Nick Begich III first sought elected office in 2016 (losing an Anchorage Assembly race), co-chaired Don Young's 2020 re-election, and launched his first U.S. House campaign as a Republican in October 2021, initially challenging Young from the right prior to Young's death (Anchorage Daily News, Alaska's News Source).
In 2022, under Alaska's new open primary and ranked-choice voting system, Begich ran in both the special and general elections for U.S. House, finishing third each time behind Democrat Mary Peltola and former Republican Gov. Sarah Palin, despite backing from the Alaska Republican Party and numerous Republican leaders (Anchorage Daily News, Juneau Empire).
Begich and Palin split the GOP vote and publicly attacked each other during the 2022 elections, leading many Begich voters to either not rank Palin or to choose Peltola second, a dynamic widely credited with aiding Peltola's historic wins (Anchorage Daily News, Juneau Empire).
After two defeats to Peltola in 2022, Begich announced a second congressional run in July 2023 for the 2024 race, ultimately consolidating Republican support after primary rivals---including Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom---dropped out, and securing key GOP endorsements (Anchorage Daily News, Must Read Alaska).
In November 2024, Begich defeated Peltola in the general election, flipping Alaska's U.S. House seat back to Republican control via ranked-choice voting, though he underperformed compared to Trump's concurrent statewide results (Anchorage Daily News, NBC-2 KTUU).
Potential vulnerabilities highlighted by media and GOP critics included Begich's earlier election losses, risk of divided Republican vote, and issues around campaign strategy and resource management (Anchorage Daily News, Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman).
October 2021: Nick Begich III Announced Candidacy For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "Nick Begich III will run for Alaska's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives next year, seeking a job once held by his grandfather." [Anchorage Daily News, 10/23/21]
October 2021: Nick Begich III Filed Federal Election Commission Paperwork For House Campaign According to Anchorage Daily News, "On Friday, he filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission that allows him to begin fundraising for a campaign." [Anchorage Daily News, 10/23/21]
2021: Nick Begich III Filed Paperwork With FEC To Challenge Don Young According to Must Read Alaska, "Nick Begich III, the grandson of former Alaska Rep. Nicholas Begich, has filed the legal paperwork as a first step to challenging Congressman Don Young." [Must Read Alaska, 10/22/21]
2022: Nick Begich Advanced To Alaska House General Election According to USA Today, "Begich will advance to November's general election for a full term representing Alaska's at-large congressional district." [USA Today, 8/29/22]
Nick Begich Held Third Place In Preliminary Special Election Results In August 2022 According to USA Today, "In a new batch of returns issued Friday, Begich is in third place at 27.8%, following former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who is at 30.9%, and Democrat Mary Peltola leading at 39.6%, Anchorage Daily News reports." [USA Today, 8/29/22]
2021: Nick Begich Formally Announced Campaign For U.S. House On October 28 According to Alaska Public Media, "Nick Begich III formally announces his campaign for Alaska's sole U.S. House seat on Oct. 28, 2021 at the Windbreak Cafe in Wasilla." [Alaska Daily News, 6/8/22]
2021: Nick Begich III Announced Candidacy For U.S. House Seat Before Don Young's Death According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich is one of a handful who announced bids for the seat before Young's death." [Anchorage Daily News, 4/22/22]
October 2021: Nick Begich Had Formally Declared Congressional Candidacy By October According to Must Read Alaska, "Palin announced she is running for Congress on April 1, six months after Nick Begich had formally declared." [Must Read Alaska, 4/22/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Was Candidate In Both The Special And Full-Term U.S. House Races According to Alaska Public Media, "Begich is now one of 16 Republicans running in the special election to serve the remainder of Young's term and is also a candidate in the race for full term that begins in January." [Alaska Public Media, 4/22/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Ran For Alaska's At-Large U.S. House Seat As A Republican According to Wikipedia, "Nick Begich III, Alaska Policy Forum board member, grandson of former U.S. Representative Nick Begich, and nephew of former U.S. Senator Mark Begich and Alaska Senate Minority Leader Tom Begich," advanced to the general election as a Republican candidate. [Wikipedia, 2/7/23]
2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In The First Round Of Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Wikipedia, "First round: Mary Peltola 48.8%, Sarah Palin 25.7%, Nick Begich III 23.3%." [Wikipedia, 2/7/23]
2022: Nick Begich III Lost Twice To Mary Peltola In U.S. House Races According to Anchorage Daily News, "Nick Begich III, a businessman who lost twice to Peltola in 2022." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/11/24]
2022: Nick Begich Lost Twice To Mary Peltola In U.S. House Races According to Anchorage Daily News, "In second with 26% was Republican challenger Nick Begich III, a businessman who lost twice to Peltola in 2022." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/11/24]
2022: Nick Begich III Lost Twice To Mary Peltola In U.S. House Races According to Anchorage Daily News, "Nick Begich III [ ... ] came in second to Peltola with 26% after losing to her twice in 2022." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 9/12/24]
2022: Nick Begich Lost Twice To Mary Peltola According to Anchorage Daily News, "Republican challenger Nick Begich III, who came in second to Peltola with 26% after losing to her twice in 2022." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/12/24]
2022: Begich Lost U.S. House Races To Peltola In Both Special And General Elections According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Peltola twice defeated Begich in 2022 both in the special election to replace Young and in the subsequent general election." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 9/13/24]
2022: Anchorage Daily News Reported That Peltola Twice Defeated Begich In U.S. House Elections According to Anchorage Daily News, "Peltola twice defeated Begich in 2022---both in the special election to replace Young and in the subsequent general election." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/13/24]
2022: Begich Twice Lost To Peltola In Races Also Featuring Palin According to Anchorage Daily News, "In 2022, Begich twice lost to Peltola in races that also featured Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin. Palin and Begich had repeatedly criticized each other and Alaska's voting system, which includes nonpartisan primaries and ranked choice general elections." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/18/24]
2022: Nick Begich Lost Twice To Mary Peltola In Alaska's U.S. House Races According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Peltola twice defeated Begich in 2022 - both in the special election to replace Young and in the subsequent general election." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 9/19/24]
Begich Lost To Peltola Twice In 2022 U.S. House Races According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "In 2022, Begich twice lost to Peltola in races that also featured Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin. Palin and Begich had repeatedly criticized each other and Alaska's voting system, which includes nonpartisan primaries and ranked choice general elections." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 9/26/24]
2022: Nick Begich Also Ran For U.S. House Seat Against Peltola According to Arctic Sounder, "Peltola's challengers this year include Begich, who also ran two years ago [...]" [Arctic Sounder, 10/3/24]
August 2022: Begich Placed Third In Kodiak City During Four-Way U.S. House Race According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "In 2022's four-way U.S. House race, Peltola won just under 50% of the vote within Kodi [sic] city and its suburbs. Begich was third in the city, behind fellow Republican candidate Sarah Palin." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 10/9/24]
2022: Begich Placed Third In Kodiak's U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire (Alaska), 'In 2022's four-way U.S. House race, Peltola won just under 50% of the vote within Kodiak city and its suburbs. Begich was third in the city, behind fellow Republican candidate Sarah Palin.' [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 10/9/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Placed Third In Kodiak City In Previous U.S. House Primary Race According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "In 2022's four-way U.S. House race, Peltola won just under 50% of the vote within Kodiak city and its suburbs. Begich was third in the city, behind fellow Republican candidate Sarah Palin." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 10/10/24]
Begich Ran For U.S. House Against Mary Peltola In 2022 And 2024 According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, 'Begich III is challenging incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola in this year's election. [...] Begich III previously challenged Peltola in 2022, and his tie to Earthpulse was addressed in that campaign as well, but it has come under increased scrutiny and attack in his current campaign.' [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 10/15/24]
2022: Begich Lost To Peltola In Special Election For Alaska House Seat According to Juneau Empire, "Peltola won the state's lone House seat in a special election in 2022 after the sudden death of Don Young, a Republican who had held it for a half-century. She beat Begich and Sarah Palin to become the first Democrat elected to represent Alaska in the House since 1972, as well as the first Alaska Native woman elected to Congress." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 10/15/24]
2022: Anchorage Daily News Reported Begich Previously Ran Unsuccessfully Against Peltola For U.S. House According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich a businessman who unsuccessfully ran against Peltola in 2022 [...]" [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 10/16/24]
2022: Nick Begich III Previously Challenged Mary Peltola For U.S. House According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Begich III previously challenged Peltola in 2022, and his tie to Earthpulse was addressed in that campaign as well, but it has come under increased scrutiny and attack in his current campaign." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 10/17/24]
2021: Nick Begich Announced Congressional Campaign Challenging Don Young According to an opinion piece in Juneau Empire, "Back in October 2021 he announced he was challenging Rep. Don Young who had been in office since 1973. 'I would say I'm probably a little to the right of Don,' Begich said, 'but at the end of the day it's conservative principles that I hold.'" [Juneau Empire Opinion - Juneau Empire, 10/24/24]
2022: Begich Lost Alaska House Race After Placing Third According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "The Republican candidate ran for the seat in 2022 but lost after he finished third in a race that included Peltola and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who also ran on the Republican platform." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 11/17/24]
2022: Nick Begich Lost Alaska U.S. House Race After Finishing Third According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "The Republican candidate ran for the seat in 2022 but lost after he finished third in a race that included Peltola and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who also ran on the Republican platform." [Kodiak Daily Mirror, 11/17/24]
2022: Anchorage Daily News Reported Begich Announced Run Against Don Young According to Anchorage Daily News, "in 2022 announced that he planned to run against him, criticizing Young's willingness to work on bipartisan legislation and his adherence to coronavirus mitigation steps like mask-wearing shortly before Young's death." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/21/24]
2022: Anchorage Daily News Reported Begich Finished Third In Congressional Run According to Anchorage Daily News, "This marks Begich's first time winning elected office. He first ran for Congress in 2022, finishing third behind both Peltola and Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/21/24]
2022: Nick Begich III Announced Bid Against Don Young For U.S. House According to Anchorage Daily News, "In 2022, Begich announced he would run against Young, positioning himself to the right of Young, who died unexpectedly several months after Begich entered the race." [Anchorage Daily News, 1/3/25]
Begich Announced 2022 Campaign To Run Against Don Young According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "In 2022, Begich announced he would run against Young, positioning himself to the right of Young, who died unexpectedly several months after Begich entered the race." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 1/3/25]
2022: Nick Begich III Announced Candidacy Against Don Young For U.S. House According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "In 2022, Begich announced he would run against Young, positioning himself to the right of Young who died unexpectedly several months after Begich entered the race." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 1/9/25]
October 2021: Nick Begich III Announced Candidacy For U.S. House Of Representatives According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich III will run for Alaska's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives next year, seeking a job once held by his grandfather. On Friday, he filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission that allows him to begin fundraising for a campaign." [Alaska Dispatch News, 10/22/21]
2021: Nicholas Begich III Filed To Challenge Don Young In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Peninsula Clarion, "Nicholas Begich III has filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission to challenge U.S. Rep. Don Young's hold on the state's sole seat in the U.S. House." [Peninsula Clarion, 10/25/21]
2021: Nicholas Begich III Filed To Run For Alaska's U.S. House Seat As Republican According to Juneau Empire (Alaska), "Nicholas Begich III, grandson of former U.S. Rep. Nick Begich, D-Alaska, has filed to run as a Republican for Alaska's only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, challenging longtime incumbent Republican Rep. Don Young." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 10/25/21]
2021: Alaskans For Nick Begich Filed Candidacy For 2022 General Election According to Juneau Empire (Alaska), "According to the Federal Elections Commission, a group called Alaskans for Nick Begich filed to run in the 2022 general election as a Republican." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 10/25/21]
October 2021: Nicholas Begich III Announced Candidacy For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Peninsula Clarion, "Nicholas Begich III on Thursday kicked off his campaign for Alaska's lone seat in the U.S. House against the longest-serving Republican in that chamber, saying Alaska needs new energy." [Peninsula Clarion, 10/28/21]
October 2021: Begich Stated Need For Generational Change In Representation According to Peninsula Clarion, "he said there needs to be generational change as he challenges fellow Republican Don Young, 88, for the seat that Young has occupied for most of the time that Alaska has been a state." [Peninsula Clarion, 10/28/21]
October 2021: Begich Emphasized Focus On Alaska Over Opponent Don Young According to Peninsula Clarion, "'This race is not about Don Young,' Begich told The Associated Press in an interview after the announcement. 'This is about the state of Alaska, and the state of Alaska needs new energy. The state of Alaska needs new ideas, and we've got to have a representative that can be there, that is prepared to show up for the job and advance those new ideas on behalf of the people of this great state,' he said." [Peninsula Clarion, 10/28/21]
2021: Nick Begich III Announced Challenge To Rep. Don Young In Republican Primary According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Nick Begich III, whose grandfather once held Alaska's only U.S. House seat, is challenging long-time incumbent Rep. Don Young in the 2022 Republican primary." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 11/1/21]
2021: Nick Begich III Announced Candidacy For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Juneau Empire, "Congressional candidate Nick Begich III said he hopes to bring back a fiscal conservatism that's been missing from Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska's nearly five decades in office. In an interview with the Empire Wednesday, Begich said he would bring revitalized energy to Alaska's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives." [Juneau Empire, 12/1/21]
2021: Nick Begich III Joined Crowded Republican Field For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Juneau Empire, "Begich joins an already crowded field for Young's seat and is one of several Republicans. According to federal and state election filings, Young and Begich are joined in the race by Republican candidates Randy Purham, Gregg Brelsford and Shannon Scott Evans and Libertarian Chris Bye. No Democratic candidates have yet filed." [Juneau Empire, 12/1/21]
2021: Nick Begich III Launched Campaign for U.S. House Seat According to an opinion piece in Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich III greets supporters, including Ryan McKee, left, chair of the Mat-Su Young Republicans, and Alaska Dept. of Health and Social Services Commissioner Adam Crum, right, during an event where he formally announced his campaign for Alaska's sole U.S. House seat, on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 at the Windbreak Cafe in Wasilla. Begich's grandfather, Nick Begich, once held the seat, now occupied by Don Young." [Alaska Dispatch News - Alaska Dispatch News, 12/4/21]
2021: Fritz Pettyjohn Asserted Nick Begich III Sought To Represent Alaska In Congress According to an opinion piece by Fritz Pettyjohn in Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Nick Begich III seeks to represent Alaska in Congress, as his grandfather did from 1970 to 1972. Even though young Nick is a conservative Republican businessman, he is suspect in the eyes of many Republicans because of the politics of his uncles Mark and Tom." [Fritz Pettyjohn - Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 12/9/21]
2022: Begich Announced Congressional Campaign Against Young According to Peninsula Clarion, "The 44-year-old Republican is running against Congressman Don Young for Alaska's lone House of Representatives seat." [Peninsula Clarion, 1/12/22]
2022: Begich Scheduled Campaign Event In Homer With District 6 Republicans According to Peninsula Clarion, 'Begich will be in Homer to talk with voters next week. The event is hosted by the District 6 Republicans and will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Land's End Resort on Jan. 19.' [Peninsula Clarion, 1/12/22]
2022: Nick Begich Ran As A Republican, Stated Position 'A Little To The Right' Of Don Young According to Alaska Dispatch News, "While his grandfather was a Democrat, Begich is running as a Republican 'a little to the right' of Young, Begich has said." [Alaska Dispatch News, 2/1/22]
2022: Republican Nick Begich III Emerged As Highest-Profile Challenger To Don Young For U.S. House Seat According to Juneau Empire, "Republican Nick Begich III has been the highest-profile contender to announce plans to challenge Young." [Juneau Empire, 2/17/22]
Nick Begich III Entered 2022 U.S. House Race Against Don Young According to Alaska Dispatch News, "he began actively thinking about it after Nick Begich III, Young's most prominent Republican opponent, entered the race." [Alaska Dispatch News, 2/17/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Challenged Don Young For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "In 2022, he faced an early challenge by Begich's grandson, Nick Begich III." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 3/18/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Challenged Don Young For Congress According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "In 2022, he faced an early challenge by Begich's grandson, Nick Begich III." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 3/18/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Ran As A Leading Republican Opponent To Don Young According to Alaska Dispatch News, "His [Don Young's] leading Republican opponent was one of Begich's grandsons, Nick Begich III." [Alaska Dispatch News, 3/19/22]
March 2022: Nick Begich Announced Candidacy For Both Alaska Special And Regular U.S. House Elections According to Peninsula Clarion, "Republican Nick Begich and Democrat Christopher Constant plan to run in both races. Begich's campaign manager, Truman Reed, confirmed Begich's plans." [Peninsula Clarion, 3/21/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Was The Only Republican Entered In The Race To Replace Don Young According to Anchorage Press, "on the Republican side where the only candidate entered to run is Nick Begich III, grandson of Nick Begich Sr., whose death in a 1972 plane crash opened the door to Young's tenure as Alaska's lone House member, the prospect list is extensive." [Anchorage Press, 3/21/22]
March 2022: Nick Begich Announced Plans To Run For Both Alaska House Special And Regular Elections According to Juneau Empire, "Republican Nick Begich and Democrat Christopher Constant plan to run in both races. Begich's campaign manager, Truman Reed, confirmed Begich's plans." [Juneau Empire, 3/21/22]
March 2022: Nick Begich III Stated Intent To Enter Special Election For Young's U.S. House Seat According to Alaska Dispatch News, 'In interviews, Constant and Nick Begich III, a Republican who announced his candidacy months ago, both said they plan to enter the upcoming special election, rather than focusing solely on the previously scheduled August primary and November general.' [Alaska Dispatch News, 3/22/22]
Nick Begich III Was Previously Declared Candidate For U.S. House Prior To Young's Death In 2022 According to Alaska Dispatch News, 'the field of U.S. House candidates, which also includes independent Gregg Brelsford, seemed mostly set through last week, though the official filing deadline is not until June 1.' [Alaska Dispatch News, 3/22/22]
Begich Announced Run For U.S. House Seat In 2022 According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich and Constant have already said they plan to run in both the special election to serve out Young's term and the regular primary and general elections for a full two-year term beginning in 2023." [Alaska Dispatch News, 3/26/22]
Begich Previously Filed To Challenge Young Ahead Of 2022 Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "In the meantime, Begich, the Republican who filed to challenge Young months ago, has been trying to consolidate GOP support." [Alaska Dispatch News, 3/26/22]
March 2022: Nick Begich III Filed For Alaska's U.S. House Special And Regular Elections According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Republican Nick Begich III also made official his bid, filing Wednesday to run for both the special and regular elections." [Alaska Dispatch News, 3/31/22]
October 2021: Nick Begich III Announced Candidacy For U.S. House Seat According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich first announced his candidacy five months ago, saying he would challenge Young from the right." [Alaska Dispatch News, 3/31/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Declared Candidacy To Challenge Don Young For Alaska's House Seat According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "the race for Alaska's sole seat in Congress was shaping up as a sleepy contest between long-serving incumbent Republican Don Young, conservative challenger Nick Begich III and a Democrat, Chris Constant." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 3/31/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Planned To Run In Both Special And Regular Elections For Alaska's House Seat According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich and Constant have already said they plan to run in both the special election to serve out Young's term and the regular primary and general elections for a full two-year term beginning in 2023." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 3/31/22]
2022: Nicholas Begich III Ran For Congress According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "He was running for reelection this year against a field that included one of Begich's grandsons, Republican Nicholas Begich III." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman (Wasilla, Alaska), 3/31/22]
April 2022: Nick Begich Ran For Alaska House Special Election According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Republican Nick Begich, whose grandfather held the same office 50 years ago," filed to run in the special election to finish Rep. Don Young's term in Congress. [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 4/2/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Ran For Alaska's Lone U.S. House Seat According to Alaska Dispatch News, "The list of candidates who had already announced runs before Young's death includes Republican businessman Nick Begich III, the grandson of Nick Begich Sr., who was elected to Alaska's lone congressional seat in 1970 but disappeared during a 1972 flight from Anchorage to Juneau. Begich Sr. was replaced by Young in 1973." [Alaska Dispatch News, 4/2/22]
2022: Nick Begich Listed Among Special Election Candidates According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Here is a full list of the candidates: [...] Nick Begich (R) [...]" [Alaska Dispatch News, 4/2/22]
2022: Win Gruening Described Nick Begich III as Leading Republican Contender for U.S. House Special Election According to an opinion piece by Win Gruening in Juneau Empire, "Nick Begich III, currently the leading Republican contender, will now compete in a special primary in June and a special general election in August to determine who will occupy the seat for the remainder of the term." [Win Gruening - Juneau Empire, 4/3/22]
2022: Nick Begich Ran For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "For Alaska voters, software developer Nick Begich, a self-described conservative, likely will have high name recognition. Begich, a Republican, is part of an Alaska political dynasty of Democrats." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 4/4/22]
2021: Nick Begich III Announced Candidacy For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich III, who announced his U.S. House bid months ago," and "Nick Begich III announces his campaign for Alaska's U.S. House seat, on Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 at the Windbreak Cafe in Wasilla." [Alaska Dispatch News, 4/7/22]
Nick Begich III Ran For U.S. House In Alaska's 2022 Special Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich III, who co-chaired Young's 2020 reelection campaign, is also in the running. Begich, a businessman and grandson of Alaska's former Democratic U.S. House member Nick Begich, announced his campaign prior to Young's death." [Alaska Dispatch News, 4/14/22]
2021: Republican Nick Begich Entered Alaska's Congressional Race According to Peninsula Clarion, Republican Nick Begich, who got into the race last fall, has been working for months to rack up conservative support. [Peninsula Clarion, 4/20/22]
2022: Nick Begich Ran For Alaska's U.S. House Seat As A Republican Candidate According to Alaska Dispatch News, "The three - Nick Begich III, Josh Revak and Tara Sweeney - are now running to replace the man who once served as their mentor." [Alaska Dispatch News, 4/21/22]
2022: Begich Announced Campaign For U.S. House Prior To Don Young's Death According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich is one of a handful who announced bids for the seat before Young's death." [Alaska Dispatch News, 4/22/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Criticized Don Young For Bipartisan Policy Moves According to Alaska Dispatch News, "He entered the race last year saying he would run to the right of Young, and has criticized the congressman for bipartisan policy moves." [Alaska Dispatch News, 4/22/22]
2022: Begich Entered U.S. House Race In October 2021 As Conservative Alternative According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich III is running for Congress as a Republican. He entered the race in October as a younger, more conservative alternative to Young, and since then, he's secured support from an array of Alaska conservative activists, elected officials and GOP districts." [Alaska Dispatch News, 4/23/22]
2022: Letter Writer Susan McDonald Stated Nick Begich Announced Candidacy Before Don Young's Death According to a letter to the editor published in Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick spoke to Congressman Young and let him know that he was going to run against him as a GOP candidate before he died. None of the other candidates did." [Letter to the Editor - Alaska Dispatch News, 5/6/22]
April 23, 2022: Nick Begich III Participated In Alaska Republican Party U.S. House Candidate Forum According to Alaska Dispatch News, "The Alaska Republican Party hosted a U.S. House candidate forum during its state convention Saturday morning, April 23, 2022. Seated at the table, from left, are Nick Begich III, Tara Sweeney, John Coghill, Sarah Palin and Josh Revak." [Alaska Dispatch News, 5/8/22]
2022: Nick Begich Was A Candidate In Alaska's Special Election For U.S. House According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Republican Nick Begich III, a technology entrepreneur who launched his candidacy before Young's death, raised $135,000 during the reporting period." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/1/22]
2022: Nick Begich Ran as Republican for Alaska's Open U.S. House Seat According to a letter to the editor published in Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich, a Republican running for the open U.S. House seat from Alaska, poses for a photo April 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska." [Letter to the Editor - Alaska Dispatch News, 6/3/22]
2022: Nick Begich Was Described As A Self-Described Conservative And Republican Candidate For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "For voters, software developer Nick Begich, a self-described conservative, likely will have high name recognition. Begich, a Republican, is part of an Alaska political dynasty of Democrats." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 6/5/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Ran As Republican For Alaska's U.S. House Special Election According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "businessman Nick Begich III, whose grandfather once held the office" was among the candidates seeking to finish out the final months of Don Young's term in office. [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 6/5/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Ran In Both Alaska Special And Regular U.S. House Primaries According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Candidates running in both the special primary election underway and the regular primary on Aug. 16 are as follows: [...] Nick Begich III, Republican." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 6/5/22]
June 2022: Observers Expected Nick Begich III To Advance To Top Four In Alaska Special U.S. House Primary According to Peninsula Clarion, "most observers expect Republican candidates Nick Begich III and former Gov. Sarah Palin to finish among the top four alongside Democratic candidate Al Gross." [Peninsula Clarion, 6/10/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska House Special Primary Election Results According to Juneau Empire, "No other candidate had more than 20% of the votes counted, but Republican Nicholas Begich III at 19.31% was close, according to figures shared by the Alaska Division of Elections." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 6/11/22]
June 2022: Begich Expressed Satisfaction With Primary Results Tracking Internal Polling According to Juneau Empire, "Speaking to the Empire Monday, Begich said he was thrilled by the results which tracked with his campaign's internal polling." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 6/11/22]
June 2022: Begich Stated The Race Was A Contest Between Himself And Palin According to Juneau Empire, "Ultimately, I think this is a contest between Nick Begich and Sarah Palin," Begich said. [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 6/11/22]
June 2022: Begich Predicted The Same Four Candidates Would Advance In General Election According to Juneau Empire, "Begich said he expected the top four candidates in the special election would be the same in the general election. 'I think we're going to see the same four people advance who advance in this race,' Begich said." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 6/11/22]
June 2022: Begich Received 1,099 Votes In Juneau Districts According to Juneau Empire, "Palin received 1,159 votes between Juneau's two districts and Begich 1,099, and independent North Pole City Councilman Santa Claus got 591 votes." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 6/11/22]
