 11 special primary with 30,861 votes, 19.1 percent, was eliminated in the first round of the August 16 special general election with 53,810 first choices, 28.5 percent, and finished third in the November 8 general election with 62,505 first choices, 23.6 percent. Mary Peltola won both. [48][58][56][27][28][29]
In 2024 he placed second to Peltola in the August 20 primary with 28,803 votes, 26.6 percent, ahead of Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom, who had President Trump’s endorsement and withdrew after the primary. On November 5, 2024 he led the first round with 159,777 first-choice votes, 48.5 percent, and won in the third round of the ranked-choice tabulation, 164,861 to 156,985, or 51.2 percent, taking the seat from Peltola. He was sworn in on January 3, 2025. [26][47][25][5]
In the August 18, 2026 open primary he finished first of fifteen candidates with 72,696 votes, 44.6 percent, and advances to the November 3 ranked-choice general election with Bill Hill, a nonpartisan candidate with 53,008 votes, 32.5 percent, whom the Alaska Democratic Party endorsed on September 1; Eric Hafner, a registered Democrat serving a federal prison sentence in New York; and Jim McDermott, a Libertarian who reached the ballot after four higher finishers withdrew. [23][24][46][56]
A note on the campaign’s superlatives. The campaign website says that “No other freshman member in the House, in the history of the United States, has passed more legislation or had legislation signed into law than Nick Begich.” His congressional office puts it more narrowly: six laws, “tying the record for the most bills sponsored by a freshman House member to become law according to CEL”, the Center for Effective Lawmaking. The center’s co-directors, introducing an interview with him, said that as of late August 2026 its data showed thirteen House passages and six laws, and that the six tie the mark set by Rick Renzi of Arizona in the 108th Congress for a freshman “in at least the last 50 years”. GovTrack’s records show six measures enacted in their own right, nine under its inclusive definition and fourteen House passages through September 14, 2026; the campaign’s comparison with every freshman in history reaches beyond what the center measured and was not measured for this review. [44][34][67][6][5]
Life & public service
From a software company to a third-try House victory and a first term measured in Alaska bills, the documented milestones show how his record was built.
Florida, Texas, Indiana
The Master’s Academy, 1995; Baylor University, B.B.A., 1999; Indiana University, M.B.A., 2002. [3]
An Assembly race
Ran for the Anchorage Assembly and lost to Amy Demboski, as the Anchorage Daily News later recounted. [48]
Boards and party posts
MTA board director 2016–2022; Alaska Republican Party finance co-chair 2017–2019; Alaska Policy Forum board president 2018–2021; co-chair of Alaskans for Don Young in 2020, per his pamphlet statement. [30]
Accomplishments, in the record
Legislative documents, roll calls and the Division of Elections’ tabulations establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the measure was another official’s initiative.
Six laws in their own right, fourteen House passages
Of the 41 measures Congress.gov counts Begich as sponsoring since January 3, 2025, six were enacted in their own right: H.R. 42, the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act, and H.R. 43, the Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act, both signed July 7, 2025; H.J.Res. 106 and H.J.Res. 131, Congressional Review Act disapprovals of Bureau of Land Management decisions for the Central Yukon region and the Coastal Plain, both signed December 11, 2025; H.R. 410, the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act, signed December 26, 2025; and H.R. 2815, the Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act, signed May 19, 2026. GovTrack’s count of nine enacted bills adds H.J.Res. 124, whose NPR-A disapproval became law as S.J.Res. 80 on December 5, 2025, and two bills, H.R. 5131 and H.R. 5694, that it counts under its rule crediting an enacted companion measure or provisions carried into other enacted laws; GovTrack’s own bill list shows H.R. 5131 as passed by the House and H.R. 5694 as reported from committee. [4][6][7][5]
Eight more had passed the House without becoming law by mid-September 2026, among them H.R. 41 for the five Southeast Alaska communities left out of the 1971 settlement, H.R. 3903, the Chugach land exchange, H.R. 3620, the Southcentral Foundation transfer, H.R. 6427, the Airport Regulatory Relief Act, and H.R. 6021, whose passage on September 14, 2026 the office counted as the “14th Begich-sponsored bill to pass the House during his freshman term”. The first two laws were not his ideas alone: the Alaska Beacon reported that both were inherited from Representative Peltola and reintroduced on the first day of the Congress, and Begich said then, “We’re the first freshman office to get a bill passed. So that was really exciting”. Among the twenty-three measures still at introduction are H.R. 2032, the BITCOIN Act of 2025, introduced March 11, 2025, and H.R. 7760, the Protect Future Dividends Act, introduced March 3, 2026. [6][34][59]
Settlement lands, veterans’ allotments and Cape Fox
H.R. 43 passed the House 412–1 on February 4, 2025; the Beacon described it as ending a requirement that village corporations hold land in federal trust, unused, against the creation of new village corporations, something that had not happened in more than three decades, and H.R. 42 as providing that certain income does not count against the federal benefit eligibility limit for Alaska Natives who are aged, blind or disabled. Both were signed on July 7, 2025. H.R. 410, giving Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans more time to apply for land allotments, was signed December 26, 2025. [9][59][6]
H.R. 2815 authorizes Cape Fox Corporation to select about 180 acres of federal land in the Tongass National Forest outside its original boundary to complete an entitlement under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act; it was signed May 19, 2026, and the corporation’s board president said, “After nearly 20 years of pursuing a legislative solution, Cape Fox has finally completed its ANCSA land entitlement.” H.R. 41, which would let the Native communities of Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee and Wrangell form urban corporations with land entitlements, passed the House on June 2, 2026 and awaits the Senate; the campaign notes the idea had been introduced in ten previous Congresses without passing the House. [35][36][44]
Three Congressional Review Act resolutions
Begich sponsored the House resolutions disapproving three Bureau of Land Management records of decision for Alaska. H.J.Res. 106, on the Central Yukon resource management plan, passed the House 215–210 on September 3, 2025; H.J.Res. 131, on the Coastal Plain oil and gas leasing program, passed 217–209 on November 18, 2025; both were signed December 11, 2025. H.J.Res. 124, on the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska integrated activity plan, was overtaken by the Senate’s S.J.Res. 80, signed December 5, 2025. The resolutions are the record; the lease sales and permits that followed belong to the agencies. [8][6][7]
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act and Alaska’s share
Begich voted Yea on H.R. 1 at House passage on May 22, 2025, 215–214, and Aye on the motion to concur in the Senate amendment on July 3, 2025, 218–214. His statement that day said the law was “mandating lease sales of at least 1.6 million acres in ANWR, 20 million acres in NPR-A, and at least 6 million acres in Cook Inlet, growing Alaska’s royalties on these lands by 40 percent”, and that it carried the largest investment in the Coast Guard’s history, with 16 new icebreakers. The campaign describes the same provision as raising the state’s share of new federal resource revenue from 50 percent to 70 percent. The enrolled law, Public Law 119-21, bears that out with a timing caveat: section 50104 pays Alaska 50 percent of Coastal Plain bonus, rental and royalty receipts for fiscal years 2025 through 2033 and 70 percent from fiscal year 2034, and sections 50102 and 50105 pay the state 70 percent, beginning in fiscal year 2034, of receipts from the Cook Inlet sales the law orders and from National Petroleum Reserve leases issued after enactment. The law also requires at least four Coastal Plain lease sales of at least 400,000 acres each, five National Petroleum Reserve sales of at least 4,000,000 acres each and six Cook Inlet sales of at least 1,000,000 acres each, the acreages behind his statement. Governor Dunleavy, as quoted by Alaska’s News Source, said the bill put “up to 90% of Cook Inlet and ANWR oil revenues” back to the state; that figure is not in the enacted text. [11][12][33][44][62][60]