2022: Begich Emphasized Not Being A 'Quitter' In House Campaign According to Juneau Empire, "Begich and Sweeney made points of saying they are not quitters." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 6/11/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Was Identified As A Republican Frontrunner In Alaska's U.S. House Special Primary According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich, one of two Republican frontrunners along with former Gov. Sarah Palin, said he'll visit the Colony Days festival Saturday in Palmer. But he doesn't have any formal Election Night celebration planned." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/11/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Said He Had Worked On His Campaign Until The Last Day According to Alaska Dispatch News, "'We've been working all the way up until the last day,' Begich said." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/11/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Relied On State Officials And Parties For Voter Education According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich said he's counting on the state elections division and Alaska's political parties to make sure the public understands the mechanics of the two separate elections so he can focus on his campaign." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/11/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Led In Early Results Of Alaska's Special U.S. House Primary According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Early results in Alaska's 48-candidate special primary election for U.S. House on Saturday showed Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III taking the lead, followed by independent Al Gross." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/12/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Announced Continued Campaign Activities According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich was in Anchorage late Saturday with his family and campaign aides. He said he plans to resume campaigning Sunday on the Kenai Peninsula. 'We're going to work first thing in the morning,' he said. 'There's no time for celebrations.'" [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/12/22]
June 2022: Alaska Dispatch News Reported Nick Begich Appeared Set To Advance To U.S. House Special General Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich and independent Al Gross appeared all but certain Sunday to be advancing to August's special general election for U.S. House in Alaska." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/12/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Said He Would Resume Campaigning On Kenai Peninsula After Initial Vote Count According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich said Saturday that he would resume campaigning Sunday on the Kenai Peninsula." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/12/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich III Emerged As One Of The Top Three Vote-Getters In Alaska's Special U.S. House Primary According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Right now, the top three candidates appear all but certain to move on: Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III, and independent Al Gross." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/13/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Held 19% Of The Vote In Special U.S. House Primary According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Former Gov. Palin leads with 30% of the vote while Begich has 19%, meaning that the two of them captured nearly half of all the votes counted in the primary so far." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/13/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska's Special Mail-In Primary According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Former Gov. Sarah Palin was the big vote-getter with 29.7 percent of the mail-in ballots cast while conservative Nick Begich received 19.3 percent of votes." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 6/13/22]
June 2022: Begich Also Contended In Regular Primary Election For Full Congressional Term According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Candidates are also contending in the regular primary election for Young's full two-year term. Palin, Begich, Gross and Peltola are also on that ballot." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 6/13/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Placed Second In The Special Primary With 19.2% Of The Vote According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich, a businessman and member of a prominent family of Democrats, has 19.2% of the vote." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/15/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Ran For The U.S. House Seat Vacated By Don Young's Death According to Alaska Dispatch News, "The top four vote-getters in the 48-candidate special primary will advance to the special general election on Aug. 16. The outcome of that election will determine who will serve out the last few months of the late U.S. Rep. Don Young's two-year term. Young died unexpectedly in March after 49 years in office." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/15/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Also Campaigned For The Full Two-Year U.S. House Term Starting In January According to Alaska Dispatch News, "The four front-runners are also running in the regular November election to fill the U.S. House seat for a full two-year term that will begin in January. The primary for that race, which currently includes 31 candidates, will be held on the same day as the special general election, Aug. 16." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/15/22]
6/15/22: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska's Special Primary With 19.31% Of Votes According to Peninsula Clarion, "Begich followed, with 19.31%, then Gross with 12.75% and Peltola with 8.71%." [Peninsula Clarion, 6/15/22]
June 2022: Begich Received 19.4% Of Votes In Special Primary Election According to Juneau Empire, "As of Wednesday's update, Palin has the largest share of the state's votes with 28.44% [...] followed by Begich with 19.4%; Gross with 12.7% and Peltola with 8.6%." [Juneau Empire, 6/15/22]
June 2022: Associated Press Projected Begich To Advance To August Special Election According to Juneau Empire, "The Associated Press called the race, which will see its top for finishers advance to a special August election, for both Palin, Begich and Gross." [Juneau Empire, 6/15/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska's U.S. House Special Primary According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Palin, the former Alaska governor, has collected 37,558 votes, compared to runner-up Nick Begich III with 25,625 votes. Palin has captured 28.3% of the vote, with Begich at 19.3%." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 6/15/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Appeared Set To Advance To Alaska U.S. House Runoff According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich and independent Al Gross appeared all but certain Sunday to be advancing to August's special general election for U.S. House in Alaska." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 6/16/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Resumed Campaigning On Kenai Peninsula After Primary Results According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich said Saturday that he would resume campaigning Sunday on the Kenai Peninsula." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 6/16/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich III Advanced To Special Election According to Juneau Empire, "AP reported Wednesday candidates Sarah Palin, Nick Begich III and Dr. Al Gross would advance to the special election in August." [Juneau Empire, 6/16/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Second In Special Primary Vote Count According to Juneau Empire, "Palin with 37,741 votes, or 28.19%; Begich at 25,766 or 19.24%; Gross at 17,037 or 12.73% and Mary Peltola at 11,863 or 8.86%." [Juneau Empire, 6/16/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Placed Second In Early Results Of Alaska's Special Primary For U.S. House According to The Nome Nugget, "Palin, who had about 30 percent of the vote counted by 10:40 p.m. Saturday, was followed by Republican Nick Begich III with 19 percent, third is independent Al Gross at 12 percent and Democratic candidate Mary Peltola at 7 percent." [Nome Nugget, 6/16/22]
2022: Nick Begich Registered As A Candidate For Alaska's Full-Term U.S. House Election According to The Nome Nugget, "Palin, Begich, Gross and Peltola have all registered as candidates for the full term." [Nome Nugget, 6/16/22]
June 2022: Begich Placed Second In Alaska's Special Mail-In Primary For Congress According to Anchorage Press, "Conservative Nick Begich received 19.3-percent of the votes" in the June 11 special mail-in primary election to replace Alaska Cong. Don Young, who passed away on March 18. [Anchorage Press, 6/16/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Advanced To Alaska's Special General Election According to Peninsula Clarion, "The former democratic state lawmaker will advance to the state's Aug. 16 special general election along with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Nick Begich and Al Gross, an orthopedic surgeon who previously ran for U.S. Senate." [Peninsula Clarion, 6/17/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Finished Second Statewide In Alaska's Special Primary Election Results According to Peninsula Clarion, "As of 2:20 p.m. Friday, about 150,000 votes [...] have been counted. Of those, Palin received about 27.59% of votes, followed by Begich with 19.27%, Gross with 12.65% and Peltola with 9.44%." [Peninsula Clarion, 6/17/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Placed Second In Several Kenai Peninsula Districts In Special Primary According to Peninsula Clarion, "In House District 29, [...] Palin leads with 43.86% of votes counted, followed by Begich with 21.46% [...]. In House District 30, [...] Palin continues to have a solid lead over opponents, with 41.76% of votes, followed by Begich with 22.57% [...]. In House District 31, [...] Palin secured 32.46% of votes, followed by Begich with 19.55%[...]." [Peninsula Clarion, 6/17/22]
2022: Nick Begich Ran As A Republican In Alaska's Special U.S. House Race According to Peninsula Clarion, "The former democratic state lawmaker will advance to the state's Aug. 16 special general election along with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Nick Begich and Al Gross, an orthopedic surgeon who previously ran for U.S. Senate." [Peninsula Clarion, 6/17/22]
2022: Nick Begich Ran For Alaska's U.S. House Seat As A Republican According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Republican Nick Begich [...] began running for the House seat last fall, saying at the time that Alaska 'needs new energy.' The businessman touts his private sector experience." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/18/22]
2022: Nick Begich Placed Among Top Four Candidates In Special Primary According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Palin, Begich, Gross and Peltola - in that order - were the top vote-getters among 48 candidates in last week's special primary. The election was the first under a system approved by voters that ends party primaries and institutes ranked choice voting in general elections. The four advance to the special election." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/18/22]
2022: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska Special Primary Election According to Peninsula Clarion, "Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took the No. 1 spot in the final ballot count for the state's special primary election, followed by Republican Nick Begich, independent Al Gross and former state lawmaker Mary Peltola, in that order, according to final tallies released by the Alaska Division of Elections on Tuesday." [Peninsula Clarion, 6/21/22]
2022: Nick Begich Received 19.13% Of Votes Statewide In Special Primary Election According to Peninsula Clarion, "Of those, Palin received about 27.02%, followed by Begich with 19.13%, Gross with 12.63% and Peltola with 10.06%." [Peninsula Clarion, 6/21/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Placed Second In Several Kenai Peninsula House Districts According to Peninsula Clarion, "Palin leads with 43.25% of votes counted, followed by Begich with 21.69%, Gross with 10.31% and Peltola with 5.06%" in House District 29. In House District 30, "Begich with 21.86%." In House District 31, "Begich with 19.06%." [Peninsula Clarion, 6/21/22]
June 2022: Begich Placed Second In Alaska's U.S. House Special Primary According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Gross is in third place after the June 11 special primary election with 48 candidates, and with most ballots counted, was set to advance to the ranked choice election in August along with Peltola, who is fourth, and two Republicans, former Gov. Sarah Palin and businessman Nick Begich III, who are first and second." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/21/22]
2022: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska's Special Primary For U.S. House According to Peninsula Clarion, "Gross, an orthopedic surgeon, was in third place in the June 11 special primary, behind two Republicans --- former Gov. Sarah Palin and Begich, a businessman --- and ahead of Democrat Mary Peltola, a former state lawmaker." [Peninsula Clarion, 6/21/22]
2022: Nick Begich Filed To Run In The Regular Primary For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Peninsula Clarion, "Palin, Begich, Peltola and Sweeney are among the candidates who have filed to run in the regular primary." [Peninsula Clarion, 6/21/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska's Special Primary For U.S. House According to Juneau Empire (Alaska), "Independent Al Gross placed third in the June 11 special primary, behind two Republicans --- former Gov. Sarah Palin and businessman Nick Begich --- and ahead of Democrat Mary Peltola, a former state lawmaker." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 6/22/22]
June 2022: KTUU Reported Nick Begich Received Over 30,000 Votes In Special Election According to KTUU, "Republican Nick Begich has 30,851 [votes], an increase of just under 2,000 votes." [KTUU, 6/22/22]
June 2022: Begich Advanced To Special Election With 19% Of The Vote According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "With 161,164 people voting, Palin drew 27% of the vote, followed by Begich with 19%, and Peltola with 10%. (Gross, who withdrew, took 12%.)" [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 6/22/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Finished Second In Special U.S. House Primary In Alaska According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Sarah Palin drew 27.02% of the vote, followed by Begich with 19.13%, Gross with 12.63%, Mary Peltola with 10.06% and Sweeney with 5.92%." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 6/22/22]
June 2022: Begich Placed Second In Alaska U.S. House Special Primary According to Peninsula Clarion, "Gross was third in the special primary --- behind Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich and ahead of Democrat Mary Peltola. He was poised to advance to the special election as one of the top four vote-getters under a new open primary system." [Peninsula Clarion, 6/24/22]
June 2022: Begich Advanced To Special Election Ballot After Al Gross Withdrew According to Anchorage Press, "The decision keeps the race a three-way contest between Democratic candidate Mary Peltola and Republican candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich." [Anchorage Press, 6/27/22]
2022: Nick Begich Finished Second In U.S. House Special Election Primary According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "They were aided by attorneys representing Republican candidate Nick Begich, the second-place finisher in the primary." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 6/27/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Advanced To The Final Three In Alaska's U.S. House Special Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Palin, Begich and Peltola emerged from an unprecedented 48-candidate primary held under Alaska's new election laws that did away with partisan primaries. The trio will appear on the ballot for the Aug. 16 special general election, which will also be the state's first under ranked choice voting." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/28/22]
2022: Begich Was Identified As A Republican Candidate In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election According to The Anchorage Press, 'it could be the remaining Republicans in the race Nick Begich and Sarah Palin who could be the real losers.' [Anchorage Press (Alaska), 6/29/22]
2022: Nick Begich Ran For U.S. House In Alaska's Special Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "She [Sarah Palin] is running in the special U.S. House race to replace former U.S. Rep Don Young, who died in March. She will face fellow Republican Nick Begich and Democrat Mary Peltola in the special general election on Aug. 16." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/29/22]
2022: Nick Begich Also Ran In Regular U.S. House Election For Full Term According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Palin, Begich and Peltola, along with other candidates, are also running in the regularly scheduled election to fill Alaska's lone U.S. House seat for the full two-year term that begins in January." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/29/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Emerged As A Top Vote-Getter In Alaska's Special U.S. House Primary According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich and Democrat Mary Peltola emerged as the top vote-getters from a special primary with a whopping 48 candidates, the first held under Alaska's new election laws that did away with partisan primaries." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/29/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Was Scheduled To Appear On Ballot For Special U.S. House Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Palin, Begich and Peltola will now appear on the Aug. 16 ballot for the special general election, which will determine who serves out the remainder of the late Rep. Don Young's term." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/29/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Ran Against Sarah Palin And Mary Peltola In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "She [Sarah Palin] is running in the special U.S. House race to replace former U.S. Rep Don Young, who died in March. She will face fellow Republican Nick Begich III and Democrat Mary Peltola in the special general election on Aug. 16." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/7/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Also Contended In The Regular Election For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Palin, Begich and Peltola, along with other candidates, are also running in the regularly scheduled election to fill Alaska's lone U.S. House seat for the full two-year term that begins in January." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/7/22]
June 2022: Begich Finished Second Behind Palin In Special U.S. House Primary Election According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Palin faces Democratic candidate Mary Peltola in the race for U.S. House, but her comment appeared targeted at fellow Republican candidate Nick Begich, who finished second behind Palin in the June 11 special U.S. House primary election." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 7/9/22]
Begich, Palin, And Peltola Selected As Finalists For August 2022 Special U.S. House Election According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Palin, Begich and Peltola are the finalists in the special U.S. House election that will take place Aug. 16. The winner of that election will finish the House term of Congressman Don Young, who died earlier this year. All three are also running for the full congressional term, which will be decided in November." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 7/9/22]
July 2022: Begich Held Campaign Events In Anchorage During Trump Rally According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich held several campaign events in Anchorage on Saturday, his spokesperson Truman Reed said." [Alaska Dispatch News, 7/9/22]
2022: Begich Held Several Campaign Events In Anchorage On Day Of Trump Rally According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich held several campaign events in Anchorage on Saturday, his spokesperson Truman Reed said." [Alaska Dispatch News, 7/10/22]
2022: Begich Held Several Campaign Events In Anchorage On July 9 According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich held several campaign events in Anchorage on Saturday, his spokesperson Truman Reed said." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 7/14/22]
2022: Begich Participated In U.S. House Race With Palin And Peltola According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Democrat Mary Peltola is also on the ballot for the special election to fill the House seat, along with several others running in the general election primary in August." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 7/14/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Scheduled To Face Off In Special U.S. House Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Peltola, Palin and Begich will face off in a special U.S. House election in August to determine who will succeed Young in Alaska's lone U.S. House seat and serve out the rest of his term after his death earlier this year." [Alaska Dispatch News, 7/15/22]
2022: Nick Begich Ran For Alaska's U.S. House Seat To Succeed Don Young According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Peltola, Palin and Begich will face off in a special U.S. House election in August to determine who will succeed Young in Alaska's lone U.S. House seat and serve out the rest of his term after his death earlier this year. They are also running for the full two-year term that will begin in January." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/21/22]
2022: Nick Begich Advanced To Alaska Special U.S. House Election According to Nome Nugget, "Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich, Independent Al Gross and Democrat Mary Peltola advanced to the special election as they were the four candidates who received the most votes." [Nome Nugget, 7/21/22]
2022: Nick Begich Listed Among 22 Candidates For Regular U.S. House Primary According to Nome Nugget, "Palin, Begich and Peltola are among the 22 candidates listed in the regular primary. Voters will fill in their ballots for just one. Four candidates will advance to the ranked choice vote in November." [Nome Nugget, 7/21/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Ran For U.S. House Special Election To Replace Don Young According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "Peltola is running against Palin and Nick Begich III in the special general election to finish the U.S. House term of the late Rep. Don Young." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 7/24/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Also Ran For Full U.S. House Term According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "Peltola along with Palin and Begich also is running for the next two-year U.S. House term against a larger slate of candidates that includes Tara Sweeney, who took part in the parade." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 7/24/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Advanced To Alaska's U.S. House Special General Election According to Peninsula Clarion, "Of a total of 48 candidates looking to take Young's place, Begich, Peltola, Palin and independent candidate Al Gross advanced to the special general election in June. [...] Begich, Peltola and Palin are continuing to campaign for Alaska's House seat." [Peninsula Clarion, 7/25/22]
August 2022: Poll Found Begich And Palin Neck And Neck, Splitting Conservative Vote According to Alaska Dispatch News, "According to a poll conducted earlier this month by Alaska Survey Research, Peltola -- the only Democrat in the race -- is expected to get the largest share of first-place votes, while Begich and Palin split the conservative vote. The poll, conducted after Trump stumped for Palin in Alaska, found that Begich and Palin are neck and neck." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/3/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Appeared As A Candidate For U.S. House In Alaska Special General Election According to Anchorage Press, "The flip side of the ballot which contains the special general election for the U.S. House allows you to rank the three candidates in whatever order you choose. They are Sarah Palin, Nick Begich and Mary Peltola." [Anchorage Press, 8/3/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Ran For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Alaska Dispatch News, "A lunchtime forum at the Kenai Chamber of Commerce Visitor Center was just one stop in a day of campaigning for Begich and Peltola as they run to be Alaska's next member of Congress." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/5/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Ran As A Republican In Alaska's U.S. House Special Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "The candidates are Nick Begich III, Sarah Palin and Mary Peltola. Voters should rank these candidates in order of preference. (Begich and Peltola participated in the survey; Palin did not respond.)" [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/6/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Appeared On The Ballot For Both The U.S. House Primary And Special Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich III (R)" was listed among the U.S. House - special election candidates and also among the U.S. House - primary candidates for the August 16, 2022 races. [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/6/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Ran For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Three candidates will appear on the Aug. 16 ballot for the special election to fill out the term of U.S. Rep. Don Young as Alaska's sole member of the House of Representatives: Nick Begich, Sarah Palin and Mary Peltola. Begich and Peltola responded to the ADN survey; Palin did not." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/7/22]
August 2022: Begich And Palin Competed Against Peltola In Special House Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "But it's an instruction that goes against what the Alaska GOP has been telling voters ahead of the race - 'rank the red,' in an effort to encourage voters to rank both Palin and Republican Nick Begich. The two are facing Democrat Mary Peltola in a special election to replace Rep. Don Young who died unexpectedly in March." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/9/22]
August 2022: Begich Held Private Campaign Meetings In Juneau According to Juneau Empire, "Additionally, Nick is making a quick stop in Juneau late Friday night/Saturday morning where he has a few meetings set up," Reed wrote in an email. In a follow-up message he noted "the meetings in Juneau this trip are not public; rather, planning and coordinating with some of our campaign volunteers." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 8/9/22]
August 2022: BetOnline Listed Nick Begich III As A Leading Republican Candidate In Alaska Special Election According to Juneau Empire, "The former Republican governor is favored to win Tuesday's special election by nearly 1-2 odds at the betting website BetOnline, with Republican rival Nick Begich III at nearly 2-1 and Democrat Mary Peltola at 7-1." [Juneau Empire, 8/10/22]
August 2022: Pollster Ivan Moore Assessed Nick Begich's Chances Of Winning The Special Election At 50% According to Juneau Empire, "He said his polling suggests Begich has a 50% chance of winning, Peltola 35% and Palin 15%." [Juneau Empire, 8/10/22]
August 2022: Pundits Identified Begich As Republican Candidate With Best Odds To Win In November According to Juneau Empire, "The site's simulation forecasts an 88% chance of a Republican winning the House seat, with Begich having the best odds among candidates at 48%." [Juneau Empire, 8/10/22]
June 2022: Sabato's Crystal Ball Assumed Palin Or Begich Would Win Alaska House Special Election According to Juneau Empire, "The House rating, published at the end of June after the primary for the special election, assumes Palin or Begich will win." [Juneau Empire, 8/10/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Ran As Republican Candidate In Special And Regular U.S. House Elections According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich, a Republican candidate for both the special election and the regular primary for Alaska's open U.S. House seat, emerges from a booth after voting on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. The special election features Alaska's first statewide election with ranked choice voting, and Begich said he voted himself as the No. 1 choice but declined to say who among the other candidates, Republican Sarah Palin or Democrat Mary Peltola, he ranked second or third." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/11/22]
August 2022: Begich Competed Against Palin And Peltola In Alaska's First Ranked Choice Special U.S. House Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "The three candidates on the special U.S. House ballot are Democrat Mary Peltola, Republican Nick Begich III and Republican Sarah Palin." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/11/22]
August 2022: Begich Was A Republican Candidate In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election According to Peninsula Clarion, "The first ranked voting election under a suite of elections changes approved by Alaska voters in 2020 will be the Aug. 16 special U.S. House election featuring Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich and Democrat Mary Peltola." [Peninsula Clarion, 8/11/22]
2022: Nick Begich Competed In Special Election For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Peninsula Clarion, "Palin is now trying to secure the win against the No. 2 and 4 finishers, Republican Nick Begich and Democrat Mary Peltola." [Peninsula Clarion, 8/15/22]
2022: Nick Begich Participated In Alaska's House Primary With 22 Candidates Including Palin And Peltola According to Peninsula Clarion, "The House primary, meanwhile, has 22 candidates, including Palin, Begich and Peltola." [Peninsula Clarion, 8/15/22]
2022: Nick Begich Ran As A Republican Candidate In Both Special And Regular U.S. House Elections In Alaska According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich, a Republican candidate in both the special election and regular primary for Alaska's open U.S. House seat, emerges from a booth after voting Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Anchorage." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/15/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Placed Second In Special U.S. House Primary With 19% Of The Vote According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Palin had 27% of the vote in the June special election, Begich had 19%, and Peltola had 10%." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/15/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Received 28.5% Of First-Choice Votes In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich, a businessman making his first run at statewide elected office, was in third place with 28.5%." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/16/22]
October 2021: Nick Begich III Launched His U.S. House Campaign Before Don Young's Death According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich launched his campaign in October 2021 - the only candidate remaining in the special election field who was in the running for the U.S. House before Young's death." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/16/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Indicated His Campaign Would Continue Regardless Of Special Election Outcome According to Alaska Dispatch News, 'We're not going to stop. Everything continues,' Begich said Monday night. [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/16/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Trailed In Early Vote Counts For Alaska Congressional Special Election According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Peltola had 44,010 votes, or 37.6 percent, in the early count to Palin's 38,773, or 33.1 percent, and Begich's 34,172 votes, or 29.2 percent." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/16/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Early Vote Counts For Alaska Congressional Primary According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Peltola captured 40,870, or 34.4 percent of votes tabulated, compared with 38,066 or 32.07 percent for Palin and 32,316, or 27.23 percent for Begich." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/16/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Advanced To November's General Election For U.S. House According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "In the open primary race for U.S. House that will ultimately be decided in November's general election, the AP has called the race for the top three finishers; Democrat Mary Peltola and Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 8/16/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election Initial Results According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "In the special election race for U.S. House, Democrat Mary Peltola padded her lead by an additional 836 votes, moving ahead of Republican challenger Sarah Palin by a margin of 58,614 to 49,190 votes. Third-place challenger, Republican Nick Begich III, has 43,968 votes." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Received Approximately 26.8% In Primary Election For U.S. House According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "Peltola also maintained her lead in the primary race that will ultimately be decided in November. The Democrat grew her lead by 697 votes, and leads by a margin of 54,865 to 48,609 votes, accounting for 35.1% of the tally. Palin has 31.1% and Begich currently has 26.8% in that race." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Trailed Sarah Palin And Mary Peltola In Special And Primary U.S. House Election Results According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "As of Wednesday morning, Democrat Mary Peltola held a lead of around 8,500 votes over Republican Sarah Palin in the special election to fill the remainder of the late Don Young's term, and Palin leads fellow Republican Nick Begich III by more than 5,000 votes." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election Results So Far According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "Nick Begich III, a Republican, was in third place with 34,172 votes." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 8/16/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Received 29% Of The Vote In The Special U.S. House Election With 58% Precincts Reporting According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "With 233 of 402 precincts reporting in the special House election, Peltola had 38% of the vote, followed by Palin with 33% and Begich with 29%." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 8/16/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Finished Third In Alaska's U.S. House Primary Results According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "Results showed Peltola collecting 41,318 votes, representing 35% of ballots cast, to Palin's 38,407 votes, at 32%. Begich was third with 32,530 votes, at 27%." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 8/16/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Ran For U.S. House Seat To Complete Don Young's Term According to Peninsula Clarion, "Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Nick Begich III and Mary Peltola are vying to finish out the rest of the late Rep. Don Young's term, which ends in Jan. 2023." [Peninsula Clarion, 8/16/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Ran For Alaska's Next Two-Year U.S. House Term According to Peninsula Clarion, "Those three candidates, plus nearly 20 others, are also running for Alaska's next two-year term in the U.S. House." [Peninsula Clarion, 8/16/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska U.S. House Special Election Primary According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "In the race to fill out the remainder of Young's term, Peltola had 56,892 votes, or 38.3 percent, in the Wednesday morning count to Palin's 48,304, or 32.5 percent, and Begich's 43,038 votes, or 29 percent." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman (Wasilla, Alaska), 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Primary For Full Two-Year Congressional Term According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Peltola captured 53,342, or 35 percent of votes tabulated, compared with 47,783 or 31.4 percent for Palin and 40,972, or 26.9 percent for Begich. [...] In November these people, the top four, will square off again in ranked choice." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman (Wasilla, Alaska), 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Advanced To November General Election For U.S. House Race According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "All four will appear again on the November general election ballot under Alaska's new ranked-choice voting system." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman (Wasilla, Alaska), 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska's U.S. House Special Election Primary According to Anchorage Press, "In the race to fill out the remainder of Young's term, Peltola had 56,892 votes, or 38.3 percent, in the Wednesday morning count to Palin's 48,304, or 32.5 percent, and Begich's 43,038 votes, or 29 percent." [Anchorage Press (Alaska), 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska U.S. House Primary For Full Term According to Anchorage Press, "Peltola captured 53,342, or 35 percent of votes tabulated, compared with 47,783, or 31.4 percent for Palin and 40,972, or 26.9 percent for Begich." [Anchorage Press (Alaska), 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Was Described As A High-Profile, Well-Financed Opponent In U.S. House Primary According to Anchorage Press, "Peltola appears to have soundly defeated her two high-profile, well-financed opponents, Palin and Begich." [Anchorage Press (Alaska), 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election According to Juneau Empire, "In the special U.S. House race Peltola leads with 38.05%, followed by Palin at 31.93% and Begich at 28.54%." [Juneau Empire, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Advanced To The General Election For U.S. House According to Juneau Empire, "The three candidates will face off again regardless in the general election, along with Sweeney." [Juneau Empire, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In The Regular U.S. House Primary According to Juneau Empire, "It appears much of all of that total came from Peltola and Begich supporters since the Democrat got 35.18% of the primary vote compared to Palin's 31.17% and Begich's 26.81%." [Juneau Empire, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Received 23.36% Of The Vote In District 3 Of The U.S. House Primary According to Juneau Empire, "For example, in the U.S. House primary results for District 3 --- which includes the Mendenhall Valley, Auke Bay, Skagway, Haines, Klukwan and Gustavus --- Peltola has an outright majority of 52.38%, followed by Begich with 23.36%, Palin with 19.77% and Sweeney with 1.26%." [Juneau Empire, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Received 16.24% Of The Vote In District 4 Of The U.S. House Primary According to Juneau Empire, "In District 4 --- which includes Douglas, downtown Juneau, Lemon Creek and the airport area --- Peltola's lead is an even more dominant 68.43%, followed by Begich at 16.24%, Palin at 12.11% and Sweeney at 1.36%." [Juneau Empire, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Nick Begich III. The Republican grandson of Alaska's U.S representative from 1971-72 was in third place with 43,038 votes." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Finished Third In Primary For Full U.S. House Term According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "The three candidates in the special election also are the top finishers in results Tuesday night for Alaska's open primary for the next full U.S. House term. [...] Begich was third with 40,972 votes, at 27%." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Ran As A Republican In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "The three candidates on the ballot were Democratic former state lawmaker Mary Peltola, Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin and Republican businessman Nick Begich III." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Received 28.6% Of First-Place Votes In The Special Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Peltola is currently in the lead with 38% of first-place votes; Palin is in second with nearly 32%; and Begich trails with 28.6% of the vote." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Was Expected To Advance To The November General Election For U.S. House According to Alaska Dispatch News, "All three of the candidates in the running in the special election, along with Republican Tara Sweeney, are expected to advance to the regular November general election that will determine who will hold the U.S. House seat once the term that was originally Young's expires in January." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska U.S. Representative Primary According to Homer News (Alaska), "Republican Nick Begich is in third with 32,216 votes of 27.23%. In fourth is Republican Tara M. Sweeney with 3,882 votes or 3.37%. If those places hold, all four will advance to the ranked-choice general election." [Homer News (Alaska), 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Ranked Third In Special U.S. Representative Election Results According to Homer News (Alaska), "In the ranked-choice special election to fill out the remainder of the late Congressman Don Young's term, Peltola leads with 44,010 votes or 37.63% followed by Palin with 38,773 votes or 33.15%. Begich is in third with 34,172 votes or 29.22%." [Homer News (Alaska), 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Received 26.55% Of District 6 Vote In U.S. Representative Special Election According to Homer News (Alaska), "In District 6, Peltola also led over Palin and Begich, with 2,180 votes or 37.52%, Palin with 2,038 votes or 35.07%, and Begich with 1,543 votes of 26.55%." [Homer News (Alaska), 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election First-Choice Voting According to Anchorage Press, "Republican candidate Nick Begich III was in third with 29% of first-choice votes." [Anchorage Press (Alaska), 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Advanced To The November General Election For U.S. House According to Anchorage Press, "As of Tuesday night, Peltola, Palin and Begich were running in first, second and third, followed by Sweeney, who missed the cutoff for the special U.S. House election." [Anchorage Press (Alaska), 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election First-Choice Votes According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Republican Nick Begich III was in third with 29% of first-choice votes" in the race to fill Alaska's lone U.S. House seat until January. [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Advanced To November General Election For Full U.S. House Term According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Peltola, Palin and Begich were running in first, second and third, followed by Sweeney, who missed the cutoff for the special U.S. House election and ran a write-in campaign. With 323 of 402 precincts reporting, Peltola had 35.1% of the vote, followed by Palin at 31.4%, Begich at 27% and Sweeney at 3.6%." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Advanced To The November House Election According to Peninsula Clarion, "In the House primary, Democrat Mary Peltola, Palin and Republican Nick Begich advanced to the November election. It was too early to call the fourth spot. The winner of the November race will be elected to a two-year term." [Peninsula Clarion, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Competed In Special Election To Fill Don Young's Seat According to Peninsula Clarion, "Peltola, Begich and Palin were also competing in a special election to serve the remainder of the late-Rep. Don Young's term, which ends early next year. Young died in March." [Peninsula Clarion, 8/17/22]
2022: Nick Begich Launched Negative Ads Against Sarah Palin According to Peninsula Clarion, "In one Begich ad, the narrator says Alaska has faced 'years of disasters,' including fires and COVID-19. 'Sarah Palin is one disaster we can actually avoid,' the narrator says." [Peninsula Clarion, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Peltola Outpolled Begich And Palin In Alaska Congressional Primary According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Peltola bested former Gov. Sarah Palin and Nick Begich in first-choice voting Aug. 16 but the outcome of the race to fill out Young's term was by ranked-choice voting." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/18/22]
August 2022: Begich Remained A Viable Candidate In Alaska's Congressional Race Pending Ranked-Choice Voting Redistribution According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "As votes for all three in the race are relocated, Palin or Begich may yet win in the November general election. How second and third choices will be reallocated is unknown at this time." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/18/22]
2022: Alaska Dispatch News Editorial Board Reported Nick Begich Lost U.S. House Special Election According to an editorial published in Alaska Dispatch News, "In the special election to fill Alaska's lone U.S. House seat until January, Nick Begich III is all but certain to have lost, meaning that his votes - and any write-in votes - will be reapportioned to his voters' second-choice picks." [Editorial - Alaska Dispatch News, 8/19/22]
August 2022: Odds Placed Nick Begich III At 33-1 In Alaska U.S. House Special Election According to Juneau Empire, "Now Nick Begich III, the pundits' pick then, is at the same 33-1 odds now." [Juneau Empire, 8/20/22]
August 2022: Pundits Predicted Nick Begich III Would Win The Alaska U.S. House Special Election According to Juneau Empire, "a significant change in tone from most analysts who predicted Begich as the likely winner of the race." [Juneau Empire, 8/20/22]
August 2022: FiveThirtyEight Forecasted Nick Begich III As Leading U.S. House Candidate With 46% Chance Of Winning According to Juneau Empire, "FiveThirtyEight isn't nearly as far-removed from conventional wisdom in the U.S. House race, but still might raise some eyebrows by forecasting Begich the favorite with a 46% chance of winning, Palin 40% and Peltola 14%." [Juneau Empire, 8/20/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska Special Election As Votes Awaited Final Count According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "it remains to be seen how the uncounted votes might shape final results, it's highly unlikely third-place finisher Republican Nick Begich will overtake former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for second place." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/22/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Expressed Optimism About Outstanding Votes Narrowing Gap According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Begich said Friday he's optimistic about how the remaining votes will impact how he finishes. He said his campaign made an effort to reach early and absentee voters." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/22/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Focused Campaign On November General Election Amid Ongoing Count According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "His campaign's main focus is on the November general election. 'The vote that's out there has already been voted, right? There's nothing that we can do to change what's already out there. So, just like everyone else, we're waiting to see how the returns come in, and clearly remain hopeful. But our focus is on November,' Begich said." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/22/22]
August 2022: Alaska Dispatch News Reported Nick Begich III Placed Third In U.S. House Primary According to Alaska Dispatch News, "She is followed by Republicans Sarah Palin with 30.7% of the vote and Nick Begich III with 26.5% of the vote." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/23/22]
August 2022: Alaska Dispatch News Reported Begich Appeared On November Ballot For U.S. House According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Unless another candidate overtakes him, Bye's name will likely appear on the November ballot, along with Peltola, Palin and Begich." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/23/22]
August 2022: Alaska Dispatch News Reported Begich Stated He Would Continue U.S. House Campaign According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich - the Republican trailing Palin in the race - said in a statement that he is continuing to campaign as he awaits further election results." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/23/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election Primary According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Peltola had 38.9% of the vote in the special election, compared to 31.39% for Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin and 28.18% for Republican Nick Begich." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/23/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Open Primary For Full Alaska U.S. House Term According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "In the open primary for the full House term, the updated count gave Peltola 36.08% of the votes, to Palin's 30.66% and Begich's 26.46%, with Sweeney far behind." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/23/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election According to Juneau Empire, "Democrat Mary Peltola expanded her first-choice vote lead over Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III in Alaska's special U.S. House election, according to an update by the state Division of Elections on Tuesday." [Juneau Empire, 8/23/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Received 28.47% Of First-Choice Votes In The Updated Count According to Juneau Empire, "Peltola now has 38.2% (compared to 38.05% last week), Palin at 31.82% (down from 31.93%) and Begich at 28.47% (down from) 28.54%." [Juneau Empire, 8/23/22]
Nick Begich III Ran As A Republican In The 2022 Alaska U.S. House Special Election According to Juneau Empire, "Democrat Mary Peltola expanded her first-choice vote lead over Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III in Alaska's special U.S. House election." [Juneau Empire, 8/23/22]
Nick Begich III Received 26.81% Of The Vote In The Primary For The Regular General Election According to Juneau Empire, "Peltola may be the biggest beneficiary, since the Democrat's primary vote of 35.16% percent is 3% less than her special election vote, while Begich's 26.81% is less than 2% below his special election tally." [Juneau Empire, 8/23/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Trailed In Alaska Special U.S. House Election First-Place Votes According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich, a businessman and grandson of Alaska's former U.S. Rep. Nick Begich Sr., is trailing with 28.2% of the vote." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/24/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Finished Third In Regular U.S. House Primary According to Alaska Dispatch News, "In the regular U.S. House primary that will determine the four candidates to advance to the November general election, Peltola leads with 36.1% of the votes counted so far. Palin has 30.7% and Begich has 26.5%." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/24/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Ran For Alaska's U.S. House In A Special Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "In the special U.S. House race, which marked the state's first ranked choice election under a new voting system, Democrat Mary Peltola grew her lead and has 39.6% of the first-choice votes counted so far. Peltola is almost nine points ahead of Republican Sarah Palin, who has 30.9% of first-choice votes. Republican Nick Begich III trails with 27.8%." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/24/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Also Competed In The Regular November U.S. House Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Peltola, Palin and Begich are also in the running for the regular November election that will determine who will hold that seat for the full two-year term that begins in January." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/24/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Alaska's U.S. House Primary According to Alaska Dispatch News, "In the U.S. House primary, Peltola has 36.8% of votes, Palin has 30.2% and Begich has 26.2%." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/24/22]
2022: Nick Begich Reportedly Lost Alaska U.S. House Special Election According to an editorial published in Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "In the special election to fill Alaska's lone U.S. House seat until January, Nick Begich 111 is all but certain to have lost, meaning that his votes - and any write-in votes - will be reapportioned to his voters' second-choice picks." [Editorial - Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 8/25/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Ran For U.S. House Seat In Alaska According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "The leading candidates after Peltola are former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III, whose grandfather preceded Young as Alaska's sole representative. Both are Republicans." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 8/26/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Special U.S. House Election Initial Results According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Peltola has 68,280 (39%) votes to Palin's 55,086 (31%) votes and Begich's 49,456 (28%) votes, recently-updated numbers show. The rest of the votes went to write-ins." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 8/26/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Advanced To General Election For Full Term U.S. House Seat According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "In the second election, the state primary, Peltola (64,090 votes) is one of four presumed winners, including Palin (54,460), Begich III (47,009) and Republican Tara Sweeney (6,617.) The top four finishers move on to the Nov. 8 general election." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 8/26/22]
August 2022: Republican Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska Special U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "In the special U.S. House race, Peltola has 74,496 votes (39.64%), Palin 58,149 (30.94%) and Republican Nick Begich 52,320 (27.84%), according to totals released Friday evening." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 8/26/22]
August 2022: Political Analyst Wasserman Attributed Begich's Prospects To Al Gross's Withdrawal According to Juneau Empire, "Republicans are staring at a potential nightmare scenario here, and Begich has Al Gross to thank for costing him the race," Wasserman wrote, referring to the independent candidate surprisingly dropping out of the race after finishing third in the June primary, thus giving a huge boost to Peltola's campaign." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 8/26/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Regular U.S. House Primary According to Juneau Empire, "In the regular U.S. House race for two-year term starting next January, Peltola has 70,048 votes (36.81%), Palin 57,486 (30.21%), Begich 49,833 (26.18%) and Sweeney 7,142 (3.75%)." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 8/26/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Stated He Would Remain In The November U.S. House Race According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Peltola, Palin and Begich said after results were announced Wednesday that they intend to remain in the November race." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/29/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Issued A Statement Arguing A Vote For Palin Was A Vote For Peltola According to Alaska Dispatch News, "In a written statement after results were out, Begich said the biggest lesson from the results is that 'a vote for Sarah Palin is in reality a vote for Mary Peltola.' He said he would continue his campaign for the two-year term, 'making the case that this election is about a choice between Mary Peltola and Nick Begich.'" [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/29/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Ran As Republican Candidate In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Democrat Mary Peltola and Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III were scheduled to meet for a 90-minute forum set to begin at 3 p.m. hosted by the Alaska Oil and Gas Association. [...] Begich, a businessman and Republican member of a prominent family of Alaska Democrats, trails in third with 27.8%." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/29/22]
Nick Begich III Was Eliminated In Final Ranked Choice Tabulation Of August 2022 Special Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "With Begich in last, he is set to be eliminated, and the race will be determined by the number of his supporters who ranked Palin second; enough second-choice votes for Palin could put her over Peltola in the final vote count." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/29/22]
Nick Begich III Was Expected To Remain At Conference Venue During Special Election Results Announcement On August 31, 2022 According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Moriarty said Begich was expected to remain at the conference venue when results are announced." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/29/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III And Other Candidates Intended To Continue Campaigns Into November General Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Palin, Begich and Peltola have previously said they would remain in the November race even if they lose the special election." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/29/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election First-Preference Votes According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Democrat Mary Peltola has received the most first-preference votes, at 39.64%, followed by Republicans Sarah Palin, with 30.94%, and Nick Begich, with 27.84%." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 8/29/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Primary For Full U.S. House Term According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "In the primary for the full U.S. House term starting in January, Peltola had 36.81%; Palin, 30.21% and Begich, 26.18%." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 8/29/22]
2022: Nick Begich Advanced To Alaska's General Election For U.S. House Under New Ranked Choice System According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "The top four finishers advance to the ranked choice general election under the new election system." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 8/29/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In First-Round Voting For Alaska U.S. House Special Election According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Democrat Mary Peltola gained a big lead in first-round voting in the Aug. 16 special election over two challengers, former Gov. Sarah Palin and Nick Begich. Peltola holds 70,048 votes to Palin's 57,486 and Begich's 49,833 in the final tally of first-round votes." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/29/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Identified As Conservative In Alaska Special Congressional Election According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Palin and Begich are conservatives while Peltola is considered a political moderate." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/29/22]
Alaska Dispatch News Reported Begich Was A Candidate In The 2022 Alaska U.S. House Special Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "the tabulation process revealed Peltola had overtaken Republican rivals Palin and Nick Begich III, becoming the first Alaska Native elected to Congress and the first woman to hold Alaska's at-large House seat." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/29/22]
2022: Nick Begich Finished Third In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election And Was Eliminated In Ranked Choice Tally According to Peninsula Clarion, "Begich, the presumed favorite in the race earlier this year, finished third among the final candidates and thus was eliminated at the onset of Wednesday's tally that was livestreamed at 4 p.m. by the state Division of Elections." [Peninsula Clarion, 8/31/22]
2022: State Division Of Elections Officially Eliminated Nick Begich In First Round Of Tabulation According to Peninsula Clarion, "Director Gail Fenumiai explained the process as results were displayed on a projection screen during the livestream [...] Nick Begich was eliminated because he has the least amount of votes." [Peninsula Clarion, 8/31/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Was One Of Three Finalists In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election According to Anchorage Press, "That left Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III, plus Democratic candidate Mary Peltola" as the final candidates after a withdrawal in Alaska's special U.S. House election. [Anchorage Press (Alaska), 8/31/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich Lost Alaska's Special U.S. House Election To Mary Peltola According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "Peltola a former state legislator and Yup'ik woman from the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta defeated Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin and Republican Nick Begich." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 9/1/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich Advanced To Alaska's U.S. House General Election According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "In the U.S. House primary leading up to that race, Peltola, Palin and Begich will advance, with Libertarian Chris Bye seeming poised to advance following Republican Tara Sweeney announcing she was dropping out." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 9/1/22]
2022: Nick Begich Issued Statement After Defeat In Special Election According to Juneau Empire, "Defeated opponent Nick Begich III, meanwhile, issued a statement hoping she won't 'burn Alaska's economy to the ground.'" [Juneau Empire, 9/1/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Was Eliminated In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election Ranked Vote Tabulation According to Alaska Dispatch News, "The Democrat from Bethel [Mary Peltola] won the most first-choice votes, then held her lead over Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin in the next round of ranked vote tabulation after third-place GOP candidate Nick Begich III was eliminated." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/1/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Participated In A U.S. House Forum Hosted By The Alaska Oil And Gas Association According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Palin, Peltola and Begich were among the candidates who participated in a U.S. House forum hosted by the Alaska Oil and Gas Association on Wednesday at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/1/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Finished Third In Special U.S. House Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Republican businessman Nick Begich III had 28.5%. With no candidate crossing the 50% threshold in the first round of ballot counting, third-place candidate Begich was eliminated and his votes redistributed." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/2/22]
August 2022: Begich Advanced To November General Election For U.S. House Seat According to Alaska Dispatch News, "A November election will determine who will hold the seat for the new two-year term that begins in January. In that race, Peltola will again face Palin and Begich, along with Libertarian Chris Bye. The four emerged as the winners of the open primary." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/2/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In U.S. House Primary Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "In the primary, Peltola got 36.8% of the votes, Palin got 30.2% and Begich got 26.2%." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/2/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich Expressed Intent To Stay In The Congressional Race And Ranked Palin Second According to Alaska Dispatch News, "But Begich has shown no sign of dropping out of the race, nor backing down from his campaigning tactics. Instead, he pointed out that unlike Palin, who admitted she did not rank a second-choice vote in the special election, Begich had said he would rank Palin second even as he attacked her record." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/3/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich Remained In Alaska U.S. House Race Despite Calls To Withdraw According to Alaska Dispatch News, "The state's withdrawal deadline passed at 5 p.m. Monday with both Palin and Begich ignoring calls to drop out." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/5/22]
September 2022: Palin Publicly Urged Nick Begich To Leave The U.S. House Race According to Alaska Dispatch News, 'I'm calling on negative Nick Begich to get out of this race,' Palin told reporters and supporters gathered on the lawn outside her Lake Lucille home Monday. 'He does not represent the best of Alaska. [...] Only a Democrat sympathizer would selfishly stay in this race after getting thumped three times, three times in a row by his GOP opponent, just to enable a Democrat to hold the Alaskan people's seat in the United States House of Representatives.' [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/5/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich Affirmed He Would Not Withdraw From Race According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Soon after, Begich said in a written statement that he had no intention of dropping out of the race. [...] Later Monday, Begich's campaign issued a statement saying he was staying in the race: 'We are confident that we are on a positive trajectory to win in November,' his campaign wrote." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/5/22]