The first lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve since 2019, held March 18, 2026, drew $163.7 million in high bids on 187 tracts from eleven companies, a record for the reserve, the Anchorage Daily News reported. The campaign says the sale “would not have happened without a Republican-led Congress willing to stand with Nick in support of Alaska”; that is a campaign characterization of an agency sale. [49][44]
The tradeoff was argued in Alaska. Asked about the law’s Medicaid provisions, Begich told CNN, as Alaska’s News Source reported, “This has really been designed to isolate the very small population of folks who are leveraging the system, able to work, but are choosing actively not to”; Senator Murkowski, who voted for the bill, said the potential loss of Medicaid coverage and SNAP benefits by Alaskans was what she worried about most, and the Alaska Food Bank’s chief executive called the cuts damaging. The votes are the record; the effect on Alaska enrollment was not measured for this review. [60]
The defining roll calls
Begich voted for Mike Johnson for Speaker on January 3, 2025, Yea on the Laken Riley Act on January 7, 2025 (264–159) and on its Senate version, Yea on the HALT Fentanyl Act on February 6, 2025 (312–108) and on June 12, 2025 (321–104), Yea on the SAVE Act on April 10, 2025 (220–208) and on S. 1383 on February 11, 2026 (218–213), Yea on the Rescissions Act on June 12, 2025 (214–212), and Yea on every appropriations bill and continuing resolution that came to a passage vote from March 11, 2025 to September 1, 2026, including H.R. 5371 on September 19, 2025 (217–212) and again on November 12, 2025 (222–209). [9][8][20]
He voted Aye on the Epstein Files Transparency Act on November 18, 2025 (427–1), telling Alaska Public Media he would have voted yes even had the President still been urging Republicans to vote no, because “A lot of money has gone in to investigate these crimes, and I think the people deserve to know what’s there.” He voted Nay on H.R. 1834, the three-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies, on January 8, 2026 (230–196), Nay on the Protect America’s Workforce Act on December 11, 2025 (231–195), Yea on the PERMIT Act, the SPEED Act and the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act in December 2025, Yea on the Farm, Food, and National Security Act on April 30, 2026 (224–200), Yea on the National Defense Authorization Acts for 2026 and 2027, Yea on the Stop Insider Trading Act on July 22, 2026 (232–198), Yea on the balanced-budget amendment of March 18, 2026, which fell short of two-thirds at 211–207, and Yea on tabling three resolutions to impeach President Trump. He voted Nay on S. 4465, the April 30, 2026 extension of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act’s Title VII authorities, which passed 261–111; Nay on H.J.Res. 72, the February 11, 2026 joint resolution relating to the national emergency the President declared on February 1, 2025, which passed 219–211; Yea on the GENIUS Act (308–122) and the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act (294–134) on July 17, 2025; and Yea on the September 2, 2026 constitutional amendment to fix the Supreme Court at nine justices, which failed 212–206. [13][51][14][21][22][8]
Attendance, ideology and the ratings, measured
Begich missed 6 of 676 roll-call votes from January 2025 to September 2026, 0.9 percent, against a median of 2.1 percent for sitting representatives. Two of the misses were the January 3, 2025 votes on the House rules package, H.Res. 5, which passed 215–209 with him recorded as not voting and which he told Alaska Public Media that day he supported for raising the threshold for a motion to vacate the Speaker to nine members; the third came on March 5, 2025. Voteview’s DW-NOMINATE score places him at 0.59 on the conservative–liberal dimension, tied for 84th of the 227 House Republicans with scores in the 119th Congress, whose median is 0.53; the ranking was computed from the published file for this profile. Bridge Grades, an independent scorecard, gives him 55.2 and a B as of August 31, 2026. [5][9][65][66][10][42]
Heritage Action scores him 92 percent for the 119th Congress and 92 percent lifetime. The Club for Growth’s scorecard, keyed to the same Bioguide identifier the Clerk uses, gives him 100 for 2025, a lifetime 100 and a rank of 1, with its Defender of Economic Freedom designation. SBA Pro-Life America grades him A+, the NRA Political Victory Fund A+ for 2026, and Americans for Tax Reform lists him as a signer of the Taxpayer Protection Pledge. These are advocacy ratings, not government records. [37][38][39][40][41]
Natural Resources, Transportation, Science and the Western Caucus
His office lists seats on the Committee on Natural Resources, where he is vice chair of the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources and sits on Oversight and Investigations; on Transportation and Infrastructure, with the Aviation, the Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, and the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation subcommittees; and on Science, Space and Technology, with its Oversight and Investigations, Energy and Environment subcommittees. His office announced on February 26, 2025 that he had also been named vice chair of the Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee, a title the committees page omits and the campaign repeats. The Congressional Western Caucus lists him as its executive vice chair, and his office lists him as a vice chair of the Native American Caucus and a member of the Republican Study Committee and of the Rural Health, A.I., Greenland, Golden Dome, Real Estate, DOGE, Pacific Islands, Croatian, Crypto, EMS and Ferry caucuses. [2][61][43][32]
Before Congress: Ford, FarShore and the boards
The record of his business career is his own statement in the 2024 official election pamphlet, filed with the Division of Elections: product marketing manager and technology manager at Ford Motor Company, 2002 to 2004; founder and executive chairman of FarShore Partners, 2006 to 2024; founder and managing partner of Dashfire; director of Matanuska Telecom Association, 2016 to 2022, and president of the MTA Foundation board, 2017 to 2021. His official biography adds that he has served as a startup coach and mentor. Alaska Public Media reported in 2024 that FarShore, a software development company, had many or most of its workers overseas, which became a line of attack in that campaign. Corporate filings and financial disclosures were not part of this review. [30][1][53]
Family & community
His official biography says he was born in Anchorage, raised by his maternal grandparents and lives in Chugiak with his wife, Dharna, and their son, Nicholas, raising him on the values it names as “self-reliance, honesty, and a deep-seated love for this land and its people”. His 2024 pamphlet statement gives twenty years in Alaska, Anchorage from 2004 to 2011 and Chugiak since 2011, and lists fishing, hunting, travel and basketball among his interests. [1][30]
The Biographical Directory records him as the grandson of Nicholas Joseph Begich, who won the seat in 1970 and disappeared on a 1972 flight, and the nephew of Mark Begich, a former U.S. senator, as the Anchorage Daily News has recounted; another uncle, Tom Begich, ran for governor as a Democrat in 2026 and ended his campaign before the general election. Alaska Public Media summarized the situation on primary night: “Begich is a Republican in an extended family of prominent Democrats.” His pamphlet statement lists memberships in the National Rifle Association, Safari Club International, the Loyal Order of Moose and the American Legion, and board service for the MTA Foundation. [3][48][54][46][30]