2022: Begich And Palin Engaged In Negative Campaigning, Potentially Alienating Voters According to Peninsula Clarion, "In the runup to the election, Palin and Begich traded barbed comments in an attempt to sway Republican voters toward their side. Observers say that may have been counterproductive, with Palin's comments alienating the Begich supporters she needed to win." [Peninsula Clarion, 9/5/22]
September 2022: Begich Was Expected To Challenge Peltola Again In November's Election According to Peninsula Clarion, "Because Peltola won in August, she will be a target for both Palin and Begich in November, he [Anderson] said." [Peninsula Clarion, 9/5/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich Lost Alaskas Special U.S. House Election To Mary Peltola According to Peninsula Clarion, "The Republican opponents Peltola defeated, Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III, have five days after the Sept. 2 certification to request a recount and 10 days to challenge the results in court." [Peninsula Clarion, 9/5/22]
September 2022: Begich Publicly Reiterated His Intention To Stay In The Race According to Peninsula Clarion, "Begich reiterated he has no intention of withdrawing." [Peninsula Clarion, 9/5/22]
September 2022: Palin Called For Begich To Drop Out Of Congressional Race According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Palin called a press conference outside her Wasilla home [...] But Palin's biggest criticism went to fellow Republican Nick Begich, who she said split the vote. [ ... ] 'Nick has until 5 o'clock today to do the right thing,' Palin said. 'And if he truly supports the election of a real conservative, real Republican from Alaska to the U.S. House of Representatives, he's not that candidate. I am.'" [NBC - 2 KTUU, 9/6/22]
September 2022: Begich Refused To Drop Out Of Congressional Race In Alaska According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Begich made it clear he had no intention of going anywhere. 'Sarah Palin's first reaction to adversity is to either quit herself or encourage others to quit,' Begich said. 'And I'm not going to quit on Alaska.'" [NBC - 2 KTUU, 9/6/22]
September 2022: Begich Criticized Palin's General Election Chances According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Despite the fact that Palin got more votes in than Begich in the special election, Begich said he doesn't believe that Palin can pull off a win in November. 'Sarah Palin is going to lose again if she stays in this race,' he said. 'At the end of the day, Alaskans know who Sarah Palin is and they're not going to vote for her.'" [NBC - 2 KTUU, 9/6/22]
2022: Alaska Republican Party Endorsed Begich But He Finished Third According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Begich was the preferred candidate of the Alaska Republican Party, which endorsed him while largely shunning Palin. Despite that support, he finished third among the three candidates and was the first eliminated." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 9/6/22]
September 2022: Begich Stated He Would Remain In The 2022 General Election For U.S. House According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "On Monday, Begich issued a statement to the press saying he will remain in the November general election race for the seat's full two-year term and that his campaign ʻis confident that we are on a positive trajectory to win in November.ʼ" [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 9/7/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Alaska Special U.S. House Election According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Republican businessman Nick Begich III had 28.5%. With no candidate crossing the 50% threshold in the first round of ballot counting, thirdplace candidate Begich was eliminated and his votes redistributed." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 9/8/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Alaska U.S. House Special Election First-Choice Voting According to The Nome Nugget (Alaska), "Peltola led after election day with 39.7 percent of first-choice votes, followed by Palin with 30.9 percent and Begich with 27.8 percent." [Nome Nugget (Alaska), 9/8/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Commented On Election Outcome In Written Statement According to The Nome Nugget (Alaska), "Begich said in a written statement that Wednesday's results match 'what pollsters have been telling us for months; Sarah Palin cannot win a statewide race because her unfavorable rating is so high.'" [Nome Nugget (Alaska), 9/8/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich III Remained A Candidate For Alaska U.S. House Full Term According to The Nome Nugget (Alaska), "All three candidates, plus Libertarian Chris Bye, will be on the ballot again in November as they seek election to a full two-year term." [Nome Nugget (Alaska), 9/8/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Was Eliminated In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election After Receiving The Fewest First-Choice Votes According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Fenumiai then narrated a detailed report showing how Begich - who had the fewest first-choice votes - was eliminated from the race and his second-choice votes were redistributed to Palin and Peltola." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 9/8/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich III Ran For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Peltola, along with Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III and libertarian fishing guide Chris Bye, are running for a full two-year term in the seat during November's general election." [Kodiak Daily Mirror, 9/13/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich Ran As A Republican Opponent To Peltola For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Alaska Dispatch News, "She [Peltola] faces two Republicans, former Gov. Sarah Palin and businessman Nick Begich, and Libertarian Chris Bye." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/13/22]
2022: Letter Writer Doug Bartko Urged Nick Begich To Withdraw From General Election According to a letter to the editor published in Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich should withdraw from the general election this November, just as Al Gross withdrew to give his competitor Mary Peltola a better chance at winning the election. If Begich withdrew, former Gov. Sarah Palin would be a more competitive candidate. More Alaska voters prefer Palin over Begich - simple math." [Letter to the Editor - Alaska Dispatch News, 9/13/22]
2022: Nick Begich Remained in Four-Way U.S. House Race After August Special Election According to an opinion piece by Paul Jenkins in Alaska Dispatch News, "Alaskans after the August special House election and open primary are left with four candidates in the November U.S. House race - a Democrat and Alaska Native, Mary Peltola, Libertarian Chris Bye, and two Republicans - failed vice presidential candidate and former Gov. Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III." [Paul Jenkins - Alaska Dispatch News, 9/15/22]
2022: Nick Begich Rejected Calls by Sarah Palin to Drop Out of Race According to an opinion piece by Paul Jenkins in Alaska Dispatch News, "For his part, Begich said Palin has been 'embarrassing' during the campaign and politely invited her to pound sand, with his campaign saying: 'We are confident that we are on a positive trajectory to win in November.'" [Paul Jenkins - Alaska Dispatch News, 9/15/22]
2022: Bristol Bay Times Editorial Board Reported Nick Begich Ran Negative Campaign According to an editorial published in Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), "Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III ran bruising campaigns against not only Democratic candidate Mary Peltola but also each other, each casting the other as ineffective and unpopular." [Editorial - Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 9/15/22]
September 2022: Begich Appeared At U.S. House Candidate Forum In Ketchikan According to Anchorage Press, "On Thursday, Palin and fellow Republican Nick Begich appeared at a U.S. House candidate forum in Ketchikan." [Anchorage Press, 9/21/22]
Begich Sought Full Two-Year U.S. House Term In November 2022 General Election According to Anchorage Press, "All three, and Libertarian candidate Chris Bye, are seeking a full two-year House term in the Nov. 8 general election." [Anchorage Press, 9/21/22]
2022: Begich Participated In Alaska U.S. House Candidate Forum According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Former Gov. Sarah Palin and businessman Nick Begich III, both Republicans, and libertarian Chris Bye, a Fairbanks fishing guide, fielded primarily business-oriented questions in a mostly civil format moderated by the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 9/22/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich Lost August 2022 Special Election To Mary Peltola According to Alaska Dispatch News, 'All three are seeking to defeat incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, who won an Aug. 16 special election by defeating Begich and Palin.' [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/23/22]
September 2022: Begich Received 20% First-Choice Support In Poll According to Juneau Empire, "Peltola is the first-choice candidate of 50% of respondents, followed by Palin at about 27%, Begich at 20% and Libertarian Chris Bye at 3%, according to the poll by Alaska-based Dittman research." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 9/23/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich III Maintained Third Place In Alaska's U.S. House Race Polls According to Homer News, "Nick Begich III rejects the premise he's the proverbial 'third man' in the U.S. House race, despite finishing in that position in the primary and remaining there in polls six weeks before the general election." [Homer News (Alaska), 9/24/22]
August 2022: Begich Placed Third In Special U.S. House Election According to Homer News, "The special election resulted in Peltola getting about 40% of first-choice votes, Palin 31% and Begich 28%, with enough Begich voters either ranking Peltola second or leaving that box blank to give the Democrat the head-to-head win over Palin." [Homer News (Alaska), 9/24/22]
September 2022: Begich Questioned Poll Implying Declining Support According to Homer News, 'Begich rejects the implication he's falling further behind his opponents. "I think that poll has a very high margin of error," he said (4.9%, according to the polling company Dittman Research). "It was also conducted after Mary Peltola was sworn in. I think there's sort of a peak in that favorability."' [Homer News (Alaska), 9/24/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Ran for U.S. House as Conservative Republican According to an opinion piece in Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich III is a 44-year-old conservative Republican running for Alaska's only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/26/22]
September 2022: Begich Received 25.6% First-Choice Support In Poll According to Peninsula Clarion, "Peltola was the first-choice preference of 48.7% of 1,282 likely voters surveyed Sept. 25-27, with Begich at 25.6%, Palin 23.3% and Libertarian Chris Bye at 2.4%, according to the findings by Alaska Survey Research." [Peninsula Clarion, 9/30/22]
2022: Letter Writer Frank Dahl Asserted Nick Begich Split Republican Vote in Alaska U.S. House Race According to a letter to the editor published in Alaska Dispatch News, "the truth is that Nick Begich gave [Mary Peltola] the win. That's what happens when the votes are split between Begich and Palin, giving Peltola more votes." [Letter to the Editor - Alaska Dispatch News, 10/2/22]
2022: Begich Ran For U.S. House Seat In Alaska According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Peltola, a Democrat, now faces another election against Republicans Nick Begich III and former Gov. Sarah Palin, along with Libertarian Chris Bye, to determine who will hold Alaska's lone U.S. House seat for the two-year term that begins in January." [Alaska Dispatch News, 10/5/22]
October 2022: Begich Explained Why He Remained In The Race Despite Electoral Challenges According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "'I could have gotten out of this race if I wanted to, but why would when I know that I'd be giving it to a Democrat,' Begich said. 'My objective is to get a conservative into the seat, and that's why I'm running as hard as I am.'" [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 10/8/22]
October 2022: Nick Begich Stated He Could Win The U.S. House Race By Convincing Palin Voters And New Voters According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich, who came in third in the special election, says he is still in position to emerge victorious from the U.S. House race by convincing some Palin voters to switch and by appealing to voters who did not vote in the special election but intend to vote in the regularly scheduled November election." [Alaska Dispatch News, 10/10/22]
Begich Ran As Republican Candidate In 2022 Alaska U.S. House Race According to Alaska Dispatch News, "she was elected to carry out the term previously held by the late U.S. Rep. Don Young by defeating two Republican opponents: businessman Nick Begich III and former Gov. Sarah Palin. [...] Now as an incumbent, she is again running against Begich and Palin, along with Libertarian Chris Bye, in the regularly scheduled Nov. 8 election to determine who will hold the seat for the two-year term beginning in January." [Alaska Dispatch News, 10/17/22]
August 2022: Begich Competed In House Special Election Won By Peltola According to Juneau Empire, "Peltola on Aug. 31 won a special election to fill Alaska's House seat until January in a race that also included Palin and Begich." [Juneau Empire, 10/17/22]
2021: Letter Writer Michael Coons Stated Nick Begich Filed to Run for US Congress According to a letter to the editor published in Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Nick Begich filed to run for US Congress in October of 2021, He talked to Don Young about his run and that Don was at that time not running for reelection." [Letter to the Editor - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman (Wasilla, Alaska), 10/23/22]
2022: Begich Cited Discontent With Young's Office As Motivation To Run According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich III [...] says he entered the U.S. House race because he was 'upset' by the former congressman's office." [Alaska Dispatch News, 10/27/22]
October 2021: Nick Begich Announced Candidacy For Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "Some of Young's former staff, in interview with other media, noted Begich spent about a year working for Young, supposedly to better understand the legislative process, before launching his campaign against the incumbent in October of 2021." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 10/27/22]
November 2022: Begich Ran For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Homer News, "Those three, along with Libertarian Chris Bye, are running in the Nov. 8 election for a full, two-year term, starting in January. That election also will be ranked choice. All four candidates participated in the debate." [Homer News (Alaska), 10/27/22]
October 2021: Begich Filed To Run Against Don Young For U.S. House Seat According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Begich was the first to file to run against Young when he did so last October." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 10/27/22]
August 2022: Begich Received 50,021 First-Place Votes In Special General Election For Alaska U.S. House Seat According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Peltola received 70,295 total first-place votes while Palin came in second with 57,693 and Begich received 50,021." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 10/27/22]
Begich Was A Republican Candidate For Alaska's Open U.S. House Seat In 2022 According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Republican Nick Begich III, Libertarian Chris Bye, Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin and current Congresswoman Mary Peltola, a Democrat, all participated [in the Debate for the State]." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 10/27/22]
2022: Begich Ran In Alaska U.S. House Race Against Peltola, Palin, And Bye According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Peltola is running against Palin, Republican Nick Begich and Libertarian Chris Bye in the Nov. 8 election." [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/2/22]
October 2022: Begich Campaigned For U.S. House Against Peltola, Palin, And Bye According to Nome Nugget, "She is competing against Republicans Nick Begich III and Sarah Palin as well as Libertarian Chris Bye. All four candidates are on the ballot under Alaska's new ranked choice voting system which was rolled out this year." [Nome Nugget, 11/3/22]
November 2022: Begich Campaigned For U.S. House Seat Held By Mary Peltola According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich and Sarah Palin - two Republicans vying for the same U.S. House seat currently held by Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola [...]" [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/7/22]
2022: Nick Begich Ran As A Republican For Alaska's Sole U.S. House Seat According to Peninsula Clarion, "Begich, who earlier in the campaign cast Palin as a quitter and someone chasing celebrity, said a Republican in the seat is better than a Democrat. But in a recent interview, he argued he was the Republican with the momentum, saying he had seen a growth in his support since his third place finish in the special election." [Peninsula Clarion (Kenai, Alaska), 11/8/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Ran For U.S. House As A Republican In Alaska According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "She is running against Republicans former Governor Sarah Palin, Nick Begich III and Libertarian Chris Bye." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/8/22]
August 2022: Begich Received 50,021 First-Place Votes In Alaska's Special Election According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "In the Aug. 16 special general election to fill Young's term, Peltola outperformed Palin by more than 12,000 first-place votes. Peltola received 70,295 total first-place votes while Palin came in second with 57,693 and Begich received 50,021." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/8/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Received 61,179 Votes In The Alaska U.S. House Race According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "In the race for U.S. House, incumbent Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola's 127,364 votes give her a lead of nearly 60,000 votes and nearly 23% over Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin. Palin received 67,485 votes, and Republican Nick Begich received 61,179 votes. Begich trails Peltola by over 66,000 votes and over 25%. Libertarian Chris Bye has received 4,521 votes, accounting for nearly 2% of the ballots." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/8/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third Behind Peltola And Palin In U.S. House Vote Totals According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "In the race for U.S. House, Democrat incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola widened her lead over Republicans former Gov. Sarah Palin and Nick Begich, but has not yet reached the 50% threshold required to avoid the ranked-choice procedure on Nov. 23. Peltola's 116,322 put her 53,297 votes ahead of Palin and 58,885 votes ahead of Begich." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/8/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Received 24% Of The Vote In Initial U.S. House Count According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola maintains her lead over former Gov. Sarah Palin and Nick Begich, with 47% of the vote to their 27% and 24%, respectively." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/8/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Early U.S. House Election Results According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "Republican candidate and former Gov. Sarah Palin led second with 26.77% of the vote and Republican candidate Nick Begich followed with 24.56%; Libertarian candidate Chris Bye had just 1.75% of the vote." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 11/8/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Ranked Third In Early U.S. House Race Vote Counts According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin led fellow Republican Nick Begich III in early vote counts. Palin was in second place with nearly 27% of first-choice votes to Begich's 24%." [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/9/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Special U.S. House Election First-Choice Votes According to Alaska Dispatch News, "In the three-way special election held in August, Peltola garnered 40% of first-choice votes, Palin got 31% and Begich got 28.5%." [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/9/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Early Alaska House Race Vote Count According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "She [Peltola] led Republican opponent Sarah Palin and Nick Begich in the vote count early Wednesday, with 47.1% to 26.6% for Palin, 24.3% for Begich and 1.7% for Libertarian Chris Bye." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 11/9/22]
11/8/22: Begich Trailed In Alaska U.S. House Vote Count According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "She [Peltola] led Republican opponent Sarah Palin and Nick Begich in the vote count early Wednesday, with 47.1% to 26.6% for Palin, 24.3% for Begich and 1.7% for Libertarian Chris Bye." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/9/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska's U.S. House Race On Election Night According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin currently sits in second place with 56,791 votes and Nick Begich is currently in third place with 51,765 votes." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/9/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Alaska's U.S. House Race First-Choice Ballots According to Juneau Empire, "The incumbent [Peltola] has 47.22% of the vote as of Wednesday, with Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin at 26.59%, Republican Nick Begich III at 24.21% and Libertarian Chris Bye at 1.73%." [Juneau Empire, 11/9/22]
August 2022: Begich Lost To Peltola In Special U.S. House Election When Second-Choice Votes Were Tallied According to Juneau Empire, "Peltola became the first Democrat elected to Alaska's lone U.S. House seat in nearly 50 years among other historic firsts during a special election in mid-August by getting a near-majority of first-choice ballots, then prevailing when the second-choice votes were tallied at the end of the month." [Juneau Empire, 11/9/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska U.S. House Race First-Choice Ballots According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "Numbers released Wednesday afternoon show Peltola with 101,236 votes. Palin now has 57,005 and Nick Begich received 51,896 according to the 2:38 p.m. update from the Division of Elections." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/10/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Expressed Confidence On Election Night According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "On election night Begich had said he was remaining confident. 'The numbers have been tightening as the results have come in,' Begich said. 'We're pretty excited about the opportunity to represent Alaska.'" [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/10/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Early Results For Alaska's US House Race According to Homer News (Alaska), "Palin was in second place with 28% of first-choice votes to Begich's 24.8%." [Homer News (Alaska), 11/10/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Ran As A Republican For Alaska's US House Seat According to Homer News (Alaska), "Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin led fellow Republican Nick Begich III in early vote counts." [Homer News (Alaska), 11/10/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In The Special Election For Alaska's US House Seat According to Homer News (Alaska), "In the three-way special election held in August, Peltola garnered 40% of first-choice votes, Palin got 31% and Begich got 28.5%. After ranked-choice votes were tabulated, Peltola won with 51.5% of votes to Palin's 48.5%." [Homer News (Alaska), 11/10/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich III Trailed Sarah Palin And Mary Peltola In U.S. House Race According to Peninsula Clarion, "Palin is trailing incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola by roughly a 47%-27% tally, with Republican challenger Nick Begich III at about 24%." [Peninsula Clarion (Kenai, Alaska), 11/11/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Ran For Alaska U.S. House Seat Against Peltola And Palin According to Alaska Dispatch News, "In November, Palin again faced Peltola, along with Republican Nick Begich and Libertarian Chris Bye. Peltola appears on track to repeat her victory, with Palin trailing in second place, but results won't be final until Wednesday, when the Division of Elections plans to release the outcome of the ranked choice voting tabulation after all ballots are counted." [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/18/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Ran As A Republican In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Peltola faced two Republican challengers: Palin, who returned to state politics after a 13-year hiatus since quitting as governor; and businessman Nick Begich III, the Republican grandson of Nick Begich the first, a Democrat who was elected to the U.S. House in 1972 but disappeared in a plane crash." [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/21/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Trailed In U.S. House Race First-Choice Votes According to Alaska Dispatch News, "In the U.S. House race, Peltola [...] commands just under 49% of first-choice votes. She's leading her Republican challengers, former Gov. Sarah Palin and Nick Begich, who have 26% and 23% respectively. Libertarian Chris Bye has less than 2%." [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/21/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska U.S. House Election According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "For U.S. House, Democratic incumbent Mary Peltola had 48.7% of the vote, ahead of Republican challengers Sarah Palin (25.8%) and Nick Begich (23.4%) and Libertarian challenger Chris Bye (1.7%)." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 11/21/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "For U.S. House, Democratic incumbent Mary Peltola had 48.7% of the vote, ahead of Republican challengers Sarah Palin (25.8%) and Nick Begich (23.4%) and Libertarian challenger Chris Bye (1.7%)." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/21/22]
August 2022: Begich Was Eliminated In The First Round Of Alaska's Special U.S. House Election According to Juneau Empire, "Democrat Mary Peltola got about 40% of the first-choice vote, Palin 31% and Begich 28%. Begich was thus eliminated in the first 'instant runoff,' and the votes of people ranking a second choice added to the other candidates." [Juneau Empire, 11/22/22]
November 2022: Begich Received 23.38% Of First-Choice Votes In The General Election For U.S. House According to Juneau Empire, "The most recent tally of first-choice votes last Friday, comprised of 264,994 ballots representing about 44% of registered voters, shows with Peltola at 48.68%, Palin 25.79% and Begich 23.38%." [Juneau Empire, 11/22/22]
November 2022: Begich And Palin Urged Supporters To 'Rank The Red' In The General Election According to Juneau Empire, "Palin and Begich, whose vicious attacks on each other and denouncement of ranked choice voting apparently resulted in relatively low second-choice support for each other, both urged supporters to 'rank the red' during the general election campaign." [Juneau Empire, 11/22/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "First-choice: Mary Peltola* (D) 48.68%, Sarah Palin (R) 25.79%, Nick Begich III (R) 23.38%, Chris Bye (L) 1.73%" in the U.S. House race. [Juneau Empire, 11/23/22]
August 2022: Begich III And Palin Attacked Each Other During Special U.S. House Election According to Juneau Empire, "Palin did fare better in the ranked choice rounds than during the special election, when she and fellow Republican Nick Begich III attacked each other constantly, as both Republicans urged supporters to 'rank the red' during the subsequent fall campaign." [Juneau Empire, 11/23/22]
2022: Nick Begich Ran For Alaska's U.S. House Seat As A Republican According to Peninsula Clarion, "Palin suggested that Begich, who entered the race last fall, months before Palin, and is from a family of prominent Democrats, was a 'plant' siphoning votes from her. The two nonetheless encouraged a 'rank the red' strategy ahead of this month's election in hopes of recapturing the seat for the GOP." [Peninsula Clarion, 11/24/22]
2022: Mary Peltola Defeated Nick Begich And Sarah Palin In Alaska Congressional Race According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola held off Republicans Nick Begich and former Gov. Sarah Palin for the second time in less than three months, this time holding the seat she first won in August." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/24/22]
2022: Nick Begich Finished Third In The First Round Of Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Nome Nugget, "Palin was second going into the tabulation, but trailed Peltola by more than 20 points, 25.83 percent to 48.64 percent. Republican Nick Begich was in a close third with 23.64 percent." [Nome Nugget, 12/1/22]
2022: 10 Percent Of Nome Voters Selected Nick Begich As Their First Choice For U.S. House According to Nome Nugget, "In the race for House Representative, 71 percent of Nome voters cast their first choice for Peltola, 16 percent for Palin and 10 percent for Begich." [Nome Nugget, 12/1/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third Statewide In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "U.S. House: Mary Peltola (D) 48.8%, Sarah Palin (R) 25.7%, Nick Begich III (R) 23.3%, Chris Bye (L) 1.7%." [Juneau Empire, 12/2/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Received Lower Support In Juneau's District 4 Than Statewide According to Juneau Empire, "Republican Nick Begich's 13.1% in the district paled to his 23.3% statewide, but former Republican Gov. Sarah Palin was even more spurned at 10% in the district compared to 25.7% statewide." [Juneau Empire, 12/2/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Placed Second In Juneau's District 3 For U.S. House According to Juneau Empire, "The tallies for the three candidates were not surprisingly more conservative in District 3 [...] but still saw a lopsided Peltola/Begich/Palin split of 62.8%/17.81%/17.79%." [Juneau Empire, 12/2/22]
2022: Nick Begich Finished Third In Alaska's Special Election For U.S. House According to an opinion piece in Alaska Dispatch News, "In August, Peltola won the first round of the special election, Sarah Palin finished second, and Nick Begich finished third. But because Peltola did not win 50% or more of the vote, the second-place votes were ranked." [Alaska Dispatch News - Alaska Dispatch News, 12/7/22]
2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska U.S. House Race Despite GOP Endorsement According to Alaska Dispatch News, "in the recent U.S. House race, Republican Party-endorsed candidate Nick Begich came in third behind Democrat Mary Peltola, who won the race, and former Gov. Sarah Palin, who came in second, besting Begich despite the early endorsement Begich received from the party." [Alaska Dispatch News, 12/7/22]
March 2022: Begich Announced House Run Before Don Young's Death According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich first announced he would run for U.S. House several months before Republican Don Young --- who held the seat for nearly five decades --- died suddenly in March 2022." [Alaska Dispatch News, 7/13/23]
2022: Nick Begich Ran As Conservative Positioned To The Right Of Don Young According to Anchorage Daily News, "At the time, Begich pitched himself as a conservative running to the right of Young and criticized Young for occasionally working across the aisle." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 7/13/23]
2022: Nick Begich III Publicly Urged Republican Rival Sarah Palin To Drop Out Of The Congressional Race According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Begich and Palin waged a war of words for the other one to drop out of the race in order to give a Republican candidate a better chance of winning." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 7/13/23]
2022: Nick Begich Finished Third In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "The Bethel congresswoman [Peltola] won the position against both Begich, who finished third, and former Gov. Sarah Palin, a Republican, who finished second in the races." [Juneau Empire, 7/13/23]
2022: Nick Begich Was Considered A Front-Runner For Alaska's U.S. House Special Election According to Juneau Empire, "Begich was considered a front-runner among the 48 candidates who sought the congressional seat following the unexpected death of longtime incumbent Don Young in March of 2022." [Juneau Empire, 7/13/23]
2022: Begich Also Finished Behind Peltola And Palin In November Election According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Begich also finished behind Peltola and Palin in the November election for a full two-year term." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 7/14/23]
2022: Nick Begich Lost Alaska U.S. House Race To Mary Peltola, Finishing Third According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Begich ran for the seat in 2022 but lost to Peltola, coming in third after former Republican Gov. Sarah Palin in ranked choice tabulations." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 7/15/23]
2022: Nick Begich III Finished Third In Alaska's U.S. House Special Election According to Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), "In an August special ranked-choice election to replace Young, Begich finished third out of three candidates, behind Peltola and fellow Republican Sarah Palin." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 7/17/23]
2022: Nick Begich III Finished Behind Peltola and Palin In November Election According to Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), "Begich also finished behind Peltola and Palin in the November election for a full two-year term." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 7/17/23]
2022: Nick Begich Finished Third in Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Arctic Sounder, "Begich, a millionaire businessman, finished third In Alaska's 2022 congressional race, behind Peltola and Republican former Gov. Sarah Palln." [Arctic Sounder (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/20/23]
2022: Nick Begich Positioned Himself as a Conservative Opponent to Don Young According to Arctic Sounder, "Begich pitched himself as a conservative running to the right of Young and criticized Young for occasionally working across the aisle." [Arctic Sounder (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/20/23]
Nick Begich Was Defeated By Peltola In Both Special And 2022 General Election According to Nome Nugget, "Peltola defeated Begich in a special election to replace Rep. Don Young, and in the 2022 general election." [Nome Nugget, 11/16/23]
2022: Nick Begich Ran Twice For U.S. House Seat In Alaska And Lost To Mary Peltola According to Arctic Sounder, "Dahlstrom joins a congressional race that also includes fellow Republican Nick Begich, who first ran for the seat in 2022, losing twice to Peltola - in a special election to replace longtime Rep. Don Young and in the regularly scheduled November election." [Arctic Sounder, 11/23/23]
2022: Letter Writer Georgianna Zimmerle Stated that Palin and Nick Begich Received More Combined Votes than Peltola in Congressional Primary According to a letter to the editor published in Anchorage Daily News, "In the 2022 primary election, more people voted for Palin and Nick Begich combined than voted for the Democrat, Mary Peltola." [Letter to the Editor - Anchorage Daily News, 11/24/23]
2022: Peltola Defeated Begich In Two Congressional Elections According to Juneau Empire, "Peltola defeated Begich and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin twice in 2022. The first was a special election in August to fill the remainder of Rep. Don Young's term after the Republican died in March of that year after nearly 50 years in office. The second was for her first full two-year term that November." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 1/22/24]
Nick Begich Finished Third In Both 2022 Alaska Special And General Elections For U.S. House According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich [...] came in third behind Peltola and former Gov. Sarah Palin both in the special election and in the November 2022 election." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 2/8/24]
2022: Nick Begich Lost U.S. House Races To Mary Peltola According to Anchorage Daily News, "Peltola won the seat in a special election in 2022 and maintained it several months later in a regular election that featured the same candidates, beating Begich both times along with former Gov. Sarah Palin." [Anchorage Daily News, 4/17/24]
2022: Begich Lost To Peltola Twice In U.S. House Elections According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Begich lost to Peltola twice in 2022 -- both in the special election and in the regular November election." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 6/2/24]
2022: Nick Begich Lost To Mary Peltola Twice In U.S. House Races According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich lost to Peltola twice in 2022 -- both in the special election and in the regular November election." [Anchorage Daily News, 6/2/24]
2022: Begich Lost To Peltola In A Three-Way U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "Nick Begich III, who lost to Peltola in a three-way race in 2022 [...]" [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 6/2/24]
2022: Nick Begich Lost To Mary Peltola In Two U.S. House Elections According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich lost to Peltola twice in 2022 - both in the special election and in the regular November election." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 6/6/24]
2022: Nick Begich Lost To Mary Peltola In Both Special And Regular U.S. House Elections According to Arctic Sounder, "Begich lost to Peltola twice in 2022 - both in the special election and in the regular November election." [Arctic Sounder, 6/6/24]
2022: Begich Ran Against Palin And Peltola For U.S. House According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Begich, Palin and Peltola ran against each other in an August special election and in the November general election for U.S. House." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 6/18/24]
2022: Donald Mitchell Reported Nick Begich III Finished Third In House Primary According to an opinion piece by Donald Mitchell in Anchorage Daily News, "Twenty-two candidates competed in the 'jungle primary' election for Alaska's sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Democrat Peltola finished first, Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III finished second and third, and Libertarian Chris Bye finished fourth." [Donald Mitchell - Anchorage Daily News, 7/6/24]
2022: Nick Begich Ran For U.S. House Seat In Alaska According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich, with sign-holding supporters, waves to Midtown Anchorage motorists on Election Day in 2022. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)." [The Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 7/22/24]
2022: Peltola Defeated Begich And Other Competitors Twice According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "In 2022, Peltola twice defeated Begich, former Republican Gov. Sarah Palin and all other competitors." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 8/14/24]
2022: Peltola Twice Defeated Begich For U.S. House Seat According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "In 2022, Peltola twice defeated Begich, former Republican Gov. Sarah Palin and all other competitors." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/14/24]
2022: Peltola Twice Defeated Begich And Others In Congressional Elections According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "In 2022, Peltola twice defeated Begich, former Republican Gov. Sarah Palin and all other competitors." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 8/15/24]
2024: Begich Finished Third In 2022 U.S. House Race Behind Peltola And Palin According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich, who came in third in 2022 behind Peltola and former Gov. Sarah Palin, has become the darling of many local Republican groups..." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/17/24]
2024: Some Consultants Described Begich's Primary Strategy As A 'False Primary' According to Anchorage Daily News, "I think Nick Begich has created this idea some have called a 'false primary,' said Shuckerow. 'He kind of threw this Hail Mary because he finished third the last three times he's run.'" [Anchorage Daily News, 8/17/24]
2022: Nick Begich Lost Twice To Mary Peltola In Alaska U.S. House Races According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich lost twice to Peltola in 2022, coming in behind Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/21/24]
2022: Nick Begich Placed Third In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Arctic Sounder, "Begich, who came in third in 2022 behind Peltola and former Gov. Sarah Palin, has become the darling of many local Republican groups, with endorsements from a growing number of Republican district committees and Republican women's groups." [Arctic Sounder, 8/22/24]
Begich's Third-Place Finishes Cited As Campaign Challenge In 2024 According to Arctic Sounder, "He kind of threw this Hail Mary because he finished third the last three times he's run." [Arctic Sounder, 8/22/24]
Nick Begich Affirmed Intent To Accept 2022 Alaska Election Results According to USA Today, '"I will absolutely accept these election results. I have confidence in our election process here in the state of Alaska," Begich told NBC News on Aug. 15.' [USA Today, 8/29/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Finished Third In Alaska U.S. House Race According to Alaska's News Source, "Last November, Begich lost in the U.S. House race, finishing third and with fewer first-place votes than both Peltola and fellow Republican Sarah Palin. Begich gained 62,505 votes (23.6%) compared to 68,330 (25.8%) for Palin and 128,755 (48.6%) for Peltola." [Alaska's News Source, 7/13/23]
2022: Nick Begich III Was Eliminated Under Ranked-Choice Voting In Alaska House Race According to Alaska's News Source, "In November, Begich was eliminated in the state's first use of ranked-choice voting, which utilized an instant runoff to deliver the victory to Peltola." [Alaska's News Source, 7/13/23]
2022: Nick Begich III Was Eliminated In The Final Round Of Alaska U.S. House Election According to Wikipedia, "Mary Peltola won reelection to a full term in office, defeating Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III and Libertarian Chris Bye in the runoff count." [Wikipedia, 2/7/23]
2022: Begich Indicated Willingness To Withdraw If He Finished Third In Primary According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "Begich said before the primary that he would have dropped out if he had finished third because in 2022, voters who voted for him didn't list a second choice." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 9/13/24]
2022: Begich Lost To Peltola In Two U.S. House Races According to Anchorage Daily News, "In 2022, Begich twice lost to Peltola in races that also featured Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin. Palin and Begich had repeatedly criticized each other and Alaska's voting system, which includes nonpartisan primaries and ranked choice general elections." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/18/24]
2024: Juneau Empire Stated Begich Defeated Peltola For U.S. House Seat By 51.3%-48.7% Split After Ranked-Choice Votes According to Juneau Empire, "those would trend downward through the end of last year's election that saw Begich defeat Peltola by a 51.3%-48.7% split after ranked-choice votes were tallied." [Juneau Empire, 3/26/25]
2022-2024: Begich Ran For Congress Three Times Under Ranked Choice Voting, Winning In 2024 According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich ran for Congress three times under ranked choice voting, starting with the 2022 special election, and won last year after losing his first two attempts." [Anchorage Daily News, 5/1/25]
2022-2024: Nick Begich Ran For Congress Three Times Under Ranked Choice Voting, Winning In 2024 According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich ran for Congress three times under ranked choice voting, starting with the 2022 special election, and won last year after losing his first two attempts." [Anchorage Daily News, 5/1/25]
June 2022: Begich Advanced To Final Runoff In Special Election To Replace Don Young According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "These are the top four winners among 48 on the ballot in the state's first 'ranked choice' election under a new voting system, where the top four go to a final runoff, in this case in the August primary election." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 6/13/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Advanced To Special General Election For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Palin, Begich and Gross had already appeared certain to advance to the general election according to results released Saturday." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/15/22]
6/15/22: Associated Press Advanced Nick Begich To Alaska's Special General Election Finalists According to Peninsula Clarion, "Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Nick Begich and Al Gross will all advance to the state's ranked choice special general election on Aug. 16, according to the AP. The call came after the Alaska Division of Elections released updated results." [Peninsula Clarion, 6/15/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Advanced To Alaska's Special Congressional Election With Second-Most Votes According to Juneau Empire, "The top vote-getters in Alaska's special primary election remained the same following updated results from the Division of Elections, with former Gov. Sarah Palin with a strong lead over Republican Nick Begich, followed by independent Al Gross and Democrat Mary Peltola." [Juneau Empire, 6/15/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Advanced To Alaska's Special General Election For U.S. House According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "The top four will advance to the special general election under Alaska's new ranked-choice voting system. The winner will be seated in September. The four leaders also are registered to run in the regular election for the next term of the two-year House seat, which starts in January 2023." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 6/15/22]
June 2022: Begich Advanced To The Final Four In Alaska's Congressional Special Election According to Anchorage Press, "These are the top four winners among 48 on the ballot in the state's first 'ranked-choice' election under a new voting system. The top four go to a final runoff in the August primary election. [...] Palin, Begich, Gross, and Peltola are also on that ballot." [Anchorage Press, 6/16/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich Advanced To Special General Election For Alaska's Congressional Seat According to KTUU, "Republican Nick Begich has 30,851 [votes], an increase of just under 2,000 votes... Palin, Begich and Peltola will move on to the Aug. 16 special general rank-choice voting primary election, but Gross will not." [KTUU, 6/22/22]
2022: Alaska Dispatch News Editorial Board Identified Nick Begich III As Final Three Special Election Candidate According to an editorial published in Alaska Dispatch News, "Forty-eight candidates have become four - and now, with the unexplained exit of third-place candidate Al Gross, three." A graphic accompanying the editorial identified "Nick Begich III" as one of the three remaining candidates in the special election for U.S. Representative. [Editorial - Alaska Dispatch News, 6/24/22]
2022: Alaska Dispatch News Editorial Board Highlighted Potential Ranked-Choice Voting Scenario Affecting Nick Begich III According to an editorial published in Alaska Dispatch News, "It's not hard to imagine a scenario, for instance, where left-of-center support coalesces around Mary Peltola, leaving Nick Begich III in last place after the first round. Begich's voters would very likely support Sarah Palin overwhelmingly as their second choice, which would almost certainly hand the election to Palin." [Editorial - Alaska Dispatch News, 6/24/22]
2022: Anchorage Daily News Editorial Board Identified Nick Begich III as Candidate Impacted by Special Election Ballot Reduction According to an editorial published in Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "It's not hard to imagine a scenario, for instance, where left-of-center support coalesces around Mary Peltola, leaving Nick Begich III in last place after the first round. Begich's voters would very likely support Sarah Palin overwhelmingly as their second choice, which would almost certainly hand the election to Palin." [Editorial - Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 6/30/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Ranked As One Of Two Leading Republican Candidates In Special General Election According to Anchorage Press, "Peltola is likely to gain about 40 percent of the vote, while Begich and Palin may total 60 percent between them. Either Begich or Palin is likely to finish third in the first round for the special general election." [Anchorage Press, 8/3/22]
August 2022: Analysis Indicated Begich And Palin Were In A Dead Heat For First-Round Votes According to Anchorage Press, "Begich and Palin are in a dead heat for Round 1 votes, and they know it. Chances are only one of them will advance to the second round, no matter how you slice the roughly 60 percent of likely Republican voters in the Alaska electorate." [Anchorage Press, 8/3/22]
August 2022: Begich Indicated He Would Rank Palin Second On Ballot According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich has also frequently attacked Palin during the campaign, though he has said he will rank Palin second on his ballot." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/9/22]
August 2022: Begich Expected To Advance In Ranked Choice Special Election According to Juneau Empire, "The most significant vote next Tuesday is the ranked choice special election to fill the remainder of the late U.S. Rep. Don Young's seat. The three contenders --- Republicans Begich and Sarah Palin, and Democrat Mary Peltola --- all are expected to be among the four candidates selected during the separate general election primary for the November ballot, with a victory next week likely to provide an edge in the subsequent race." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 8/9/22]
August 2022: Begich Stated His Job Was To Encourage Voters To Rank Him First According to Peninsula Clarion, "Begich said his job is to make sure voters mark him first. Begich, who said he would like to see Alaska return to its old system, said he's focused on campaigning and leaving education around the process to others." [Peninsula Clarion, 8/11/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Expressed Optimism About November General Election Prospects According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Once first returns came in putting him in third place, Begich said he remains 'really optimistic' about his November run." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/16/22]
August 2022: Ranked-Choice Voting Was Used In Special U.S. House Election With Begich As A Candidate According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "Tuesday is the first time that Alaskans will be using ranked-choice voting, a system that residents voted to use in 2020. The ranked-choice system will only be used for the special general election contested between the three U.S. House candidates Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III, and Democrat Mary Peltola as well as six other certified write-in candidates." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 8/16/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Became One Of The Top Four Moving To The General Election Under Ranked-Choice Voting According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "The top four candidates will move on to the general election, which will be decided by ranked choice voting." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 8/16/22]
2022: Voters Ranked Nick Begich III, Sarah Palin And Mary Peltola For Special General Election According to Peninsula Clarion, "Voters ranked Nick Begich III, Sarah Palin and Mary Peltola, who emerged as the top vote-getters from the special primary election, in order of preference for the special general election." [Peninsula Clarion, 8/16/22]
August 2022: Ivan Moore Estimated Nick Begich's Votes Would Largely Go To Palin In Ranked Choice Tabulation According to Juneau Empire, "Pollster Ivan Moore [...] wrote. 'Back-of-a-napkin calculations from our recent poll numbers suggests that Nick Begich's 29% will split 19.5%-9.5% to Palin.'" [Juneau Empire, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Was Expected To Be Eliminated First In Ranked-Choice Tabulation According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "That shifts the focus from who the winner is to who the loser is, and in that case, it appears to be Nick Begich III." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 8/17/22]
August 2022: Analysts Speculated On Begich-Palin Voter Second Choices In Congressional Race According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Many believe Palin is the most likely receiver of second choices from Begich voters, but Begich may receive second choices from those who chose Palin first." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/18/22]
2022: Alaska Dispatch News Editorial Board Assessed Redistribution of Nick Begich Votes in Ranked-Choice Election According to an editorial published in Alaska Dispatch News, "That means the next several days will be a guessing game as to how those picks will break down. Will most of Begich's supporters pick Sarah Palin, the other Republican in the race? Or are they so opposed to Palin and her divisive brand of politics that they would rather throw their support to Peltola - or not rank anyone at all? It's anyone's guess, though Palin has to be considered likely to be the main beneficiary of Begich voters' second-choice support." [Editorial - Alaska Dispatch News, 8/19/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Trailed Sarah Palin By A Few Points In The Polls For Second Place According to Juneau Empire, "Begich trails Sarah Palin by only a few points for second place, pundits in social and traditional media said he supposedly puts lots of effort into encouraging absentee ballots that are still coming in, and poll numbers suggest he is basically a shoo-in in a head-to-head match against Peltola." [Juneau Empire, 8/20/22]
August 2022: Alaska Watchman Suggested Palin Supporters Weren't Ranking Begich, Potentially Impacting His Chances According to Juneau Empire, "I'm hearing many Palin supporters are only voting for a single candidate and that doesn't bode well for Begich if Sarah ends up third," The Alaska Watchman, a conservative news site, wrote in a social media post. [Juneau Empire, 8/20/22]
August 2022: Poll Numbers Indicated Nick Begich III Was Likely To Win In A Head-To-Head With Mary Peltola According to Juneau Empire, "poll numbers suggest he is basically a shoo-in in a head-to-head match against Peltola." [Juneau Empire, 8/20/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Publicly Stated He Ranked Sarah Palin Second On Ballot According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, '"I was asked many times who I would put second and I made clear I would put Palin second on my ballot. The other two candidates did not, at any point to my knowledge, make clear who they would put second if they would put anyone second at all," Begich said.' [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/22/22]
August 2022: Analyst Estimated Up To 30% Of Nick Begich's Votes Might Not Transfer To Palin According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 'So somewhere between maybe 15 and 30% of Nick Begich's voters are not going to get transferred to Palin. Maybe they will,' Hockema said, 'but I think a lot of people are just going to not rank the second Republican because the energy between the campaigns is really, really bad.' [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/22/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Was Eliminated In The First Round Of Ranked Choice Voting According to Juneau Empire, "Palin's second-place status appears to be solidifying enough to eliminate Begich from the first round of ranked choice voting and potentially prevail against Peltola when second-choice votes are tallied." [Juneau Empire, 8/23/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Was Unlikely To Overtake Palin For Second Place In U.S. House Race According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich is unlikely to make up the difference to overtake Palin for second place. That means the race will likely be between Peltola and Palin, and will be determined by the number of Begich supporters who ranked Palin second on their ballots." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/24/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Was Projected To Be Eliminated In Alaska's Special U.S. House Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "The third-place finisher - likely Begich - will be eliminated from the race, and those votes will be redistributed to whoever is ranked second on those ballots." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/24/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Alaska's U.S. House Special Election According To Alaska Dispatch News According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Ultimately, Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III ended up on the special election ballot on Aug. 16, the state's first ranked choice election. As of Friday night, Peltola leadsin first place votes with 39.6% of votes counted as of Friday. Palin has 30.9% and Begich trails with 27.8%. In all likelihood, Begich will come in third and be eliminated." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/25/22]
August 2022: Analysts Projected Begich Supporters' Second-Choice Votes Would Favor Palin Over Peltola According to Juneau Empire, "Moore is predicting voters listing second-choice once Begich is eliminated will favor Palin over Peltola by nearly a 60/40 ratio, allowing the former Alaska governor to close the gap in first-choice ballots just enough to eek out barely more than 1% win." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 8/26/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Placed Third In Alaska's Special U.S. House Race According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Peltola topped Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin after ballots were tallied and votes for third-place GOP candidate Nick Begich III were redistributed to his supporters' second choices." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/29/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Was Eliminated And His Supporters' Votes Redistributed In Alaska's Ranked Choice Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "No candidate exceeded the 50% first-choice threshold needed to win under Alaska's ranked choice voting system. Begich was in third place; the second-choice votes of Begich's supporters were then tallied in what is called an instant runoff." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/29/22]
August 2022: Many Nick Begich Voters Expected To Choose Palin As Second Choice In Ranked-Choice Voting According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "It is expected that many Begich voters will pick Palin as a second choice, so that Palin will gain votes." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/29/22]
Alaska Dispatch News Reported Begich Was Eliminated In Tabulation Process Due To Fewest First-Choice Votes In 2022 According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Fenumiai then narrated a detailed report showing how Begich -- who had the fewest first-choice votes -- was eliminated from the race and his second-choice votes were redistributed to Palin and Peltola." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/29/22]
Alaska Dispatch News Reported More Than A Quarter Of Begich Voters Ranked Peltola Second In 2022 According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Nearly 60% of Alaska voters indicated their first choice was a Republican candidate -- either her or Begich. But more than a quarter of Begich's voters indicated that Peltola is their second choice." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/29/22]
2022: Nick Begich's Voters' Second Choices Contributed To Mary Peltola's Victory According to Peninsula Clarion, "She won by earning enough second-choice votes among people ranking Republican Nick Begich III as their first pick." [Peninsula Clarion, 8/31/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Finished Last Among Final Candidates In First Round Of Ranked Choice Voting According to Anchorage Press, "In the second round, Begich is the lowest finisher and is eliminated. Voters who picked him as their first choice have their votes instead go to their second choice." [Anchorage Press (Alaska), 8/31/22]
August 2022: Polls Indicated Begich Voters Likely Favored Palin As Second Choice According to Anchorage Press, "Pre-election polling indicates that fellow Republican candidate Sarah Palin is likely the second choice of most Begich voters, which may make her the winner." [Anchorage Press (Alaska), 8/31/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich's Votes Were Redistributed In Alaska's Ranked-Choice Election According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "The video showed that Begich's 53,756 first-place votes were redistributed according to the second choice marked on each ballot. Palin picked up an additional 27,045 bringing her cumulative total to 85,987. Peltola picked up an additional 15,445 votes giving her 91,206 [...]" [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 9/1/22]
2022: Nick Begich Expressed Acceptance Of Election Process Legitimacy According to Juneau Empire, "Begich, on the other hand, seemed accepting of the legitimacy of the process and highly critical of Palin hurting the possibility of a Republican victory by posting a Twitter message containing a video of her attacks on ranked choice voting." [Juneau Empire, 9/1/22]
August 2022: Begich Votes Were Redistributed After Elimination Under Ranked Choice System According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Half of Begich's votes went to fellow GOP candidate Palin. Nearly 29% of Begich supporters ranked Peltola second. A fifth of Begich voters did not rank a second-choice candidate." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/2/22]
August 2022: About One Quarter Of Nick Begich Voters Ranked Peltola Second According to Alaska Dispatch News, "About half of Begich voters in the special congressional election voted for Palin as their second choice, but more than a quarter of Begich voters ranked Peltola second, crossing party lines. A fifth of his voters did not rank any candidate as their second choice, contributing to Peltola's advantage." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/5/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Was Defeated In Alaska's First Ranked Choice U.S. House Election According to Peninsula Clarion, "Peltola will be sworn in as Alaska's lone U.S. representative later this month after defeating Republican candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III." [Peninsula Clarion, 9/5/22]
2022: Over 80% Of Begich Voters Ranked Multiple Candidates In Alaska's Ranked Choice Election According to Peninsula Clarion, "more than 80% of Republican candidate Nick Begich's supporters picked at least one additional candidate." [Peninsula Clarion, 9/5/22]
September 2022: Begich Criticized Sarah Palins Electability In Prepared Statement According to Peninsula Clarion, "'Ranked choice voting showed that Palin simply doesn't have enough support from Alaskans to win an election and her performance in the (special election) was embarrassing as a former governor and vice presidential candidate,' he said in a prepared statement. 'Pollsters have been telling us for months that Sarah Palin cannot win a statewide race because her unfavorable rating is so high. These same polls have consistently shown that Alaskans are looking for a less polarizing alternative to Mary Peltola.'" [Peninsula Clarion, 9/5/22]
September 2022: Begich Finished Third In The Special Election Final Vote Tally According to Peninsula Clarion, "Peltola had 40.2% of the 192,536 votes cast in the final tally, Palin 31.3% and Begich 28.5%." [Peninsula Clarion, 9/5/22]
September 2022: Nearly 29% Of Begich Voters Ranked Peltola As Their Second Choice According to Peninsula Clarion, "with half of voters ranking Begich first picking Palin, nearly 29% opting for Peltola and about 20% not ranking a second-choice candidate." [Peninsula Clarion, 9/5/22]
September 2022: Five Thirty Eight Predicted A 43% Chance Of Begich Winning The General Election According to Peninsula Clarion, "Five Thirty Eight, which predicts an 80% chance of a Republican winning the race and a 43% chance of Begich being that candidate." [Peninsula Clarion, 9/5/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Lost In Alaska's First Ranked Choice U.S. House Election According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Peltola will be sworn in as Alaska's lone U.S. representative later this month after defeating Republican candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 9/6/22]
2022: More Than 80% Of Begich Supporters Ranked Additional Candidates According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "more than 80% of Republican candidate Nick Begich's supporters picked at least one additional candidate. 'Which is pretty solid, especially for the first time using ranked choice voting,' Hughes said." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 9/6/22]
2022: Begich Supporters' Choices Determined Election Outcome According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "observers say her [Palin's] failure to sway Begich supporters was to blame.