Neither his official House biography nor his campaign biography states a religious affiliation. His 2024 pamphlet statement lists “ACF Church” among his service-organization memberships alongside the NRA, Safari Club International, the Loyal Order of Moose and the American Legion; this profile records that listing as the candidate supplied it and makes no claim beyond it. [1][43][30]
Mission & priorities
“We have delivered for Alaska, putting us on a path to self-determination and generational success.” {43}
The following summarizes the agenda on Begich’s campaign website, under the banner “Building a Better Alaska for All Alaskans”, and in his office’s statements. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [44][43]
01Lowering costs for Alaska families
“Nick is fighting to bring costs down by attacking the problem at its source: energy, transportation, infrastructure, taxes, and federal red tape.” The campaign says he “helped pass major tax relief for working Alaskans”, naming no tax on tips or overtime and relief for seniors and small businesses, provisions of the 2025 reconciliation law; the record is a Yea on May 22, 2025 and an Aye on July 3, 2025, votes on a bill written by the committees and the leadership rather than by him. [44][11][12]
02Unlocking Alaska’s resources
“Nick also secured the best ever long-term deal for Alaska by increasing the state’s share of major new federal resource revenues from 50 percent to 70 percent.” The record shows the reconciliation votes and the enacted schedule, 50 percent through fiscal 2033 and 70 percent from fiscal 2034, the three Congressional Review Act resolutions he sponsored, and Yea votes on the PERMIT Act (221–205), the SPEED Act (221–196) and the Mining Regulatory Clarity Act (219–198) in December 2025; the campaign lists North Slope gas and permitting as the next fights. [44][62][6][8]
03Building the infrastructure Alaska needs
The campaign says he “secured House passage of the Airport Regulatory Relief Act to cut red tape for small and rural airports and lower the cost of critical airfield improvements.” H.R. 6427 passed the House on March 24, 2026 and has not passed the Senate; he voted Yea on the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2025 (399–12) and sponsored the Air Traffic Situational Awareness Enhancement Act, H.R. 8597, which was reported from committee on September 15, 2026. [44][6][8]
04Securing the border and stopping fentanyl
The campaign says he co-sponsored the HALT Fentanyl Act and “voted to secure the border at the source and stop the flow of this poison into our state.” He voted Yea on the HALT Fentanyl Act on February 6, 2025 (312–108) and on the Senate bill on June 12, 2025 (321–104) and Yea on the Laken Riley Act (264–159); his statement on the reconciliation law said it “secures the border with over $100 billion for the wall and enforcement capabilities”. [44][9][8][20][33]
05Standing up for Alaska Native communities and veterans
The campaign says that “His first two bills, the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act and the Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act, were signed into law by President Trump after being introduced on his first day in office.” The record agrees, with the caveat that both bills were inherited from Representative Peltola. H.R. 410 for Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans is law; H.R. 41, H.R. 3903 and H.R. 3620 have passed the House. The Veterans’ ACCESS Act and the Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act the campaign cites are bills he cosponsored, not measures he sponsored. [44][6][59]
06Lowering health care costs
The campaign says he “helped advance the largest rural health investment in American history” and supported the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act; he voted Yea on that bill on December 17, 2025 (216–211), Yea on the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act (215–201) and Nay on the three-year extension of enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies on January 8, 2026 (230–196). The Youth Suicide Prevention Research Act the campaign says he introduced is H.R. 2630, sponsored by Representative Laura Gillen, a New York Democrat, with Begich as an original cosponsor at its introduction on April 3, 2025; it has not moved past introduction. The Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act, H.R. 3620, passed the House on December 15, 2025. [44][8][14][63][6][4]
07Working for coastal communities and fisheries
The campaign says he “supported the largest investment in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard, including 16 new icebreakers and major upgrades to Alaska ports and facilities”, co-led the FISH Act against illegal foreign fishing and joined the delegation on the Bycatch Reduction and Research Act. He sponsored H.R. 6939, the Bycatch Reduction and Research Act, on January 6, 2026, H.R. 9507, the FISH Act, on June 29, 2026, and H.R. 9953, the Bycatch Reduction Act, on July 27, 2026; none has moved past introduction. [44][6]
08Election integrity
He cosponsored and voted Yea on S. 1383, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, on February 11, 2026 (218–213), telling Alaska Public Media, “For years, there have been questions levied, on both sides of the aisle, about the integrity of elections”. He had voted Yea on the House version on April 10, 2025 (220–208). See the fuller record for the exchange on REAL ID. [52][8]
How to assess a proposal. A campaign plan states an intention. Enactment, implementation costs, replacement revenue, and measured results are separate questions. These priorities should be read alongside the legislative and voting history above.
The fuller record
A useful profile includes policy tradeoffs, the limits of a claim, and responses to material criticism.
A Republican in the Begich family, and endorsements that went elsewhere first
President Trump endorsed Sarah Palin against him in 2022 and Lieutenant Governor Nancy Dahlstrom in 2024, when, the Anchorage Daily News reported, he accused Begich of having “Democrat tendencies” and blamed him for the Republican loss of the seat; Trump endorsed Begich only after Dahlstrom finished third in the 2024 primary and withdrew. On May 8, 2025 Trump wrote on Truth Social, “Nick Begich has my Complete and Total Endorsement — HE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN!”, and Begich thanked him the same day. In 2021 he had described himself as “probably a little to the right of Don” Young. The endorsements establish political support; they are not evaluations of the record above. [47][48]
The 2024 attack ads: India, FarShore and EarthPulse
Representative Peltola’s 2024 advertisement made two claims: “First, he hired workers in India instead of Alaska to make himself rich.” Then: “Now we learn he cashed in with an online company that pushed phony medical devices to seniors.” The Peltola campaign told Alaska Public Media that the devices were sold on EarthPulse.com, a website his father, Nick Begich Sr., started in the late 1990s primarily to sell his own writings and which also sold electronic products. The father said the products were not medical devices and were not aimed at seniors: “We’ve never marketed anything for any specific group, seniors or otherwise.” He said his son was a passive investor; the outlet reported that the Alaska Division of Corporations lists the candidate as a director, secretary and treasurer of EarthPulse Press. Begich himself told the Alaska Beacon before a Kodiak debate that he held his share because he “wrote a check” to support his father and state law requires two board members, that he is a passive shareholder, and, asked whether he believes what the company’s books say, “no”. On FarShore, Alaska Public Media reported that he had never hidden that many or most of its workers were overseas; the campaign answered that “Nick has created hundreds of jobs in Alaska” and pointed to his Alaska investments. This profile makes no claim about his personal finances. [53][64]
The Freedom Caucus: a listing, an endorsement and a caucus page that omits it
GovTrack lists Begich as a member of the House Freedom Caucus, with its standard caveat that caucus data may be incomplete; his office’s own list of fourteen caucuses does not include it. The House Freedom Fund, the caucus’s political arm, endorsed him in May 2024, when he told Alaska Public Media that joining would depend on the caucus’s agenda: “Well, I think it really depends on the specific situation. But certainly there are times where it’s necessary for folks to take a principled stand.” He said then that he would have voted to keep Speaker Johnson in that week’s motion to vacate, and he voted for Johnson on January 3, 2025, when Alaska Public Media reported that “Freedom Caucus members supported Begich’s election” and that he backed the rules package raising the threshold for a motion to vacate. The Club for Growth gives him a score of 100 and a rank of 1 on its 2025 scorecard; his official biography records earlier work with the Club. [5][2][57][9][66][38][1]
Iran, Venezuela, Lebanon and Ukraine: the war-powers votes
Between December 17, 2025 and September 15, 2026 the House voted eleven times on concurrent resolutions to remove U.S. forces from hostilities: six on Iran, three on Venezuela and the Western Hemisphere, two on Lebanon. Begich voted Nay on all eleven, including the April 16, 2026 Iran resolution that failed 213–214, the May 14 tie at 212–212, the January 22 Venezuela tie at 215–215 and the three Iran resolutions that passed, on June 3 (215–208), July 23 (214–208) and September 15 (220–204). He voted Yea on the March 5, 2026 resolution reaffirming Iran as the largest state sponsor of terrorism and on the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act on September 16, 2026 (262–159). On Ukraine his record is mixed: Aye on the July 18, 2025 amendment to strike Ukraine assistance from the defense appropriation, which failed 76–353, No on the September 10, 2025 amendment to prohibit assistance to Ukraine (60–372), Aye on the July 21, 2026 amendment to bar funds for Ukraine security assistance other than embassy security (76–350), and Nay on the Ukraine Support Act on June 4, 2026, which passed 226–195. He voted No on the two amendments to strip Israel funding, on July 18, 2025 (6–422) and July 15, 2026 (104–314). The roll calls are the record; his reasoning was not on the pages reviewed. [8][15][16][17][18][19]
The SAVE Act interview
Explaining the citizenship requirement in February 2026, Begich told Alaska Public Media that “The REAL ID was acquired in a manner that is demonstrative of your citizenship status”; the outlet reported that his staff acknowledged afterward that the statement was incorrect, because, as it explained, “States issue REAL ID cards to noncitizens, such as green card holders, who are not allowed to vote.” A passport or birth certificate would be needed to register. His office’s follow-up said most Alaskans already possess such documents. Senator Murkowski called the bill federal overreach; Begich answered by reading the Elections Clause. [52]
The 2026 ballot: withdrawals, a prisoner and a Libertarian
The Democrat who led the field against him, Anchorage pastor Matt Schultz, suspended his campaign on July 17, 2026, endorsing Bill Hill and citing insufficient support from “too many institutions within the Democratic Party ecosystem”; his name stayed on the ballot and drew 13,149 votes, 8.1 percent, for third place. He formally withdrew before the August 31 deadline, as did the fifth-, sixth- and seventh-place finishers, so the eighth-place Libertarian, Jim McDermott, with 1.2 percent, took the fourth slot, and Eric Hafner, a registered Democrat serving a twenty-year federal sentence in New York, moved to third. The Alaska Democratic Party’s state central committee endorsed Hill, who describes himself as a Dena’ina Athabascan, a Bristol Bay fisherman and a former school superintendent, on September 1, stating of Hafner, “He does not and will not have the support of the Alaska Democratic Party.” The Anchorage Daily News reported unattributed text messages promoting Hafner before the primary, a PAC spending $463,000 to promote a Republican and McDermott, and that in 2024 the National Republican Congressional Committee had sought to boost Hafner to strengthen Begich; the NRCC did not answer whether it was behind the 2026 messages. The same report said Defend American Jobs, a pro-cryptocurrency group, had spent nearly $500,000 in late July on ads supporting Begich. Through July 29, 2026 Begich’s committee reported $5,470,446 in receipts and $3,119,158 on hand; Hill had raised about $1.3 million, and a PAC backing him had spent more than $2 million. [55][23][56][46][45][50][31][54]
Questions & answers
Who is Nick Begich?
Nick Begich’s public career runs from business to a single term in the U.S. House: a software entrepreneur from Alaska’s best-known Democratic family who lost two House races in 2022, unseated Mary Peltola in 2024 and put six Alaska measures into law in his first term. [3][48][6] Begich was born in Anchorage on October 21, 1977, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, which records him as the grandson of Nicholas Joseph Begich and the nephew of Mark Begich; the grandfather won Alaska’s House seat in 1970 and the uncle served in the U.S. Senate, both as Democrats, as the Anchorage Daily News has recounted. His official House biography says he was raised by his maternal grandparents and lives in Chugiak with his wife, Dharna, and their son, Nicholas; his statement in the 2024 official election pamphlet lists Anchorage as his home from 2004 to 2011 and Chugiak since then. [3][48][1][30]
What office is Nick Begich running for in 2026?
Who is Nick Begich running against?
In the August 18, 2026 open primary he finished first of fifteen candidates with 72,696 votes, 44.6 percent, and advances to the November 3 ranked-choice general election with Bill Hill, a nonpartisan candidate with 53,008 votes, 32.5 percent, whom the Alaska Democratic Party endorsed on September 1; Eric Hafner, a registered Democrat serving a federal prison sentence in New York; and Jim McDermott, a Libertarian who reached the ballot after four higher finishers withdrew. [23][24][46][56]
What are Nick Begich's stated priorities?
The following summarizes the agenda on Begich’s campaign website, under the banner “Building a Better Alaska for All Alaskans”, and in his office’s statements. These are proposed priorities, not completed accomplishments. [44][43] The campaign lists: Lowering costs for Alaska families; Unlocking Alaska’s resources; Building the infrastructure Alaska needs; Securing the border and stopping fentanyl; Standing up for Alaska Native communities and veterans; Lowering health care costs; Working for coastal communities and fisheries; Election integrity.
What does the public record show?
Legislative documents, roll calls and the Division of Elections’ tabulations establish the following work. Outcomes are described at the level those records support, with shared credit where the measure was another official’s initiative. Of the 41 measures Congress.gov counts Begich as sponsoring since January 3, 2025, six were enacted in their own right: H.R. 42, the Alaska Native Settlement Trust Eligibility Act, and H.R. 43, the Alaska Native Village Municipal Lands Restoration Act, both signed July 7, 2025; H.J.Res. 106 and H.J.Res. 131, Congressional Review Act disapprovals of Bureau of Land Management decisions for the Central Yukon region and the Coastal Plain, both signed December 11, 2025; H.R. 410, the Alaska Native Vietnam Era Veterans Land Allotment Extension Act, signed December 26, 2025; and H.R. 2815, the Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act, signed May 19, 2026. GovTrack’s count of nine enacted bills adds H.J.Res. 124, whose NPR-A disapproval became law as S.J.Res. 80 on December 5, 2025, and two bills, H.R. 5131 and H.R. 5694, that it counts under its rule crediting an enacted companion measure or provisions carried into other enacted laws; GovTrack’s own bill list shows H.R. 5131 as passed by the House and H.R. 5694 as reported from committee. [4][6][7][5]
How was this profile researched?