'Mary didn't win because of ranked choice voting. Mary won in the final equation because she was running against Sarah Palin and people didn't like Sarah Palin,' Moore said." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 9/6/22]
2022: Alaska GOP Ran 'Rank The Red' Campaign Encouraging Begich And Palin Supporters To Rank Each Other According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "The party also ran a 'rank the red' campaign to encourage Begich and Palin supporters to rank the other as their second choice, but too few Republicans followed party instructions to give Palin the win after Begich was eliminated." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 9/6/22]
August 2022: Begich Stated Ranked Choice Voting Showed Palin Did Not Have Enough Support To Win According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "ʻThe biggest lesson as we move into the 2022 General election is that ranked choice voting showed that a vote for Sarah Palin is in reality a vote for Mary Peltola,ʼ Begich wrote. ʻPalin simply doesn't have enough support from Alaskans to win an election.ʼ" [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 9/7/22]
2022: Matt Buxton Noted Nick Begich Failed to Secure More First-Choice Votes Than Palin According to an opinion piece by Matt Buxton in Anchorage Press, "If Begich wants to prove that he would've won in a head-to-head race, then he needed to convince more voters to send their first place votes his way. It's not the system's fault that voters picked Palin and Peltola over him." [Matt Buxton - Anchorage Press (Alaska), 9/7/22]
August 2022: Half Of Nick Begich's Votes Went To Sarah Palin After Elimination According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Half of Begich's votes went to fellow GOP candidate Palin. Nearly 29% of Begich supporters ranked Peltola second. A fifth of Begich voters did not rank a second-choice candidate." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 9/8/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Lost Alaska U.S. House Special Election To Mary Peltola According to The Nome Nugget (Alaska), "Peltola defeated Republican candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III in ranked choice voting results announced Wednesday, August 31." [Nome Nugget (Alaska), 9/8/22]
August 2022: Most Nick Begich III Supporters Ranked Palin Second In Special Election According to The Nome Nugget (Alaska), "Wednesday's results showed most Begich supporters did follow [the Alaska Republican Party's] instruction, but not enough to make Palin the winner." [Nome Nugget (Alaska), 9/8/22]
August 2022: Over A Quarter Of Begich's Voters Indicated Mary Peltola As Their Second Choice According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "more than a quarter of Begich's voters indicated that Peltola is their second choice." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 9/8/22]
2022: Ann Brown Asserted Nick Begich Could Have Defeated Mary Peltola In Ranked Choice Voting According to an opinion piece by Ann Brown in Alaska Dispatch News, "If Nick Begich makes it to the one-on-one round of voting, he wins regardless of his opponent. If Gov. Palin had been eliminated in the first round instead of Nick Begich, he would have beaten Mary Peltola by at least 4.5% of the vote." [Ann Brown - Alaska Dispatch News, 9/13/22]
2022: Ann Brown Reported Palin Voters Ranked Nick Begich Second In Special Election According to an opinion piece by Ann Brown in Alaska Dispatch News, "The second choice of Palin voters broke 59% for Nick Begich; 35% left their second choice blank." [Ann Brown - Alaska Dispatch News, 9/13/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Was Eliminated In Alaska's Ranked Choice Voting According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Peltola won the special election held Aug. 16, earning enough votes after Begich was eliminated in the state's first use of a ranked choice voting system." [Kodiak Daily Mirror, 9/13/22]
August 2022: Two-Thirds Of Nick Begich's Votes Were Reallocated To Sarah Palin According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "While two-thirds of Begich's votes were reallocated to Palin as voters' second choice, Peltola held enough of a lead that votes tabulated in her favor kept her in first place." [Kodiak Daily Mirror, 9/13/22]
2022: Bristol Bay Times Editorial Board Reported Many Begich Voters Did Not Back Palin As Second Choice According to an editorial published in Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), "not only did roughly a quarter of Begich's supporters back Peltola instead of Palin as their second choice, many others were evidently turned off by the negative campaigning and opted to not make a second choice at all. In the end, only half of Begich voters backed Palin in the second round." [Editorial - Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 9/15/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Was Eliminated In Special Election For U.S. House In Alaska According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "In an Aug. 16 special election, the pair split Alaska's Republican votes, helping Democratic candidate Mary Peltola win the race. [...] Under Alaska's new ranked-choice voting system, Begich was eliminated, allowing his supporters to put their votes toward a different candidate." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 9/16/22]
2022: Letter Writer Ron Hedge Reported Many Nick Begich Voters Selected Mary Peltola as Second Choice According to a letter to the editor published in Alaska Dispatch News, "Many of those who voted for Nick Begich also selected a second choice, and for many, including Republicans, that second choice was Mary Peltola." [Letter to the Editor - Alaska Dispatch News, 9/16/22]
August 2022: Begich Split Republican Votes, Contributing To Peltola's Special Election Win According to Anchorage Press, "In an Aug. 16 special election, the pair [Palin and Begich] split Alaska's Republican votes, helping Democratic candidate Mary Peltola win the race. Peltola was sworn in this week and did not attend the forum." [Anchorage Press, 9/21/22]
August 2022: Begich Was Eliminated In Ranked-Choice Voting; His Voters Split Between Peltola And No One According to Anchorage Press, "Under Alaska's new ranked-choice voting system, Begich was eliminated, allowing his supporters to put their votes toward a different candidate. Half chose Peltola or no one at all, denying Palin a victory." [Anchorage Press, 9/21/22]
2022: Begich Urged Republican Voters To 'Rank The Red' In Ranked Choice Voting System According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 'Begich and Palin both said voters should support a Republican candidate, while maintaining they are the right choice on the Republican ticket. [...] Begich said his own second vote goes to Palin, adding he's a proud Republican endorsed by 70 Alaskan Republican individuals and organizations. "I believe we should rank the red," he said.' [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 9/22/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich Planned To Rank Palin Second In Ranked Choice Voting According to Alaska Dispatch News, 'Begich said he would rank Palin second during the Nov. 8 ranked choice vote.' [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/23/22]
September 2022: Poll Showed Begich Trailing Palin By 7% In Ranked Choice Battle According to Juneau Empire, "A new poll shows Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola has a 23% lead over Sarah Palin for Alaska's lone House seat about six weeks before the November general election, with Nick Begich trailing Palin by 7% in the battle among the Republicans for second on the ranked choice ballot." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 9/23/22]
2022: Many Begich Voters Did Not Rank Palin Second, Possibly Impacting Election Outcome According to Juneau Empire, "Many people casting first-choice ballots for either Palin or Begich in the special election did not rank the other Republican second, with many Palin voters in particular leaving the space blank, which state Division of Election statistics suggest allowed Peltola to prevail." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 9/23/22]
September 2022: Poll Showed Peltola Defeated Begich In Ranked Choice Voting According to Peninsula Clarion, "a poll released Friday shows her decisively defeating Republican Nick Begich in the final round of ranked choice voting." [Peninsula Clarion, 9/30/22]
September 2022: Poll Found Begich Picked Up Most Of Palin's Voters But Still Lost To Peltola According to Peninsula Clarion, "Begich and Peltola split most of Bye's votes when he is eliminated in the first ranked choice round, according to the poll. While Begich then picks up most of Palin's voters who rank a third candidate it's not enough to keep Peltola from prevailing 54.3% to 45.7%, a significantly larger margin than her 3% win over Palin in the special election." [Peninsula Clarion, 9/30/22]
August 2022: Begich Lost To Peltola And Palin In Special General Election According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Peltola won the Aug. 16 special general election against Begich and Palin to replace the late Rep. Don Young for the remainder of his term. The Aug. 16 election was the first use of ranked choice voting. Peltola had already had a lead over the two other candidates, with Palin in second and Begich in third." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 10/8/22]
August 2022: Begich Finished Third In The Special General Election For U.S. House Seat According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Peltola won the Aug. 16 special general election against Begich and Palin to replace the late Rep. Don Young for the remainder of his term. The Aug. 16 election was the first use of ranked choice voting. Peltola had already had a lead over the two other candidates, with Palin in second and Begich in third." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 10/8/22]
October 2022: Alaska Survey Research Reported Nick Begich III Polling At 20.5% In U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "A poll released this week by Alaska Survey Research shows her 'categorically on fire' against the two Republicans she defeated and is facing again, according to Ivan Moore, head of the company. Peltola is the first choice of 48.9% of respondents, followed by Sarah Palin at 25.6%, Nick Begich III at 20.5% and Libertarian Chris Bye at 5%." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 10/25/22]
August 2022: Begich Lost To Peltola In Ranked Choice Special Election According to Homer News, "Peltola beat Palin and Republican Nick Begich in a ranked choice August special election to fill the remainder of the late Republican Rep. Don Young's term." [Homer News (Alaska), 10/27/22]
2022: Nick Begich Participated In GOP 'Get Out The Vote' Rally In Anchorage According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "With both Republican candidates for Alaska's at-large seat, Nick Begich and Sarah Palin, speaking to the crowd, party leaders focused attention on the need for Republicans to choose a favorite and then rank the other Republican second." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/7/22]
2022: Begich Encouraged Voters To "Rank The Red" In Ranked Choice Voting According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "'I've been encouraging people for six months, rank the red. Put me first, put Sarah Palin second, that's the best opportunity for us to get this seat back,' Begich said." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/8/22]
2022: Begich's Supporters Helped Peltola Win Via Ranked Choice Voting According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "Peltola's victory was in large part due to the 15,445 voters who selected Begich first and Peltola second, helping the Yup'ik woman to become the first Alaska Native to represent the state in Congress." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/8/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Trailed In U.S. House Race As Ranked-Choice Voting Proceeded According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "In the U.S. House race, Democratic incumbent Mary Peltola widened her lead slightly, adding almost 800 votes to pad her lead to 54,078 votes over Republican challenger Sarah Palin and 59,786 over Nick Begich III, another GOP challenger. Peltola holds about 48% of the vote, meaning the race will likely go to an instant runoff via ranked choice voting next week." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/8/22]
August 2022: 30% Of Begich Supporters Ranked Peltola Second In Special Election According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "When election officials tabulated the ranked choice results in August, Peltola was able to maintain her lead as 30% of Begich supporters selected the Democrat as their second choice." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 11/8/22]
2022: Begich And Palin Urged Voters To 'Rank The Red' According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "Both Republicans have urged voters to 'rank the red,' though they promoted themselves as the best first choice and the other second." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 11/8/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Received Significant Second-Choice Votes For Peltola According to Alaska Dispatch News, "In the special election, around 30% of Begich's supporters ranked Peltola, the Democrat, second. It's an outcome Begich has taken steps to avoid repeating, including running ads attacking Peltola as an ally of national Democratic leadership figures." [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/9/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Expressed Optimism About Remaining Absentee Vote Counts According to Alaska Dispatch News, "At a separate event at the Marriott in downtown Anchorage, Begich said he expected absentee votes would break in his favor and said he is 'optimistic' about remaining results." [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/9/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Expressed Cautious Optimism About Election Outcome According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Republican candidate Nick Begich, speaking while sign-waving at the same Seward-Northern Lights intersection that is popular with candidates, said he believes he has the momentum to win but that he did not want to make any predictions. 'I think we're going to wait for every vote to be counted. I think that's what every candidate should always do,' he said. 'We'll see what the voters think. I know there's a big red wave sweeping across the country and hopefully it makes it all the way up here to Alaska's coastline.'" [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 11/9/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Described Alaska House Race As Historic According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "The ranked choice voting system has made it an unusual race, he said. 'This is the wildest election in Alaska state history. If anyone says they expected this election to go as it went, they'd be lying to you,' he said." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 11/9/22]
11/8/22: Begich Expected Vote Counting Process To Take Time According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Republican candidate Nick Begich, speaking while waving sign-waving by the same Seward-Northern Lights intersection that is popular with candidates, said he believes he has the momentum to win but that he did not want to make any predictions. 'I think we're going to wait for every vote to be counted. I think that's what every candidate should always do,' he said. 'We'll see what the voters think. I know there's a big red wave sweeping across the country and hopefully it makes it all the way up here to Alaska's coastline.'" [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/9/22]
11/8/22: Begich Characterized Election As The Wildest In Alaska State History According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "The ranked choice voting system has made it an unusual race, he said. 'This is the wildest election in Alaska state history. If anyone says they expected this election to go as it went, they'd be lying to you,' he said." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/9/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Expressed Optimism About Alaska U.S. House Race Outcome According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "The numbers have been tightening as the results have come in," Begich said. "We're pretty excited about the opportunity to represent Alaska. We knew this was going to be a tight race from the very beginning and that's exactly what we're seeing right now." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/9/22]
2022: Palin And Begich Urged Republican Voters To 'Rank The Red' In U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "Palin and Begich, who attacked each other bitterly during the special election and early in the fall campaign, did make a greater effort during the latter to urge voters to 'rank the Red.'" [Juneau Empire, 11/9/22]
2022: Begich Supporters Frequently Did Not Rank Palin Second In Ranked Choice Voting According to Juneau Empire, "Palin's high unfavorability ratings among voters resulted in many Begich supporters either ranking Peltola second or not declaring a second choice during the special election." [Juneau Empire, 11/9/22]
August 2022: Around 30% Of Nick Begich III Supporters Ranked A Democrat Second In Special Election According to Homer News (Alaska), "In the special election, around 30% of Begich's supporters ranked Peltola, the Democrat, second." [Homer News (Alaska), 11/10/22]
2022: Nick Begich III And Sarah Palin Promoted 'Rank The Red' To Encourage Republican Voters To Support Both According to Homer News (Alaska), "Palin and Begich emphasized in the final weeks of their campaign the 'rank the red' message meant to encourage their supporters to rank both Republicans on the ballot in an effort to overtake Peltola." [Homer News (Alaska), 11/10/22]
2022: Michael Sean McLaughlin Noted That Nick Begich III Voters Mostly Did Not Select Sarah Palin As First Choice According to an opinion piece by Michael Sean McLaughlin in Alaska Dispatch News, "almost 73% of those voting (Nick Begich III voters and Mary Peltola voters) didn't want Palin as their first choice for U.S. House." [Michael Sean McLaughlin - Alaska Dispatch News, 11/16/22]
2022: Michael Sean McLaughlin Argued That Sarah Palin Was Unlikely To Get All Second-Choice Votes From Nick Begich Voters According to an opinion piece by Michael Sean McLaughlin in Alaska Dispatch News, "Palin is so divisive that it's unlikely that she'll be the second choice of all 51,000 Begich voters. All Peltola needs to win is to pick up 5,900 second-choice votes from Begich voters." [Michael Sean McLaughlin - Alaska Dispatch News, 11/16/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Earned 23% Of First-Choice Votes In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Palin earned 26% of first-choice votes. Begich earned 23%. Libertarian Chris Bye had less than 2%. Of Begich's voters, two-thirds ranked Palin second - not enough for her to come from behind and overtake Peltola for the victory." [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/21/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Supporters Provided Too Few Second-Choice Votes To Sarah Palin According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "a special election in August showed the number of Begich voters willing to support Palin with second-choice votes was too small for her to overtake Peltola." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 11/21/22]
November 2022: Begich Voters Provided Insufficient Second-Choice Support To Palin To Overtake Peltola According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "a special election in August showed the number of Begich voters willing to support Palin with second-choice votes was too small for her to overtake Peltola. Pre-election opinion polling showed little change in opinions since August." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/21/22]
August 2022: Only Half Of Begich's Voters Ranked Palin Second In The Special Election According to Juneau Empire, "Palin, just for starters, needs everyone who voted for fellow Republican Nick Begich III to rank her second, even though only half did during a special election in August to temporarily fill the U.S. house seat." [Juneau Empire, 11/22/22]
November 2022: Begich III's Supporters Significantly Ranked Palin Second In U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "Palin was the second choice of 67% of Begich's supporters (compared to 50% during the special election), while Peltola got 12% (compared to 29% earlier) and the remaining 21% made no second choice (matching the special election total)." [Juneau Empire, 11/23/22]
November 2022: U.S. House Ranked Choice Voting Results Showed Begich III Eliminated In Second Round According to Juneau Empire, "Second-choice: Peltola* (D) 49.2%, Palin (R) 26.32%, Begich (R) 24.48%" and in the final round, "Third-choice: Peltola* (D) 54.9%, Palin (R) 45.1%." [Juneau Empire, 11/23/22]
2022: Nick Begich Was Eliminated Second In Alaska U.S. House General Election According to Peninsula Clarion, "Begich was the second candidate eliminated in the general election after the Libertarian. When Begich's 64,392 votes were transferred in the ranked choice voting tabulation process, just over 43,000 went to Palin but about 21,500 of his voters didn't pick a second choice or gave their vote to Peltola, who defeated Palin with 55% of the vote." [Peninsula Clarion, 11/24/22]
2022: Nick Begich Was Eliminated During Ranked-Choice Tabulation In Alaska Congressional Race According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Begich, as well as Libertarian candidate Chris Bye, were eliminated during tabulation." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/24/22]
2022: Nick Begich Was Eliminated In The Second Round Of Alaska's U.S. House Ranked-Choice Tabulation According to Nome Nugget, "In the second round of tabulation Nick Begich was eliminated. Of the 64,392 votes Begich received (first rank plus votes transferred from Chris Bye's voters), 43,013 were transferred to Palin in the second round. The 7,460 votes that Peltola received from Begich voters who ranked her second, were enough to put her over 50 percent mark." [Nome Nugget, 12/1/22]
2022: Begich And Palin Divided Republican Vote In U.S. House Race, Benefiting Peltola According To Lovecraft According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "In the U.S. House race between Democrat incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, and Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich, both Boylan and Lovecraft said they think Peltola did better in a ranked choice voting system. 'Had Begich and Palin been one person, that one person could have beaten Peltola,' Lovecraft said. 'If you add up the votes, they were more than Peltola or close.'" [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 12/2/22]
2022: Begich Voters Provided Second-Choice Support To Peltola Under Ranked Choice Voting System According to an opinion piece in Alaska Dispatch News, "more than 16,000 Begich voters voted for Mary Peltola as their second choice. That allowed Peltola to narrowly win the special election by 5,219 votes." [Alaska Dispatch News - Alaska Dispatch News, 12/7/22]
2022: Begich Placed Third Again In Ranked Choice General Election For U.S. House According to an opinion piece in Alaska Dispatch News, "In November, the same thing happened again. Sarah Palin and Nick Begich, the two Republican candidates, and Chris Bye, the Libertarian candidate, collectively won 51.36% of the vote in the first round of the general election. But when the second-choice votes were tabulated, Mary Peltola finished first and Sarah Palin finished second." [Alaska Dispatch News - Alaska Dispatch News, 12/7/22]
2022: One-Third Of Begich Voters Did Not Support Palin In Ranked Choice Second Round According to an opinion piece in Alaska Dispatch News, "in the second ranking round, 33% of Begich voters again couldn't stomach voting for Palin. So they either did not rank anyone or they voted for Peltola as their second choice." [Alaska Dispatch News - Alaska Dispatch News, 12/7/22]
2022: Begich Finished Third In Alaska's Congressional Race According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich, a millionaire businessman, finished third in Alaska's 2022 congressional race, behind Peltola and Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin." [Alaska Dispatch News, 7/13/23]
2022: Nick Begich Finished Third In U.S. House Race Behind Peltola And Palin According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich, a millionaire businessman, finished third in Alaska's 2022 congressional race, behind Peltola and Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 7/13/23]
November 2022: Nick Begich III Finished Third In Alaska U.S. House Race According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Last November, Begich lost in the U.S. House race, finishing third and with fewer first-place votes than both Peltola and fellow Republican Sarah Palin. Begich gained 62,505 votes (23.6%) compared to 68,330 (25.8%) for Palin and 128,755 (48.6%) for Peltola." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 7/13/23]
2022: Nick Begich III Was Eliminated In Alaska's First Ranked-Choice Vote Congressional Election According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "In November, Begich was eliminated in the state's first use of ranked-choice voting, which utilized an instant runoff to deliver the victory to Peltola." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 7/13/23]
Nick Begich Split Republican Votes With Sarah Palin In 2022 Election According to Juneau Empire, "But Begich and Palin split the Republican votes during the special and regular elections, which were the first in Alaska using voter-approved open primaries and ranked-choice voting, allowing Peltola to prevail." [Juneau Empire, 7/13/23]
2022: Begich III Finished Third In August Special Ranked-Choice Election According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "In an August special rankedchoice election to replace Young, Begich finished third out of three candidates, behind Peltola and fellow Republican Sarah Palin." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 7/14/23]
2022: Analyses Indicated Begich Could Have Won Had He Finished Ahead Of Palin According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Post-election analysis of all ranked choice ballots indicated that had Begich finished ahead of Palin, he would have been the eventual winner after Palin voters' second choices were tabulated." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 7/14/23]
2022: Ranked Choice Ballot Analysis Suggested Begich Could Have Won If Eliminated After Palin According to Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), "Post-election analysis of all ranked choice ballots indicated that had Begich finished ahead of Palin, he would have been the eventual winner after Palin voters' second choices were tabulated." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 7/17/23]
2022: Nick Begich Lost Twice To Peltola In Congressional Races According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Dahlstrom joins a congressional race that also includes fellow Republican Nick Begich, who first ran for the seat in 2022, losing twice to Peltola - in a special election to replace longtime Rep. Don Young and in the regularly scheduled November election." [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/14/23]
2022: Nick Begich Ran Twice For Alaska's U.S. House Seat Against Peltola According to Anchorage Daily News, "fellow Republican Nick Begich, who first ran for the seat in 2022, losing twice to Peltola --- in a special election to replace longtime Rep. Don Young and in the regularly scheduled November election." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/14/23]
2022: Peltola Defeated Begich, Palin, And Bye In Alaska U.S. House Election According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Peltola defeated Begich, along with former Republican governor Sarah Palin and Libertarian candidate Chris Bye in the 2022 election." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 11/14/23]
2022: Republican Voters Often Did Not Support Begich As Second Choice In Ranked Voting According to Juneau Empire, "Many residents voting for one of the Republican finalists as their first choice refused to rank the other Republican as their second preference." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 1/22/24]
2022: Nick Begich Ran For Congress And Placed Third In Ranked Choice Voting According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "He previously ran for Congress in the 2022 election, along with Peltola and Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin. He lost in the ranked choice voting election, coming in third place." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 1/24/24]
2022: Begich Lost To Mary Peltola And Sarah Palin In U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News, "An August 2022 special election to replace former Rep. Don Young, who died earlier that year, featured a three-way race between Peltola, Begich, and former Gov. Sarah Palin. Peltola came away with the victory after Palin and Begich supporters did not rank the other Republican candidate in the race in sufficient numbers." [Anchorage Daily News, 4/21/24]
2022: Begich And Palin Split GOP Vote In Ranked-Choice Election According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich and Palin spent much of their 2022 campaigns attacking each other, splitting the GOP vote and allowing Peltola to pull ahead." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 6/17/24]
Begich And Sarah Palin Split The GOP Vote In 2022, Allowing Peltola To Win According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich and Palin spent much of their 2022 campaigns attacking each other, splitting the GOP vote and allowing Peltola to pull ahead. It was the first time a Democrat won a statewide election since 2014." [Anchorage Daily News, 6/17/24]
Juneau Empire Noted Begich Previously Ran Against Peltola And Palin In 2022 U.S. House Races According to Juneau Empire, "Begich, Palin and Peltola ran against each other in an August special election and in the November general election for U.S. House. The November race also included Libertarian Chris Bye. Peltola won both races, in part because half of Begich's supporters chose Peltola or no one, instead of Palin, as their second choice in Alaska's ranked choice general election." [Juneau Empire, 6/17/24]
2022: Begich Supporters' Ranked Choice Preferences Influenced Alaska House Result According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Peltola won both races, in part because half of Begich's supporters chose Peltola or no one, instead of Palin, as their second choice in Alaska's ranked choice general election." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 6/18/24]
2022: Donald Mitchell Noted Many Begich Voters Did Not Back Palin As Second Choice According to an opinion piece by Donald Mitchell in Anchorage Daily News, "If, in the second round, the voters who had voted for Begich had voted for Palin, a fellow Republican, as their second choice, Palin would have won the election by more than 2,000 votes. But after a year of publicly trading insults, the blood between Begich and Palin was so bad that not only did 21,371 Republicans and independents who had voted for Begich refuse to vote for Palin as their second choice, but 7,477 of those voters voted for Peltola as their second choice." [Donald Mitchell - Anchorage Daily News, 7/6/24]
2022: Anchorage Daily News Reported Begich Criticized GOP Opponent And Voting System Ahead Of Peltola's Victory According to Anchorage Daily News, "That year, Peltola faced two GOP challengers, Begich and former Gov. Sarah Palin. Begich and Palin spent much of the weeks leading up to the election criticizing each other and the voting system, culminating in Peltola's victory." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/11/24]
2022: Peltola Defeated Sarah Palin And Begich In Ranked-Choice Voting According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "Peltola defeated Sarah Palin and Begich in 2022 after three rounds of ranked-choice voting, a system in which voters rank candidates by preference on their ballot." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 8/20/24]
2022: Nick Begich And Sarah Palin Split Republican Vote In Alaska U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, 'Republicans will avoid their fears of repeating the outcome of the 2022 election, when two major Republican challengers --- Begich and former Gov. Sarah Palin --- split the opposing vote against Peltola.' [Juneau Empire, 8/23/24]