Reviewed September 17, 2026. This is a documented overview of publicly available biography, major actions and stated priorities, not an exhaustive vote-by-vote record; his recorded positions on all 676 House roll calls since January 2025 were read through GovTrack’s data and thirteen defining ones were checked against the Clerk’s tallies, which are cited. Percentages of the vote are those printed in the Division of Elections’ reports. Numerical claims retain their original meaning and attribution; historical sources do not imply current positions. Ballotpedia, the Congress.gov member page, OpenSecrets, the Alaska Beacon’s own site and the race-rating pages refused automated retrieval and are not cited; three Beacon stories are cited from their republication by Alaska Public Media, ICT and the Anchorage Daily News. Degree years come from the Biographical Directory. The revenue-sharing and lease-sale sections of the 2025 reconciliation law were read in the enrolled text; the rest of the law was not. Corporate filings, personal financial disclosures and campaign-finance filings after July 29, 2026 were not part of this review. An independent fact-check on September 17, 2026 verified every cited claim against the cached source text and added the sources numbered 61 to 67. Campaign pages and filings may change after this date.
Sources & methodology
Government records anchor the profile: the Clerk’s roll calls, the Alaska Division of Elections’ tabulations and candidate lists, the Biographical Directory, the enrolled text of the reconciliation law, the FEC’s filings summary and the member’s official statements. Independent analyses (GovTrack, Voteview, Bridge Grades, the Center for Effective Lawmaking) and advocacy ratings (Heritage Action, the Club for Growth, SBA Pro-Life America, the NRA’s political action committee, Americans for Tax Reform) are labeled as such; campaign materials, his own, his opponent’s and the parties’, are used for stated positions and claims.
- 01About | Representative Nick Begich (official House biography)begich.house.gov · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Official biography: born in Anchorage, raised by maternal grandparents, Chugiak, wife Dharna and son Nicholas, Baylor and Indiana degrees, Ford Motor Company, return to Alaska in 2004, Alaska Policy Forum, Club for Growth and MTA board work.Government record - 02Committees and Caucuses | Representative Nick Begichbegich.house.gov · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Committee and subcommittee assignments in the 119th Congress and the fourteen caucus memberships the office lists; no Freedom Caucus entry.Government record - 03BEGICH, Nicholas J., III — Biographical Directory entryOffice of the Historian, U.S. House of Representatives · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Born Anchorage, October 21, 1977; The Master’s Academy 1995; B.B.A. Baylor 1999; M.B.A. Indiana 2002; grandson of Nicholas Joseph Begich, nephew of Mark Begich; the two 2022 defeats and the 2024 election.Government record - 04Congress.gov member record, B001323Library of Congress (Congress.gov API) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Birth year 1977; one term from the 119th Congress; 41 sponsored and 204 cosponsored measures. Figures read through the Congress.gov API; the linked record is the same data the public member page shows.Government record - 05Rep. Nicholas Begich III — member page and missed-votes recordGovTrack.us · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Served since Jan. 3, 2025; Freedom Caucus listed with GovTrack’s caveat; nine enacted bills under its inclusive definition; 6 of 676 roll calls missed (0.9%) against a 2.1% median.Independent analysis or rating - 06Bills sponsored by Nicholas Begich, 2025–2026 (41 records)GovTrack.us (API) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Status and date of every sponsored measure: six signed (H.R. 42, H.R. 43, H.R. 410, H.R. 2815, H.J.Res. 106, H.J.Res. 131), eight passed the House, four reported, twenty-three introduced only.Independent analysis or rating - 07H.J.Res. 124 (119th Congress) — NPR-A Integrated Activity Plan disapprovalGovTrack.us · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Introduced Sept. 18, 2025 by Begich; “Enacted Via Other Measures” — S.J.Res. 80, signed Dec. 5, 2025.Independent analysis or rating - 08Roll-call positions of Nicholas Begich, March 2025 – September 2026 (600 records)GovTrack.us (API) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
His recorded position, the question and the tally for each vote: the SAVE Act, the CRA resolutions, the appropriations and continuing resolutions, the war-powers resolutions, the Ukraine and Israel amendments, the permitting and health bills.Independent analysis or rating - 09Roll-call positions of Nicholas Begich, January – March 2025 (76 records)GovTrack.us (API) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The Speaker election, the Laken Riley and HALT Fentanyl votes, H.R. 43 (412–1), the budget resolution and the three missed votes of Jan. 3 and Mar. 5, 2025.Independent analysis or rating - 10DW-NOMINATE member data, 119th Congress (H119_members.csv)Voteview (UCLA) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
First-dimension score 0.59; the rank among the 227 House Republicans with scores and the Republican median of 0.53 were computed from this file for this profile.Independent analysis or rating - 11Roll call 145, May 22, 2025 — H.R. 1, passageClerk of the U.S. House · May 22, 2025
Begich recorded Yea; passed 215–214.Government record - 12Roll call 190, July 3, 2025 — H.R. 1, motion to concur in the Senate amendmentClerk of the U.S. House · July 3, 2025
Begich recorded Aye; passed 218–214.Government record - 13Roll call 289, Nov. 18, 2025 — Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405)Clerk of the U.S. House · Nov. 18, 2025
Begich recorded Aye; passed 427–1.Government record - 14Roll call 11, Jan. 8, 2026 — H.R. 1834 (Breaking the Gridlock Act), enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidiesClerk of the U.S. House · Jan. 8, 2026
Begich recorded Nay; passed 230–196.Government record - 15Roll call 85, Mar. 5, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 38, Iran war-powers resolutionClerk of the U.S. House · Mar. 5, 2026
Begich recorded Nay; failed 212–219.Government record - 16Roll call 199, June 3, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 86, Iran war-powers resolutionClerk of the U.S. House · June 3, 2026
Begich recorded Nay; passed 215–208.Government record - 17Roll call 282, July 23, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 89, Iran war-powers resolutionClerk of the U.S. House · July 23, 2026
Begich recorded Nay; passed 214–208.Government record - 18Roll call 307, Sept. 15, 2026 — H.Con.Res. 93, Iran war-powers resolutionClerk of the U.S. House · Sept. 15, 2026
Begich recorded Nay; passed 220–204.Government record - 19Roll call 207, June 4, 2026 — Ukraine Support Act (H.R. 2913)Clerk of the U.S. House · June 4, 2026
Begich recorded Nay; passed 226–195.Government record - 20Roll call 6, Jan. 7, 2025 — Laken Riley Act (H.R. 29)Clerk of the U.S. House · Jan. 7, 2025
Begich recorded Yea; passed 264–159.Government record - 21Roll call 332, Dec. 11, 2025 — Protect America’s Workforce Act (H.R. 2550)Clerk of the U.S. House · Dec. 11, 2025
Begich recorded Nay; passed 231–195.Government record - 22Roll call 154, Apr. 30, 2026 — Farm, Food, and National Security Act (H.R. 7567)Clerk of the U.S. House · Apr. 30, 2026
Begich recorded Yea; passed 224–200.Government record - 232026 Primary Election, Election Summary Report — official resultsAlaska Division of Elections · Report dated Aug. 31, 2026
August 18, 2026 U.S. Representative: Begich 72,696 (44.62%); Hill 53,008 (32.53%); Schultz 13,149 (8.07%); Hafner 6,175 (3.79%); Williams 4,413; Strickland 3,681; Reynoso 2,928; McDermott 1,951 (1.20%); 162,932 votes; 166,992 voters of 601,906.Government record - 242026 General Election — certified candidatesAlaska Division of Elections · Page updated Sept. 2, 2026
U.S. Representative: Begich (Registered Republican, incumbent), Hafner (Registered Democrat), Hill (Nonpartisan), McDermott (Registered Libertarian); the Aug. 31, 2026 withdrawal deadline; the campaign’s address and e-mail.Government record - 252024 General Election, U.S. Representative — RCV Detailed ReportAlaska Division of Elections · Tabulated Nov. 30, 2024
Round 1: Begich 159,777 (48.49%), Peltola 152,948, Howe 13,210, Hafner 3,558; Round 3: Begich 164,861 (51.22%), Peltola 156,985 (48.78%).Government record - 262024 Primary Election, Election Summary Report — official resultsAlaska Division of Elections · Report dated Sept. 1, 2024
August 20, 2024: Peltola 55,166 (50.89%); Begich 28,803 (26.57%); Dahlstrom 21,574 (19.90%); Hafner 467.Government record - 272022 Special Primary Election, Election Summary Report — official resultsAlaska Division of Elections · Report dated June 24, 2022
June 11, 2022: Palin 43,601 (27.01%); Begich 30,861 (19.12%); Gross 20,392; Peltola 16,265; 161,428 votes.Government record - 282022 Special General Election, U.S. Representative — RCV TabulationAlaska Division of Elections · Tabulated Sept. 2, 2022
August 16, 2022: Round 1 Peltola 75,799, Palin 58,973, Begich 53,810 (28.53%), Begich eliminated; Round 2 Peltola 91,266 (51.48%), Palin 86,026.Government record - 292022 General Election, U.S. Representative — RCV Detailed ReportAlaska Division of Elections · Tabulated Nov. 30, 2022
November 8, 2022: Round 1 Peltola 128,755, Palin 68,330, Begich 62,505 (23.62%); Begich eliminated in Round 2; Round 3 Peltola 137,263 (54.96%), Palin 112,471.Government record - 30Official Election Pamphlet 2024 — candidate statement, Nick Begich (U.S. Representative)Alaska Division of Elections (statement supplied by the candidate) · June 24, 2024
Residence, family, education, business and board positions with years, party posts, memberships (NRA, Safari Club International, Loyal Order of Moose, American Legion, ACF Church) and the three-pillar position statement, as the candidate supplied them.Government record - 31BEGICH, NICHOLAS III — candidate overview, 2026 cycle (H2AK01083)Federal Election Commission · Coverage through July 29, 2026
Alaskans for Nick Begich: receipts $5,470,446.24, individual contributions $2,784,023.76, other committees $1,028,577.00, disbursements $2,455,618.51, cash on hand $3,119,157.79, debts $225,763.93; leadership PAC NB3 PAC.Government record - 32Caucus Membership | Congressional Western CaucusCongressional Western Caucus (westerncaucus.house.gov) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Executive committee: Rep. Nick Begich, Executive Vice Chair (AK-AL).Government record - 33Congressman Begich Statement of Final Passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill ActOffice of Rep. Nick Begich (press release) · July 3, 2025
His account of the law’s Alaska provisions: lease-sale acreage in ANWR, NPR-A and Cook Inlet, royalties up 40 percent, 16 icebreakers, timber, border and air-traffic funding.Government record - 34Congressman Begich Marks Historic Freshman Milestone with 14th Bill Passed by U.S. HouseOffice of Rep. Nick Begich (press release) · Sept. 14, 2026
H.R. 6021 as the fourteenth Begich-sponsored bill to pass the House; six laws described as tying the Center for Effective Lawmaking’s freshman record.Government record - 35Cape Fox Leadership Applauds Presidential Signing of Congressman Begich’s LegislationOffice of Rep. Nick Begich (press release) · May 20, 2026
H.R. 2815 signed May 19, 2026; about 180 acres in the Tongass; the Cape Fox board president’s statement.Government record - 36House Passes H.R. 41, Advancing Recognition for Five Southeast Alaska Native CommunitiesOffice of Rep. Nick Begich (press release) · June 2, 2026
House passage of H.R. 41 for Haines, Ketchikan, Petersburg, Tenakee and Wrangell; urban corporations and land entitlements under ANCSA; next step the Senate.Government record - 37Scorecard: Rep. Nick Begich, 119th CongressHeritage Action for America · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Session score 92%, lifetime 92%.Independent analysis or rating - 38Congressional Scorecard — Rep. Nick Begich (AK-00), legislator page B001323Club for Growth (clubforgrowth.org) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
2025 score 100, lifetime 100, rank 1, Defender of Economic Freedom 2025; keyed to the same Bioguide identifier the Clerk uses.Independent analysis or rating - 39House ScorecardSBA Pro-Life America · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Begich graded A+.Independent analysis or rating - 40Grades & Endorsements — Alaska 2026NRA Political Victory Fund · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
U.S. House at large: Nick Begich (incumbent, R) A+; Hafner, Hill and McDermott shown with a question mark, no grade.Independent analysis or rating - 41Taxpayer Protection Pledge databaseAmericans for Tax Reform · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Lists Nick Begich (AK-00, incumbent) as a pledge signer.Independent analysis or rating - 42Bridge Grades — 119th Congress, HouseBridge Grades · As of Aug. 31, 2026
Nicholas J. Begich (AK-00): 55.2, B, on its cross-party legislating scorecard.Independent analysis or rating - 43Nick Begich For Alaska (campaign home page: Meet Nick)Alaskans for Nick Begich (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Campaign biography, the committee and caucus roles as the campaign states them, and the mission sentence quoted in this profile. Self-descriptions.Campaign or advocacy material - 44Solutions | Nick for Alaska (campaign issues page)Alaskans for Nick Begich (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The campaign planks quoted in this profile: costs, resources and the 50-to-70-percent claim, infrastructure, border and fentanyl, Alaska Native communities, veterans, health care, coastal communities, and the freshman-record superlative. Proposals and claims, not record.Campaign or advocacy material - 45Home — Bill Hill for Alaskans (opponent’s campaign site)Bill Hill for Alaskans (campaign) · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
The opponent’s self-description: Dena’ina Athabascan, teacher, Bristol Bay fisherman, superintendent; platform headings.Campaign or advocacy material - 46Alaska Democrats Finalize Statewide Candidate EndorsementsAlaska Democratic Party (press release) · Sept. 1, 2026
State Central Committee endorsement of independent Bill Hill for U.S. House; the party’s statement that Hafner, serving a 20-year sentence in New York, will not have its support; the end of Tom Begich’s campaign for governor.Campaign or advocacy material - 47Trump endorses Alaska’s US Rep. Nick BegichAnchorage Daily News (Alex DeMarban) · May 9, 2025
The May 8, 2025 Truth Social post quoted in this profile; Trump’s 2022 endorsement of Palin and 2024 endorsement of Dahlstrom (“Democrat tendencies”), then of Begich after Dahlstrom withdrew.Independent reporting - 48Nick Begich, Republican son of Alaska’s leading Democratic family, will run for U.S. HouseAnchorage Daily News (James Brooks) · Oct. 23, 2021