2022: Nick Begich Was Eliminated In The Third Round Of The U.S. House Race Under Ranked-Choice Voting According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Once Begich was eliminated in the third round, Palin didn't pick up the votes needed to beat Peltola." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 8/27/24]
2022: Alaska Beacon Reported Nick Begich Was Defeated By Mary Peltola And Sarah Palin In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Alaska Beacon, "In 2022, Democratic U.S. House candidate Mary Peltola defeated Republicans Nick Begich and Sarah Palin. Part of that defeat was due to the fact that many Begich voters either failed to rank anyone second or chose Peltola after Begich was eliminated." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 8/27/24]
2022: Mary Peltola Defeated Nick Begich And Sarah Palin In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "In 2022, Democratic U.S. House candidate Mary Peltola defeated Republicans Nick Begich and Sarah Palin. Part of that defeat was due to the fact that many Begich voters either failed to rank anyone second or chose Peltola after Begich was eliminated." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/28/24]
2022: Peltola Defeated Begich And Palin In U.S. House Race According to Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), "In 2022, Democratic U.S. House candidate Mary Peltola defeated Republicans Nick Begich and Sarah Palin. Part of that defeat was due to the fact that many Begich voters either failed to rank anyone second or chose Peltola after Begich was eliminated." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 8/28/24]
April 2022: Nick Begich Secured Alaska Republican Party Endorsement For Congress According to Alaska Landmine, "Begich secured the endorsement of the Alaska Republican Party last week at their convention in Fairbanks. A motion later at the convention to endorse the other four Republican candidates failed." [Alaska Landmine, 4/28/22]
April 2022: Alaska Republican Party Endorsed Nick Begich III For U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News, "The Alaska Republican Party has endorsed Nick Begich III's run for the state's lone U.S. House seat, marking the first formal endorsement made by the party --- which can endorse multiple candidates in the race." [Anchorage Daily News, 4/22/22]
Nick Begich III Received Endorsements From Conservative Officials And Groups Before Don Young's Death According to Anchorage Daily News, "He drew endorsements from several conservative elected officials and groups in the state before Young's death." [Anchorage Daily News, 4/22/22]
April 2022: Nick Begich III Requested And Received Alaska GOP Endorsement According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich was the only candidate to have requested the state Republican Party's endorsement as of Friday morning, said Craig Campbell, vice chair of the Alaska Republican Party." [Anchorage Daily News, 4/22/22]
April 2022: Nick Begich Was The Only Congressional Candidate To Seek Alaska GOP Endorsement According to Must Read Alaska, "Nick was the only candidate for Congress who took the time to go through the process and seek the party's endorsement." [Must Read Alaska, 4/22/22]
April 2022: Nick Begich Received Endorsements From Republican Opinion Leaders Including Faye And Jim Palin According to Must Read Alaska, "Nick has received numerous endorsements from Republican opinion leaders across the state, including most recently Faye Palin and Jim Palin, who are Sarah Palin's former in-laws and who are the grandparents to her children." [Must Read Alaska, 4/22/22]
March 2022: Nick Begich III Claimed Republicans Were Uniting Behind His Campaign According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "'We're seeing people come together: Folks that were weighing a decision are coming over and coalescing around the campaign,' Begich said Friday." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 3/31/22]
2021: Begich Announced U.S. House Run, Initially Planning To Challenge Don Young According to Alaska Dispatch News, "He says convincing voters he is not a Democrat has been 'the most challenging thing' in his campaign, which he launched in October 2021." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/5/22]
2022: Nick Begich Described His Motivation For Running For Congress According to Alaska Dispatch News, "If we are going to successfully represent Alaska's role in our nation to the rest of Congress, it will require someone to make what I call the 'business case for Alaska.' I support resource development across the board, and I will never compromise on the freedoms guaranteed to each of us under the U.S. Constitution. I'm running for Congress to bring new energy and solutions to the job. I will work hard to provide the leadership and representation the people of Alaska deserve." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/7/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich III Ran With Alaska Republican Party Establishment Support According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich is running with the support of the Alaska Republican Party establishment, but is battling an association with his Democratic uncle, former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/16/22]
Nick Begich III Was Supported By Many State Republican Insiders During 2022 Special Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich, who had the backing of many state Republican insiders leading up to the special election, was increasingly open about attacking Palin's record in the lead-up to the election, which could impact the number of his supporters who marked her name on their ballots." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/29/22]
2022: Ivan Moore Asserted Republicans Could Have Won By Uniting Behind Nick Begich According to Peninsula Clarion, "'They could SO EASILY have had this thing sewn up weeks ago by recognizing the slam dunk (Republican) winner they had in Nick Begich. But no, in the right-wing bubbleverse, Palin 60% negatives aren't real.'" [Peninsula Clarion, 8/31/22]
2022: Analysts Cited Nick Begich As Potential General Election Winner If Republicans Unite According to Juneau Empire, "the frequent references to Palin's unpopularity and inability to get more of his second-choice votes has some analysts arguing he actually could be the candidate most likely to win the full two-year term in the general election if enough Republicans unite in his corner." [Juneau Empire, 9/1/22]
September 2022: Palin Accused Nick Begich Of Dividing Republicans Through Campaign Tactics According to Alaska Dispatch News, "In the same statement she said 'Negative Nick,' as she calls her opponent, 'played his role perfectly by dividing Republicans with his dirty campaigning.'" [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/3/22]
April 2022: Nick Begich Requested And Received Endorsement From Alaska Republican Party According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich requested and received an endorsement from the Alaska Republican Party State Central Committee in April. A party spokesperson said that If both candidates stay in the race that Alaskans should 'rank the red,' meaning to vote for both Republicans, to help keep the seat Republican." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/5/22]
2022: Begich Was Preferred By Alaska Republican Party But Finished Third According to Peninsula Clarion, "Begich was the preferred candidate of the Alaska Republican Party, which endorsed him while largely shunning Palin. Despite that support, he finished third among the three candidates and was the first eliminated." [Peninsula Clarion, 9/5/22]
2022: Alaska Republican Party Endorsed Nick Begich For U.S. House Seat According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "The Alaska Republican Party has formally endorsed Nick Begich for the seat. In an emailed statement, the Alaska Republican Party wrote: 'Cooperation amongst Republican candidates, is needed if both our endorsed candidate Nick Begich and Governor Palin remain in the race for the November election.'" [NBC - 2 KTUU, 9/6/22]
2022: Matt Buxton Stated Nick Begich Had Support from Alaska GOP Apparatus and Officials According to an opinion piece by Matt Buxton in Anchorage Press, "he couldn't beat Palin despite having the bulk of the Alaska GOP's apparatus and elected officials on his side." [Matt Buxton - Anchorage Press (Alaska), 9/7/22]
2022: Nome Nugget Editorial Board Noted Nick Begich's Use of Negative Campaigning According to an editorial published in Nome Nugget, "Peltola's campaign did not enter into the mud-slinging that her opponents Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III nearly perfected. [...] We know what Begich is against (Palin) [...] but there were no real substantive arguments coming from neither campaign. Voters saw that and opted for the candidate who didn't resort to attack ads." [Editorial - Nome Nugget (Alaska), 9/8/22]
2022: Letter Writer Jim and Faye Palin Stated Nick Begich Ran for U.S. House as a Conservative Republican According to a letter to the editor published in Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Nick Begich III is a 44-year-old conservative Republican running for Alaska's only seat in the US House of Representatives." [Letter to the Editor - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 9/22/22]
September 2022: Begich Reported $57,500 In Fundraising And $545,000 Cash On Hand According to Juneau Empire, "Begich reported raising about $57,500 and having just over $545,000 available. Begich loaned his campaign $650,000 earlier in the cycle." [Juneau Empire, 10/17/22]
October 2022: Tshibaka Suggested Begich Could Win U.S. House Race Based On Polls According to Alaska Dispatch News, "'It looks like Nick can win. That's what the data and the polls are showing,' Tshibaka said in a video meeting with Ketchikan supporters, speaking about Republican Nick Begich III, who is running against Trump's favored candidate, former Gov. Sarah Palin." [Alaska Dispatch News, 10/28/22]
2022: Begich Claimed Pelosi Was Raising Millions For Peltola According to Peninsula Clarion, "Begich's fundraising claim, made in a recent TV/online ad, is nonsense since Pelosi's name appears only on a $25,000 contribution from the House Speaker's campaign account to Peltola in FEC campaign finance reports." [Peninsula Clarion (Kenai, Alaska), 11/4/22]
November 2022: Begich Spoke At Alaska Republican Party Rally To Drum Up Support According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich and Sarah Palin - two Republicans vying for the same U.S. House seat currently held by Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola - both spoke at the event to drum up support among Republicans against a backdrop of the party's 'rank the red' message." [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/7/22]
2022: Begich Advocated For Republican Representation In Alaska's Congressional Seat According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "Begich, like Palin, ran on the premise that a Republican can do more good than a Democrat in Alaska's congressional seat." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 11/8/22]
2022: Nick Begich Received Endorsement Of Alaska Republican Party According to Alaska Dispatch News, "But Begich's family connection to Democrats - his uncle is Democratic former U.S. Sen. Mark Begich - stopped some of Palin's supporters from ranking him second, despite an endorsement from the Alaska Republican Party." [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/9/22]
November 2022: Sarah Palin Criticized State Republican Leaders For Endorsing Nick Begich According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Palin also criticized the Republican party leaders. She said they made a foolish decision to back Begich, 'the guy who's never gotten the most GOP votes. I have. I've thumped him three times. We'll thump him again tonight. And yet, the GOP chose to endorse the unknown Begich from the Democrat dynasty family. It made no sense.'" [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 11/9/22]
11/8/22: Palin Criticized GOP For Endorsing Begich According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Palin also criticized the Republican party leaders. She said they made a foolish decision to back Begich, 'the guy who's never gotten the most GOP votes. I have. I've thumped him three times. We'll thump him again tonight. And yet, the GOP chose to endorse the unknown Begich from the Democrat dynasty family. It made no sense.'" [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/9/22]
November 2022: Nick Begich Criticized Sarah Palin's Late Endorsement Of 'Rank The Red' Campaign According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "'Unfortunately Sarah Palin was late to the party,' Begich said. 'She wasn't willing to make that statement until just recently.'" [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/10/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Received Alaska Republican Party Endorsement Despite Family Ties To Democrats According to Homer News (Alaska), "But Begich's family connection to Democrats stopped some of Palin's supporters from ranking him second, despite an endorsement from the Alaska Republican Party." [Homer News (Alaska), 11/10/22]
2022: Palin Criticized GOP Endorsement Of Nick Begich III In Alaska U.S. House Race According to Peninsula Clarion, "Palin stated [...] the GOP establishment actually endorsed the democrat-plant/Trojan horse Begich (of the democrat-dynasty Begich family and who publicly admits to supporting, voting for, and funding democrats) against me, while pushing this new un-American Ranked Choice Voting fiasco." [Peninsula Clarion (Kenai, Alaska), 11/11/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Lost Alaska's U.S. House Race But Retained Potential As A Viable Candidate According to Juneau Empire, "Nick Begich III: Going from the smart-money winner of the U.S. House race this spring to an afterthought on Election Day, Begich caused some wounded feeling in his party by announcing his run against Young while he was still alive and then attacking his legacy during the closing weeks of the campaign, in addition to those who feel he robbed Palin of a victory by splitting votes. But Begich's future as a viable candidate is brighter than Palin's, Halcro said. 'I think Nick Begich has built an organization, he certainly had the party support,' Halcro said, and that makes him a seemingly obvious and strong challenger for a rematch with Peltola when she has to run on a legislative record." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 11/26/22]
2022: Alaska Dispatch News Reported Nick Begich Raised $1.6 Million In Campaign According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich raised a total of $1.6 million over the course of his campaign, which he launched months before his opponents entered the race. That includes $650,000 in a loan he made to his campaign from his own personal wealth." [Alaska Dispatch News, 12/9/22]
2022: Alaska Dispatch News Reported Nick Begich Paid Down Campaign Loan After Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich paid off $200,000 of that loan amount after the election. But he still has a $450,000 debt, according to a report filed with the Federal Election Commission that covers account activity through Nov. 28. His campaign account had under $90,000 at the time." [Alaska Dispatch News, 12/9/22]
2022: Alaska Dispatch News Reported Nick Begich Intends To Remain Involved In Alaska Politics According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Neither Begich nor Palin have commented publicly on whether they will run for office again. Begich said in an interview this week that he intended to remain involved in Alaska politics but had not yet decided what that would include." [Alaska Dispatch News, 12/9/22]
2022: Nick Begich Reported $1.64 Million Raised And $1.55 Million Spent In Alaska House Race According to Juneau Empire, "Third-place finisher Nick Begich III reported $1.64 million raised, $1.55 million spent and $87,477 remaining" during the Alaska House race. [Juneau Empire, 12/12/22]
2022: Nick Begich Raised $87,000 And Spent $273,000 During Most Recent Campaign Cycle According to Juneau Empire, "Begich raised about $87,000 and spent $273,000 during the most recent cycle." [Juneau Empire, 12/12/22]
2022: Nick Begich Had Minimal Small-Dollar Donor Support According to Juneau Empire, "He reported virtually no small individual donors, which were 0.17% of his amount raised, while large donors accounted for 64.4% and PACs 2.6%." [Juneau Empire, 12/12/22]
2022: Outside Entities Spent $1.2 Million On Behalf Of Nick Begich In Alaska House Race According to Juneau Empire, "Begich got $1.2 million in outside spending and none opposing him." [Juneau Empire, 12/12/22]
2022: Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman Reported Begich Raised $1.6 Million For His Campaign According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich raised a total of $1.6 million over the course of his campaign, which he launched months before his opponents entered the race. That includes $650, 000 in a loan he made to his campaign from his own personal wealth." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 12/15/22]
December 2022: Begich Indicated Ongoing Political Involvement But No 2024 Decision Announced According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich said in an interview this week that he intended to remain involved in Alaska politics but had not yet decided what that would include." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 12/15/22]
2022: Begich Received Backing From Many In Alaska Republican Party Establishment According to Alaska Dispatch News, "His third-place finish last year came despite backing from many in the Alaska Republican Party establishment." [Alaska Dispatch News, 7/13/23]
2022: Jeff Benkert Criticized Nick Begich For Not Uniting Republicans In Alaska's House Race According to an opinion piece by Jeff Benkert in Anchorage Daily News, "After finishing third -- twice -- with an opportunity to unite the Republican Party behind one candidate, he decided to remain in the race, despite a clear lack of enough support. Thus, he delivered the seat for Mary Peltola by slinging mud and never encouraging his voters to rank Sarah Palin second. He made it clear the only thing he cared about was himself, not the future at stake for Alaska." [Jeff Benkert - Anchorage Daily News, 6/24/24]
2022: Nick Begich III Campaigned As A More Conservative Alternative To Don Young According to Alaska Public Media, "He was campaigning as a more conservative alternative to Don Young before the congressman died in March." [Alaska Public Media, 4/22/22]
2022: Dueling Republican Candidacies, Including Begich, Were Cited As Assisting Peltola's Win According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "In 2022, the dueling candidacies of Begich and former Gov. Sarah Palin two high-profile Republicans were credited with helping Peltola secure the win." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 9/13/24]
2022: Anchorage Daily News Cited Dueling GOP Candidacies, Including Begich's, As Assisting Peltola's Win According to Anchorage Daily News, "In 2022, the dueling candidacies of Begich and former Gov. Sarah Palin---two high-profile Republicans---were credited with helping Peltola secure the win." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/13/24]
2021: Nick Begich III Questioned Don Young's Relevance And Energy According to Juneau Empire, "Alaska needs new and younger energy, Begich said, commenting that Young doesn't use email or social media---things essential to the 21st century. Similar to Young's previous opponents, Begich cited Young's absence from committee meetings and votes, and questioned whether Young had the energy required for the job." [Juneau Empire, 12/1/21]
Christopher Constant Criticized Begich's Right-Wing Messaging in 2022 House Race According to Alaska Dispatch News, "He said Begich has 'picked up on the more extreme right-wing messaging.'" [Alaska Dispatch News, 2/17/22]
Risk Of Republican Challengers To Begich Identified By Lottsfeldt In 2022 According to Alaska Dispatch News, "There's also a risk to Begich that a Republican candidate emerges who would run to his far right, like Palin, Wasilla Republican Rep. David Eastman or Eagle River Republican Sen. Lora Reinbold, said centrist political consultant Jim Lottsfeldt." [Alaska Dispatch News, 3/26/22]
Nick Begich III Criticized Don Young Early In His 2022 Campaign According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich said he would run to right of Young and criticized Young early in his campaign, triggering discontent among Young's closest supporters." [Alaska Dispatch News, 4/14/22]
April 2022: Republican House Candidates Targeted Begich At Alaska GOP Convention Forum According to Alaska Dispatch News, "many candidates took aim at Nick Begich III, who on Thursday secured the party's first endorsement in the race. [...] Begich's opponents, who all entered the race after Young's death, targeted Begich's decision to challenge the sitting congressman while Young was still alive. They also questioned Begich's Republican credentials, noting that he's previously acknowledged voting for two Democrats." [Alaska Dispatch News, 4/23/22]
June 2022: Begich Identified Palin As Key Rival After Initial Count According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "The previous day, Begich said moving forward it would be 'a race between Sarah Palin and Nick Begich.'" [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 6/16/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich III Characterized Race As Contest Against Palin According to Juneau Empire, "Speaking to the Empire Thursday, Begich said he now views the race as a contest between himself and Palin." [Juneau Empire, 6/16/22]
2022: Nick Begich III Criticized Palin In Response To Trump Rally Announcement According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich, who is running against Palin and holds largely similar political views, said in a statement that the rally 'makes for exciting political entertainment,' taking aim at Palin. He did not mention Trump in his statement. 'I wonder if Sarah will be wearing a mask, bear costume and dancing on stage?' Begich said. 'When the show is over, Alaska's challenges will remain and Alaskans will be cleaning up the mess of yet another Sarah Palin show.'" [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/7/22]
July 2022: Begich Denied Working To Elect Democrats In Response To Palin's Claims According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Asked about Palin's comments, he said, 'She must be talking about Mary Peltola. Because I haven't been working to get any Democrats elected to office.'" [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 7/9/22]
July 2022: Begich Criticized Palin's Support Of Republican Candidates In Alaska According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Palin hasn't contributed to a Republican candidate in Alaska since 2008, Begich said. 'So this claim that she continues to make about helping Republicans---If she's helping Republicans, she's not helping anyone in Alaska. She's been out trying to get rich and famous,' he said." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 7/9/22]
August 2022: Begich's Campaign Manager Dismissed Tara Sweeney's Write-In Candidacy As Insignificant According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Truman Reed, Begich's campaign manager, dismissed Sweeney's move. 'Not sure of her logic, or what her campaign strategy is and certainly don't see her write-in candidacy as much of a factor,' Reed said in a written statement." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/11/22]
August 2022: Political Analyst Claimed Negative Campaigning Between Begich And Palin Hurt Begich According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 'Hockema said that doesn't match the toxic campaign environment. He said both Begich and Palin ran negative campaigns against each other, which didn't benefit Begich.' [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/22/22]
2022: Pollster Ivan Moore Stated Nick Begich And Palin Outpaced Sweeney Among Republicans According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "'She's a Republican, and Palin and Begich were sucking up the oxygen on that,' he said." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/23/22]
September 2022: Palin Called On Nick Begich To Drop Out Of Alaska's Congressional Race According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Palin, after election results became clear, called on Begich to drop out of the race to boost her own chances of defeating Peltola in November, saying his 'ego-driven insistence on staying in Alaska's congressional race ... cost Republicans a seat in Congress.'" [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/3/22]
2022: Experts Indicated Begich Would Win In Head-To-Head Against Peltola According to Juneau Empire, "yet more political scientists joined the ranks of those declaring Begich would be the clear winner in a head-to-head match against Peltola." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 9/23/22]
2022: Begich And Palin Called For Each Other To Drop Out But Refused Themselves According to Juneau Empire, "Palin and Begich have both issued public statements calling for the other to drop out of the race while declaring they will not do so themselves." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 9/23/22]
2022: Begich Criticized Palin's Commitment To Campaign According to Homer News, "Begich came out hard against Palin ahead of the special election, questioning her seriousness as a candidate and casting her as quitter. Palin resigned as governor partway through her term in 2009." [Homer News (Alaska), 10/27/22]
2022: Begich Sought To Tie Peltola To Pelosi And Biden According to Homer News, "Begich has also taken aim at Peltola, seeking to tie her to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Joe Biden." [Homer News (Alaska), 10/27/22]
2022: Letter Writer Frank Dahl Characterized Nick Begich as a 'Lightweight' Candidate According to a letter to the editor published in Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Some say Nick Begich is a lukewarm candidate hoping his potential win will result from anti-Palin sentiment and that Nick Begich is lightweight not suited for this challenge." [Letter to the Editor - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 10/29/22]
2022: Letter Writer Frank Dahl Questioned Nick Begich's Readiness for Congress According to a letter to the editor published in Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "If Begich wins, we will have an inexperienced representative in Congress who may or may not do a good enough job. One thing we can question, is if he will show the courage necessary in challenging the other side of the isle." [Letter to the Editor - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 10/29/22]
2022: Sarah Palin Claimed Nick Begich Entered Race As 'A Plant' To Siphon Votes According to an opinion piece in Juneau Empire, "Nick Begich, she [Sarah Palin] claims, is in the race 'as a plant, and he's siphoning off enough votes from me so that the Democrat is allowed to serve in Congress representing this deep, deep red state.'" [Juneau Empire - Juneau Empire, 11/4/22]
2022: Nick Begich Was Criticized By Palin For Siphoning Votes According to Peninsula Clarion, "Palin suggested that Begich, who entered the race last fall, months before Palin, and is from a family of prominent Democrats, was a 'plant' siphoning votes from her." [Peninsula Clarion, 11/24/22]
2022: Nick Begich Criticized Sarah Palin During House Race According to Peninsula Clarion, "Peltola, a former state lawmaker, avoided the sniping between Palin and Republican Nick Begich, who cast the former governor as a quitter and self-promoter." [Peninsula Clarion, 11/24/22]
2022: Andrew Halcro Asserted Begich May Have Hindered Party Unity By Entering Race Early According to Juneau Empire, "I think there was a lot of bloodletting (from Begich's early candidacy). I think those people will have a hard time coming back." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 11/26/22]
2022: Palin Criticized Ranked Choice Voting And Criticized Begich During Campaign According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Palin vocally criticized the new voting system and Begich, a fellow Republican, while avoiding attacking her Democratic opponent." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 12/2/22]
2022: Begich and Palin Criticized Each Other In Campaign Advertisements According to an opinion piece in Alaska Dispatch News, "Peltola won only because Palin and Begich had spent the spring and summer broadcasting radio and television commercials in which they had kicked the living bejesus out of each other." [Alaska Dispatch News - Alaska Dispatch News, 12/7/22]
Nick Begich Cited Data Analysis And Critiqued Palin Campaign In 2022 House Race According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Begich ran his 2022 campaign based on what he called utilization of the facts, including challenging that Palin could not win an election if she were the only Republican candidate running in an election not affected by ranked choice voting. He also found himself on the receiving end of Palin's attacks while she openly avoiding attacking Peltola personally." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 7/15/23]
2022: Political Observers Cited Intraparty Conflict As Damaging To Begich's Campaign According to Alaska Dispatch News, "After the 2022 election, some political observers said Begich and Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin lost because they spent much of their campaign fighting each other." [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/14/23]
2022: Observers Said Begich And Palin Lost Due To Intra-Party Fighting According to Anchorage Daily News, "After the 2022 election, some political observers said Begich and Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin lost because they spent much of their campaign fighting each other." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/14/23]
2022: Begich Issued Statement Regarding Constant's Entry Into U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "Begich, in a statement commenting on Constant's entry into the race, jabbed at Young. 'I look forward to debating Christopher Constant and Don Young on the issues that matter most to our state and nation. I just hope that Congressman Don Young will respect Alaskans enough to show up to debate and discuss the issues,' he said." [Juneau Empire, 2/17/22]
June 27, 2022: Nick Begich Participated In Anchorage Chamber Of Commerce Candidate Forum According to Alaska Dispatch News, "U.S. House candidates, from left, Mary Peltola, Sarah Palin, and Nick Begich III participate in an Anchorage Chamber of Commerce 'Make it Monday Forum' on Monday, June 27, 2022 at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage." [Alaska Dispatch News, 6/29/22]
Nick Begich III Was Scheduled To Appear In Person With Peltola And Palin At Dena'ina Center Forum In Late August 2022 According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Wednesday's candidate forum is set to take place at the Dena'ina Center. It will be the first time all three candidates sit side-by-side since late June." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/29/22]
June 27, 2022: Nick Begich III Joined Mary Peltola And Sarah Palin At Anchorage Chamber Of Commerce Forum According to Alaska Dispatch News, "U.S. House candidate Mary Peltola, left, takes a selfie with fellow candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III after an Anchorage Chamber of Commerce 'Make it Monday Forum' on Monday, June 27, 2022 at the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center in Anchorage." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/29/22]
September 2022: Begich Attended Ketchikan US House Forum In Person According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Thursday morning's U.S. House forum in Ketchikan saw Begich appear in person while Palin called in remotely from Wasilla. Peltola did not participate, saying that she had U.S. House votes to attend." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/15/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich Appeared At U.S. House Candidate Forum In Ketchikan According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "On Thursday, Palin and fellow Republican Nick Begich appeared at a U.S. House candidate forum in Ketchikan." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 9/16/22]