The FEC filing of Oct. 22, 2021; the grandfather elected in 1970 who disappeared in 1972; his self-placement a little to the right of Don Young; the 2016 Assembly loss to Demboski.Independent reporting - 49Alaska petroleum reserve lease sale raises record $163.7MAnchorage Daily News (Alex DeMarban) · Mar. 18, 2026
The first NPR-A lease sale since 2019: $163.7 million in high bids, 430 bids, 187 tracts, eleven companies.Independent reporting - 50Shadowy group looks to boost New York felon in Alaska’s U.S. House raceAnchorage Daily News (Iris Samuels) · Aug. 15, 2026
Unattributed texts promoting Hafner; the NRCC’s 2024 effort to boost him; Cornerstone Founders PAC’s $463,000 for Strickland and McDermott; Wheel Dog PAC’s spending for Hill; Defend American Jobs for Begich.Independent reporting - 51Begich, like rest of U.S. House, votes to release Epstein filesAlaska Public Media (Liz Ruskin) · Nov. 18, 2025
His statement that he would have voted yes even against Trump’s urging; the transparency quotes; the Senate’s agreement by unanimous consent.Independent reporting - 52Alaska delegation split on bill requiring voters to prove citizenship at registrationAlaska Public Media (Liz Ruskin) · Feb. 13, 2026
The SAVE Act interview: his quotes on election integrity, the REAL ID statement his staff corrected, the office’s follow-up, Murkowski’s objection.Independent reporting - 53That ad claiming Begich ‘sold phony medical devices’? Here’s the backstory.Alaska Public Media (Liz Ruskin) · Oct. 10, 2024
The Peltola advertisement’s claims, EarthPulse and Nick Begich Sr.’s response, FarShore’s overseas workforce, and the campaign’s reply that he created hundreds of Alaska jobs.Independent reporting - 54Alaska Rep. Nick Begich leads 3 challengers in U.S. House primaryAlaska Public Media (Liz Ruskin) · Aug. 18, 2026
Primary-night standings; the Begich family; Hill’s $1.3 million and Begich’s $5.4 million through July; Hafner’s candidacy and the 2024 NRCC effort.Independent reporting - 55Matt Schultz suspends his campaign for U.S. House, endorses Bill HillAlaska Public Media (Liz Ruskin) · July 17, 2026
Schultz’s suspension and endorsement of Hill; his complaint about Democratic institutions; the fundraising standings; the top-four mechanics.Independent reporting - 56In Alaska’s U.S. House race, a Libertarian and a federal inmate advance after late withdrawalsAlaska Beacon (James Brooks), republished by Alaska Public Media · Sept. 1, 2026
The withdrawals of Schultz, Williams, Strickland and Reynoso before the Aug. 31 deadline; McDermott’s advance from eighth place; Hafner’s move to the third slot; the replacement rule.Independent reporting - 57Alaska U.S. House candidate Begich gets Freedom Fund endorsementAlaska Public Media (Liz Ruskin) · May 10, 2024
The House Freedom Fund endorsement; Begich on whether he would join the caucus; his statement that he would have voted to keep Speaker Johnson.Independent reporting - 58Alaska Congressman Don Young has diedAlaska Public Media (Liz Ruskin) · Mar. 18, 2022
Young’s death on March 18, 2022 at 88, in his 49th year in the seat, which opened the special election.Independent reporting - 59U.S. House passes two bills from Alaska Rep. Nick BegichAlaska Beacon (James Brooks), republished by ICT · Feb. 12, 2025
H.R. 42 and H.R. 43 passed the House; both inherited from Peltola; his remark that his was the first freshman office to get a bill passed; what each bill does.Independent reporting - 60‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passes Congress with Alaska delegation supportAlaska’s News Source (KTUU) · July 3, 2025
The 218–214 vote; Begich’s CNN remarks on the bill and on Medicaid; Governor Dunleavy’s “up to 90%” statement; Murkowski’s and the Alaska Food Bank’s concerns.Independent reporting - 61Congressman Nick Begich Named Vice Chair of House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous MaterialsOffice of Rep. Nick Begich (press release) · Feb. 26, 2025
The office's announcement of the second vice-chair post, which the committees page omits and the campaign repeats.Government record - 62Public Law 119-21 — An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14 (enrolled text)U.S. Government Publishing Office (govinfo) · July 4, 2025
Sections 50102, 50104 and 50105: the Cook Inlet, Coastal Plain and NPR-A lease-sale mandates and Alaska's revenue share, 50 percent through fiscal 2033 and 70 percent from fiscal 2034.Government record - 63H.R. 2630 (119th Congress), Youth Suicide Prevention Research Act — cosponsorsGovTrack.us · Accessed Sep. 17, 2026
Sponsor Rep. Laura Gillen (D-NY); Nicholas Begich listed as an original cosponsor; introduced April 3, 2025; status introduced.Independent analysis or rating - 64On U.S. House candidate’s disclosure form, successful investments and a conspiratorial publisherAlaska Beacon (James Brooks), republished by the Anchorage Daily News · Oct. 15, 2024
Begich's own account of his EarthPulse share and board seat, his father's statement that he was never an employee, and his 'no' on the company's books; the story's disclosure figures are not used in this profile.Independent reporting - 65Roll call 5, Jan. 3, 2025 — H.Res. 5, adopting the Rules of the House for the 119th CongressClerk of the U.S. House · Jan. 3, 2025
Begich recorded Not Voting; passed 215–209.Government record - 66Nick Begich III is sworn in as Alaska’s representative in the U.S. HouseAlaska Public Media (Liz Ruskin) · Jan. 3, 2025
His vote for Speaker Johnson, his stated support for the rules package and its nine-member motion-to-vacate threshold, and the report that Freedom Caucus members supported his election.Independent reporting - 67Discussing Effective Lawmaking with Alaska Congressman Nick Begich (Conversations with Lawmakers)Center for Effective Lawmaking (Vanderbilt University and University of Virginia) · Undated; interview recorded as of late August 2026
The center's count of thirteen House passages and six laws as of late August 2026, and its statement that six laws tie Rick Renzi's 108th-Congress record for a freshman in at least the last 50 years.Independent analysis or rating
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Scope & method. Reviewed September 17, 2026. This is a documented overview of publicly available biography, major actions and stated priorities, not an exhaustive vote-by-vote record; his recorded positions on all 676 House roll calls since January 2025 were read through GovTrack’s data and thirteen defining ones were checked against the Clerk’s tallies, which are cited. Percentages of the vote are those printed in the Division of Elections’ reports. Numerical claims retain their original meaning and attribution; historical sources do not imply current positions. Ballotpedia, the Congress.gov member page, OpenSecrets, the Alaska Beacon’s own site and the race-rating pages refused automated retrieval and are not cited; three Beacon stories are cited from their republication by Alaska Public Media, ICT and the Anchorage Daily News. Degree years come from the Biographical Directory. The revenue-sharing and lease-sale sections of the 2025 reconciliation law were read in the enrolled text; the rest of the law was not. Corporate filings, personal financial disclosures and campaign-finance filings after July 29, 2026 were not part of this review. An independent fact-check on September 17, 2026 verified every cited claim against the cached source text and added the sources numbered 61 to 67. Campaign pages and filings may change after this date.
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Where to find the candidate
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Voting in Alaska: official dates, deadlines and rules
The general election is Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The dates and rules below were read from the Alaska Division of Elections; the authority's own page, linked beside each one, is the final word.
Dates and deadlines
- Voter registration deadlineSunday, October 4, 2026 — deadline to register to vote or to update a registration for the general election. The Division of Elections' calendar lists its offices open for registration on Saturday, October 3, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Sunday, October 4, 2026, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Read from: elections.alaska.gov/calendar
- Registering or updating by mail with the absentee ballot application (postmarked or received by)October 4, 2026 — 30 days before Election Day. The Division states that when the absentee ballot application is also used to register to vote or to update voter information, it must be postmarked or received 30 days before Election Day. Its voter registration form says initial registration or registration changes must be made at least 30 days prior to an election. Read from: elections.alaska.gov/voter-information/absentee-and-early-voting
- Absentee by-mail ballots sentOctober 9, 2026 — the Division's target date for the first mailing of absentee by-mail ballots to civilian voters who did not request a remote advance ballot; its absentee page says ballots are mailed to voters approximately 25 days prior to Election Day. Ballots for active military members, their spouses and dependents, and U.S. citizens living overseas, and advance ballots for voters living, working or traveling in remote Alaska or traveling overseas, are mailed beginning 45 days prior; the calendar lists September 19, 2026 as the deadline to mail ballots for those requests received by that date. Read from: elections.alaska.gov/calendar
- Early voting and absentee in-person voting beginMonday, October 19, 2026 — absentee in-person, early, electronic transmission and special needs voting begin, 15 days prior to Election Day. Each location has different hours and district ballots available. Read from: elections.alaska.gov/calendar
- Early voting and absentee in-person voting endTuesday, November 3, 2026 — absentee in-person and early voting locations are open through Election Day. The Division's calendar lists its regional offices open for absentee and early voting on Saturday, October 24 and Saturday, October 31, 2026, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Sunday, October 25 and Sunday, November 1, 2026, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Read from: elections.alaska.gov/voter-information/absentee-and-early-voting
- Absentee by-mail ballot application deadline (received by)Saturday, October 24, 2026 — the Division of Elections must receive the absentee by-mail application by this date. Separate deadline for a ballot delivered by fax or online: that application must be received no later than 5:00pm Alaska Standard Time on Monday, November 2, 2026, the day before Election Day. Read from: elections.alaska.gov/calendar
- Absentee ballot return deadline (postmarked by / received by)By mail: postmarked on or before Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2026. The Division's calendar lists November 13, 2026 as the deadline to receive ballots mailed from within the United States and its territories, and November 18, 2026 for by-mail ballots mailed from overseas addresses. In person: the ballot must be returned to a voting location by 8:00pm on Election Day. By fax (for ballots delivered by fax or online): received on or before 8:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on Election Day. Read from: elections.alaska.gov/calendar
- Poll hours7:00am to 8:00pm on Election Day, Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Read from: elections.alaska.gov/election-polls
Rules to know
- What to bringThe Division of Elections' 2026 ballot measure pamphlet tells voters they must be prepared to show one form of identification at the polls: a voter ID card, driver's license, state ID card, current and valid photo ID card, passport, military ID card, birth certificate, or hunting or fishing license. Alternatively, a voter may use an original copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, other government document or tribal ID if it contains the voter's name and current address. A voter whose name does not appear on the precinct register, or who does not have identification, is required to vote a questioned ballot. The Division says the questioned ballot envelope asks for the voter's name, address, date of birth and at least one identifier, such as a Social Security number, Alaska state ID card or Alaska driver's license; a bipartisan review board then verifies that the person is qualified to vote, and a questioned ballot from a person who is not a registered voter is not counted. Read from: elections.alaska.gov/doc/bmp/2026/2026%20Alaska%20Primary%20BMP_ENG_web.pdf
- Voting by mail (absentee ballot)Alaska is a no-excuse absentee state: the Division of Elections says anyone can apply to vote absentee by mail, fax or online delivery. Apply with the online application (it requires a valid Alaska driver's license or state ID card) or send the paper application by mail, email or fax; the by-mail application must be received by October 24, 2026. Sign the return ballot envelope in front of a witness who is 18 or older and who also signs it, provide at least one identifier, and apply the postage shown on the instructions. A mailed ballot must be postmarked on or before Election Day; the Division recommends having the USPS postal clerk hand cancel it at the counter. A ballot returned in person must reach a voting location by 8:00pm on Election Day. Ballots delivered by fax or online may be requested from October 19, 2026 until 5:00pm Alaska Standard Time on November 2, 2026; they may be returned by mail or fax, and cannot be returned by email. Read from: elections.alaska.gov/voter-information/absentee-and-early-voting
- Voting early in personAbsentee in-person and early voting locations are open from 15 days before Election Day (October 19, 2026) through Election Day; each location has different hours and district ballots available. At a location marked as an Early Voting location, eligibility is determined at the time of voting by checking that the voter registration record is current and, if everything is correct, the voter inserts the ballot into the scanner. At an absentee in-person location, the voter completes an envelope with the voted ballot and drops it in a ballot box; the Absentee Review Board reviews it before it is counted. The Division's Early and Absentee In-Person Voting Locations page lists each location for the 2026 General Election with its address, hours and available ballots, and says locations designated as Early Voting have voting tablets and all other voting locations do not. Read from: elections.alaska.gov/voter-information/absentee-and-early-voting
- Check your registration and track your absentee ballotMy Voter Portal (myvoterportal.alaska.gov) is where the Division of Elections sends voters to check their voter registration status and their absentee ballot application and ballot status. The lookup asks for last name, first name and mailing city; the Division says to use the mailing city exactly as it was provided on the most recent voter registration application, and to contact the Division if the record is not found. Read from: elections.alaska.gov
- Voting rights after a felony convictionTo register, the Division of Elections says a person must not be a convicted felon involving moral turpitude, unless voting rights have been restored. A person convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, or on probation (parole) for that crime, is not eligible to register. A person who is no longer serving a sentence and has been unconditionally discharged from supervision by the Department of Corrections can register to vote in Alaska; the Division must receive proof of the unconditional discharge from the supervising entity. The Division publishes a list of felonies involving moral turpitude. Read from: elections.alaska.gov/voter-information
Read from: Election Calendar - Division of Elections · Homepage - Division of Elections · Absentee and Early Voting - Division of Elections · Voter Information - Division of Elections · Polling Place Locations - Division of Elections · State of Alaska Ballot Measure Pamphlet Primary Election August 18, 2026 — Rules and dates as of Sep 17, 2026
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