October 2022: Nick Begich III Spoke At Soldotna Republican Rally As U.S. House Candidate According to Peninsula Clarion, "U.S. House candidate Nick Begich III used his time before attendees to criticize Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, who finished ahead of Begich during a special election earlier this year to complete the term of the late U.S. Rep. Don Young. Begich is running against Peltola again to represent Alaska in the U.S. House for a two-year term." [Peninsula Clarion, 10/19/22]
2022: Division Of Elections Communicated With Nick Begich's Campaign Regarding Ballot Procedures According to Peninsula Clarion, "In a letter to an attorney for Republican Nick Begich's campaign, she pointed to a provision of law laying out the timeline." [Peninsula Clarion, 6/21/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich's Campaign Requested Clarification On Ballot Vacancy Process According to Juneau Empire (Alaska), "She outlined the division's position in a letter to an attorney for Begich's campaign, which had sought clarification on the process." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 6/22/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich's Campaign Supported Strict Adherence To Election Law According to Juneau Empire (Alaska), "Begich's campaign manager, Truman Reed, in a statement said the law 'must be strictly adhered to' and that the Begich campaign agrees with the Division of Elections' determination." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 6/22/22]
June 2022: Sweeney Claimed Nick Begich Wanted To Limit Voter Choices According to Juneau Empire (Alaska), "Sweeney said it was 'par for the course for Nick Begich to want to limit choices for Alaskans.'" [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 6/22/22]
June 2022: Nick Begich's Lawyer Requested Clarification On Ballot Substitution After Al Gross's Withdrawal According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "A complaint from candidate Nick Begich's lawyer prompted election officials to disclose a decision Tuesday that effectively keeps Tara Sweeney off the special election ballot for U.S. House." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 6/22/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Participated In U.S. House Candidate Forum In Kenai According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Republican Nick Begich III and Democrat Mary Peltola discussed their views on the economy, gun rights and abortion, among other issues, at a forum hosted by the Soldotna and Kenai chambers of commerce." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/3/22]
2022: Nick Begich Ran For U.S. House Seat In Alaska According to Peninsula Clarion, "Congressional hopefuls Nick Begich III and Mary Peltola brought their bid for the U.S. House of Representatives to the Kenai Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center on Wednesday, where they fielded questions submitted in advance by chamber members." [Peninsula Clarion, 8/3/22]
August 2022: Nick Begich Participated In U.S. House Candidate Events With Mary Peltola According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich and Mary Peltola speak with members of the audience at a U.S. House of Representatives candidate forum in Kenai on August 3, 2022. [...] Mary Peltola, left, takes a selfie with fellow candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III after an Anchorage Chamber of Commerce 'Make it Monday Forum' on Monday, June 27, 2022." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/3/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich Characterized November Congressional Race As Primarily Between Himself And Peltola According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Rather than responding to Palin's demand he concede, Begich painted the November race as one between him and Peltola." [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/3/22]
September 2022: Nick Begich Positioned Himself As Principal Challenger To Mary Peltola According to Alaska Dispatch News, 'I will continue traveling the state, making the case that this election is about a choice between Mary Peltola and Nick Begich,' he added. [Alaska Dispatch News, 9/5/22]
Nick Begich III Lost 2016 Anchorage Assembly Race To Amy Demboski According to Anchorage Daily News, 'Begich ran in 2016 for a seat on the Anchorage Assembly but was defeated by Amy Demboski.' [Anchorage Daily News, 10/23/21]
2016: Nick Begich Filed For Anchorage Assembly Race After Mayoral Vote According to Alaska Landmine, "But just nine months after the 2015 mayoral runoff election, Begich filed to run for the Anchorage Assembly against Amy Demboski." [Alaska Landmine, 4/28/22]
2022: Begich Previously Challenged Don Young In A Republican Primary According to The Nome Nugget (Alaska), "Both candidates recognized the legacy of Republican Congressman Don Young, saying he championed Alaska's interests. But Peltola pointed out that Begich challenged Young in a primary, and she questioned whether he was driven by personal ambition rather than the state's best interest." [The Nome Nugget (Alaska), 9/5/24]
2026: Nick Begich III Expected To Run As Incumbent In Alaska's U.S. House Election According to Anchorage Daily News, "The 2026 election year will indeed be a banner year for statewide races in Alaska: Gov. Mike Dunleavy will be term limited from seeking reelection, making way for an open gubernatorial race; U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan will be up for reelection; and Begich will face his first election as an incumbent." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 12/5/24]
2026: Begich Scheduled To Face First Election As Incumbent For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "The 2026 election year will indeed be a banner year for statewide races in Alaska: Gov. Mike Dunleavy will be term limited from seeking reelection, making way for an open gubernatorial race; U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan will be up for reelection; and Begich will face his first election as an incumbent." [Anchorage Daily News, 12/5/24]
2022: Palin Accused Begich Of Voting For Democratic Candidate In 2015 Mayoral Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "She then called out her Republican opponent in the U.S. House race, Nick Begich, who has said he voted for the former Democratic Anchorage mayoral candidate Ethan Berkowitz in 2015." [Alaska Dispatch News, 7/10/22]
2022: Palin Accused Begich Of Voting For Democratic Anchorage Mayoral Candidate In 2015 According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "She then called out her opponent in the U.S. House race, Nick Begich, who has said he voted for the former Democratic Anchorage mayoral candidate Ethan Berkowitz in 2015." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 7/14/22]
Anchorage Mayor Bronson Mentioned Begich As House Candidate Alongside Palin According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, Bronson said he supports Tshibaka "whole-heartedly" but in the U.S. House race, he said "there is no upside" to engaging in the race, which includes conservative Republican Nick Begich alongside Trump-endorsed Palin. [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 7/14/22]
2015: Begich First Considered Running For Office, Losing A 2016 Anchorage Assembly Race According to Alaska Dispatch News, "A turning point in Begich's political ambitions came in 2015, when he said he first considered a run for office. By then, he had built a business worth millions. He credits his financial stability as a motivating factor in his run [...] In 2016, he lost a run for the Anchorage Assembly. The following year he became the Alaska GOP finance committee co-chair." [Alaska Dispatch News, 8/5/22]
April 2022: Nick Begich Discussed 2015 Vote For Berkowitz As A "Bad Vote" According to Alaska Landmine, "Fagan confronted and asked Begich why he had voted for Ethan Berkowitz, a Democrat, over conservative Amy Demboski in the 2015 Anchorage mayoral election. Begich responded by saying it was a 'bad vote' and that he was just a 'bystander.' He went on to blame his vote for Berkowitz on the media for their coverage of the election." [Alaska Landmine, 4/28/22]
2021: Nick Begich III Acknowledged 2016 Anchorage Assembly Election Loss According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich ran in 2016 for a seat on the Anchorage Assembly but was defeated by Amy Demboski." [Alaska Dispatch News, 10/22/21]
2016: Nick Begich Lost Anchorage Assembly Election According to Alaska Dispatch News, "He lost a bid for a seat on the Anchorage Assembly in 2016." [Alaska Dispatch News, 4/21/22]
1998: Nick Begich Launched Write-In Gubernatorial Campaign As Alaskan Independence Party Member According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "A member of the Alaskan Independence Party is launching a write-in candidacy for governor. Writer Nick Begich, a son of the late Congressman Nick Begich and the brother of former Anchorage Assemblyman Mark Begich, said he was prompted to jump into the race by what he called a lack of leadership." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 10/26/23]
2016: Nick Begich Received Donations From Prominent Democrats And Unions According to Alaska Landmine, "Begich's 2016 campaign disclosure reveals an interesting list of contributors that includes several prominent Alaska Democrats, progressives, and labor unions." Details of donors include: "Mark Begich, former Anchorage mayor and former U.S. Senator, donated $500; Deborah Bonito, business owner and wife of Mark Begich, donated $500; Tom Begich, current Democratic State Senator elected in 2016, donated $200;... Anchorage Police Department Employees Union donated $1,000; NEA Alaska donated $1,000; IBEW local 1547 PAC donated $1,000; Teamsters donated $1,000." [Alaska Landmine, 4/28/22]
Nick Begich III Served As Don Young's Reelection Campaign Co-Chair In 2020 According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich, 44, is a software company executive who served as Young's reelection campaign co-chair in 2020." [Anchorage Daily News, 4/22/22]
2020: Nick Begich III Co-Chaired Don Young's Reelection Campaign According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich's path to Congress began in 2020, when he co-chaired the reelection campaign of Young, Alaska's longtime U.S. House member." [Anchorage Daily News, 1/3/25]
2020: Nick Begich III Began Political Career By Cochairing Don Young's Reelection Campaign According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich's path to Congress began in 2020, when he cochaired the reelection campaign of Young, Alaska's longtime U.S. House member." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 1/9/25]
Nick Begich III Began Path To Congress In 2020 By Cochairing Don Young's Reelection Campaign According to Arctic Sounder, "Begich's path to Congress began in 2020, when he cochaired the reelection campaign of Young, Alaska's longtime U.S. House member." [Arctic Sounder, 1/9/25]
2022: Nick Begich Had Been Leading Republican Challenger To Don Young Prior To Special Election According to The Nome Nugget, "Begich had been the leading Republican challenger to incumbent Congressman Don Young before Young's death in March triggered the special election." [Nome Nugget, 6/16/22]
1998: Nick Begich Cited His Father's Vision As Motivation For Gubernatorial Run According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "'The dream my father had is lost,' Begich said. 'People left the Lower 48 because they wanted to build something new and vibrant. It's time to recapture that vision.'" [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 10/26/23]
2025: Letter Writer Sharon Resnick Noted Rep. Nick Begich Won His Seat by a Small Margin According to a letter to the editor published in Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "Begich won his seat by a small margin." [Letter to the Editor - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 4/10/25]
July 2023: Nick Begich III Announced Candidacy For Alaska's U.S. House Seat In 2024 According to Alaska's News Source, "Republican Nick Begich III has tossed his name back in the ring in pursuit of Alaska's U.S. House seat. [...] [He] announced Thursday morning that he planned to run again for the position in 2024. He is the first known candidate to announce their intention to run for the position next year." [Alaska's News Source, 7/13/23]
2024: Nick Begich III Announced Second Campaign For Alaska U.S. House Seat According to News Miner, "Alaska businessman Nick Begich III is making his second run for Alaska's sole Alaska U.S. House of Representatives seat." [News Miner, 11/1/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Placed Second in Alaska U.S. House Primary According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "In votes tallied so far from the Aug. 20 primary election, Dahlstrom, a Republican, was in third with just less than 20% of the vote behind incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, who had 50%, and Republican Nick Begich III, who was in second with 27%." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 8/29/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Thanked Dahlstrom Upon Her Withdrawal According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich thanked Dahlstrom in a social media post for 'running a strong campaign' and 'for her continued service to Alaska.' 'Today we move forward unified in the effort to replace Maiy Peltola,' Begich said." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 8/29/24]
August 2024: Begich Placed Second In Alaska's U.S. House Primary Election According to Anchorage Daily News, 'Peltola has 50.7% of the vote in the primary election held earlier this month, with results expected to be finalized later this week. Begich is a distant second with 26.6%.' [Anchorage Daily News, 8/29/24]
2024: Juneau Empire Reported Nick Begich Pledged To Drop Out If He Finished Behind Another Republican In Primary According to an opinion piece in Juneau Empire, "That's what Republican candidate Nick Begich III did in the congressional race. It was a strategy that may have boosted him to a second-place finish over Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, his main Republican opponent." [Juneau Empire - Juneau Empire, 8/29/24]
April 2024: Nick Begich Explained Logic Behind Pledge On Ranked Choice Voting According to an opinion piece in Juneau Empire, "When Begich made his pledge in April, he explained the logic behind it. 'For those who are not a fan of ranked choice voting---and I consider myself one of those people---we can self-impose a primary among the Republicans, if we make that commitment.'" [Juneau Empire - Juneau Empire, 8/29/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska's U.S. House Primary According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich was second, with 27%, and Dahlstrom was in third with 20%." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 8/29/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Promised To Drop Out If Not Top Finishing Republican According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Before results were out, Begich - who has the support of several local Republican groups - promised he would drop out of the race if he was not the top finishing Republican. The goal of the promise was to increase the likelihood of a Republican winning without the need for a ranked-choice tabulation." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 8/29/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich III Placed Second In Alaska U.S. House Primary According to Arctic Sounder, "Begich was second, with 27%, and Dahlstrom was in third with 20%. As both Begich and Dahlstrom sought to crown themselves as the Republican most likely to defeat Peltola, their matchup was expected to be the most significant driver of turnout in the primary election." [Arctic Sounder, 8/29/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich III Promised To Drop Out If Not Top Finishing Republican According to Arctic Sounder, "Before results were out, Begich - who has the support of several local Republican groups - promised he would drop out of the race if he was not the top finishing Republican. The goal of the promise was to increase the likelihood of a Republican winning without the need for a rankedchoice tabulation." [Arctic Sounder, 8/29/24]
August 2024: Begich Advanced To General Election For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Begich survived a primary race against current Alaska Lt. Governor Nancy Dahlstrom earlier this month, garnering 26.9 percent of the statewide vote in the open primary." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 8/30/24]
August 2024: Dahlstrom Withdrew To Clear Path For Begich After Primary According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Dahlstrom received 20 percent of statewide votes and subsequently dropped out of the race to clear the way for Begich to take on the incumbent Peltola." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 8/30/24]
August 2024: Begich Did Not Offer Salisbury Incentives To Withdraw From Race According to Juneau Empire, "Begich didn't offer Salisbury any incentive to get out of the race, both Wilson and Salisbury said." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 9/3/24]
August 2024: Begich Sought Unified Republican Front Against Ticket Splitting According to Juneau Empire, "before the primary, Begich was among the loudest voices urging a unified Republican front. With Salisbury out of the race, Begich no longer has to worry about a split ticket." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 9/3/24]
2024: Begich Secured 26.6% Of The Vote In Alaska's U.S. House Primary According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Begich, meanwhile, had 26.6% of primary votes. Leading to the primary, Begich coalesced support from local Republican groups but had been snubbed by national GOP leaders who favored Republican challenger Dahlstrom." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 9/3/24]
2024: Post-Primary, Dunleavy And Johnson Endorsed Begich For U.S. House According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Many of the Republicans who had previously backed Dahlstrom switched their support to Begich after the primary, including Gov. Mike Dunleavy and U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson. Trump, who previously endorsed Dahlstrom, has not endorsed Begich." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 9/3/24]
2024: Salisbury Claimed Begich Did Not Request Him To Drop Out Of U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Salisbury said Begich did not ask him to drop out of the race, but several members of the Alaska Republican Party had asked him to drop out." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 9/3/24]
September 2024: Begich Secured 26.6% Of Alaska U.S. House Primary Vote According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich, meanwhile, had 26.6% of primary votes." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/3/24]
September 2024: Salisbury Said Begich Did Not Ask Him To Drop Out Of U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News, "Salisbury said Begich did not ask him to drop out of the race, but several members of the Alaska Republican Party had asked him to drop out." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/3/24]
2024: Begich Vowed To Withdraw If He Finished Behind Another Republican In Alaska House Race According To Juneau Empire According to Juneau Empire, "Begich, now the Republican frontrunner, vowed early on that he would withdraw from the race if he finished behind another Republican." [Juneau Empire, 9/4/24]
August 2024: Begich Ranked Second in Primary for Alaska's U.S. House Seat With 26.6% of the Vote According to Arctic Sounder, "Peltola has 50.7% of the vote in the primary election held earlier this month, with results expected to be finalized later this week. Begich is a distant second with 26.6%." [Arctic Sounder, 9/5/24]
September 2024: Begich Placed Second In Alaska U.S. House Primary With 26.6% According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 'Peltola has 50.7% of the vote in the primary election held earlier this month, with results expected to be finalized later this week. Begich is a distant second with 26.6%.' [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 9/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich Advanced To General Election For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Nome Nugget, "Second was Nick Begich with 26.57 percent [of the votes] [...] The four persons on the ballot for the general election will be Peltola, Begich, Eric Hafner (D) and John Wayne Howe (Alaska Independent)." [Nome Nugget, 9/5/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Received Second-Highest Vote In Alaska U.S. House Primary According to Nome Nugget, "Second was Nick Begich with 26.57 percent [of the votes] [...] For the U.S. House of Representative vote, incumbent Mary Peltola (D) took a commanding lead with 50.89 percent of the votes cast for her. Second was Nick Begich with 26.57 percent and third was Nancy Dahlstrom with 19.9 percent." [Nome Nugget, 9/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich Tied Mary Peltola In Little Diomede Precinct According to Nome Nugget, "with the exception of Little Diomede, where she [Peltola] tied with Nick Begich, each receiving two votes, or 25 percent each;" [Nome Nugget, 9/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich Tied Nancy Dahlstrom For Second Place In Marshall Precinct According to Nome Nugget, "Marshall where [Peltola] received only 45.95 percent, with Begich and Nancy Dahlstrom tied at 18.92 percent of the vote;" [Nome Nugget, 9/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich Received 44.44 Percent Of The Vote In Shaktoolik Precinct According to Nome Nugget, "Shaktoolik, where she [Peltola] received 13 votes, or 48.15 percent, barely edging out Begich who received 12 votes, or 44.44 percent." [Nome Nugget, 9/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich Received 5 Percent Of The Vote In Teller Precinct According to Nome Nugget, "Peltola did best in Teller, with 95 percent, or 19 votes cast for her. Begich received one vote, or 5 percent, and no other candidate secured a vote in Teller." [Nome Nugget, 9/5/24]
2024: Begich Did Not Request Salisbury Withdraw From U.S. House Race Or Offer Incentives According to Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), "The meeting was not to get Salisbury out of the race, she [Bernadette Wilson] said, and Begich didn't bring up the topic, something Salisbury confirmed. [...] Begich didn't offer Salisbury any incentive to get out of the race, both Wilson and Salisbury said." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 9/5/24]
2024: Begich Urged Republican Unity Prior To Alaska Primary According to Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), "But Republicans have been less willing to rank multiple candidates, and before the primary, Begich was among the loudest voices urging a unified Republican front." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 9/5/24]
2024: Begich's Senior Adviser Confirmed Details Of Meeting With Salisbury According to Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), "Begich, through a spokesperson, declined comment for this article, but Bernadette Wilson, senior adviser to Begich's campaign, helped coordinate the meeting and confirmed the details shared by Salisbury." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 9/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Placed Second In Alaska U.S. House Primary According to Anchorage Daily News, "In second with 26% was Republican challenger Nick Begich III, a businessman who lost twice to Peltola in 2022. The contest is largely seen as a high-stakes contest between Peltola and Begich." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/11/24]
2024: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska's U.S. House Primary According to Anchorage Daily News, "The first-place finisher in Alaska's primary is Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, who had nearly 51% of primary votes. In second with 26% was Republican challenger Nick Begich III, a businessman who lost twice to Peltola in 2022." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/11/24]
2024: Nick Begich Was Named Republican Candidate For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "With the dismissal, Hafner is set to face incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, Republican Nick Begich, and Alaska Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 9/12/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Finished Second In Alaska's U.S. House Primary According to Anchorage Daily News, "the U.S. House race is largely seen as a contest between Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, who received nearly 51% of primary votes last month, and Republican challenger Nick Begich III, who came in second to Peltola with 26% after losing to her twice in 2022." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 9/12/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Came In Second In Alaska U.S. House Primary According to Anchorage Daily News, "The U.S. House race is largely seen as a contest between Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, who received nearly 51% of primary votes last month, and Republican challenger Nick Begich III, who came in second to Peltola with 26% after losing to her twice in 2022." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/12/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Participated As Republican Challenger In Alaska U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "The race is largely seen as one between Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, who had nearly 51% of primary votes, and Republican challenger Nick Begich III, who had 26% of primary votes. Peltola first won the seat in 2022, after the sudden death of Republican longtime U.S. Rep. Don Young. Peltola twice defeated Begich in 2022 both in the special election to replace Young and in the subsequent general election." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 9/13/24]
2024: Anchorage Daily News Identified Nick Begich III As Republican Challenger In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News, "The race is largely seen as one between Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, who had nearly 51% of primary votes, and Republican challenger Nick Begich III, who had 26% of primary votes." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/13/24]
2024: Nick Begich Ran As A Republican For U.S. House In Alaska According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "Hafner will face incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, Republican Nick Begich, and Alaska Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 9/13/24]
2024: Nick Begich Remained The Only Republican Candidate In Alaska U.S. House Race After Opponents Withdrew According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "This year, after third and fourth-place open primary finishes this year, Republicans Lt. Gov Nancy Dahlstrom and Matthew Salisbury dropped out of the race, leaving Nick Begich as the only Republican on the ticket." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 9/17/24]
Nick Begich Expressed Willingness To Withdraw If He Finished Lower Than Second In The Primary According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "Before the primary, Begich said if he finished lower than second place, he would have dropped out of the race because in his view that created the best chance to beat Peltola in a one-on-one race." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 9/17/24]
August 2024: Begich Placed Second In Alaska's U.S. House Primary According to Anchorage Daily News, "Peltola led the 12-way primary election with nearly 51% of votes. Begich was second with 26%." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/18/24]
August 2024: Begich Placed Second In Nonpartisan Primary With 26% According to Anchorage Daily News, "Peltola led the 12-way primary election with nearly 51% of votes. Begich was second with 26%." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/18/24]
September 2024: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska's U.S. House Primary Race With 26% Of Votes According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "The race is largely seen as one between Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, who had nearly 51% of primary votes, and Republican challenger Nick Begich in, who had 26% of primary votes." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 9/19/24]
2024: Alaska GOP Leaders Pressured Others To Withdraw To Help Nick Begich According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "After the primary, Alaska GOP leaders pressured thirdplace finisher Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and fourth-place finisher Matthew Salisbury to drop out of the race, arguing it would clear the path for Begich to more easily defeat Peltola." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 9/19/24]
August 2024: Begich Placed Second In Alaska's Nonpartisan U.S. House Primary According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Peltola led the 12-way primary election with nearly 51% of votes. Begich was second with 26%." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 9/26/24]
August 2024: Begich Defeated Dahlstrom By 6 Points In Primary According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Peltola, the Democratic incumbent, led the nonpartisan primary by 24 points. Begich had bested Dahlstrom by 6 points." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 9/26/24]
2024: Nick Begich Was The Closest Republican Challenger To Incumbent Mary Peltola For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 'The debate features incumbent Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola who was first elected to the seat in 2022 following the death of Alaska's longtime Congressman Don Young and her closest challenger Republican Nick Begich.' [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 10/11/24]
2024: Begich Became Sole Republican After Others Withdrew According to Juneau Empire, "That wasn't bad for a man in a federal lockup, but wasn't enough to advance to the top-four general election ballot next month --- at least until the third- and fourth-place finishers, both Republicans, dropped out, leaving Begich as the sole Republican." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 10/15/24]
2024: Anchorage Daily News Reported Begich Gained Support From National Republican Leaders After Dahlstrom Dropped Out According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich has gained additional support from national Republican leaders in recent weeks after another GOP challenger, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, dropped out of the race following the August primary. Though Dahlstrom had originally received the endorsements of prominent Republicans and the promise of their fundraising might most of those GOP members promptly switched to support Begich after Dahlstrom dropped out." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 10/16/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Competed In U.S. House Race Against Mary Peltola According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Begich III is challenging incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola in this year's election. Also competing are Alaskan Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe and Democratic candidate Eric Hafner." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 10/17/24]
2024: Nick Begich Challenged Mary Peltola For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich, a businessman who lost twice to Peltola in 2022, is again vying for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat against Peltola, a former state lawmaker who won the seat in 2022." [Anchorage Daily News, 10/22/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich III Launched Second Campaign For U.S. House Seat According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "Alaska businessman Nick Begich III is making his second run for Alaska's sole Alaska U.S. House of Representatives seat." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 11/1/24]
2024: Begich Made Second Run For U.S. Congress As Businessman According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich, a businessman making his second run for Congress, is also planning to vote on Monday. He is set to be sign-waving on Monday and Tuesday in Anchorage." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/1/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Finished Second in Alaska Primary According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "In Alaska's 'final four' August primary election, Peltola earned just under 51% of the overall vote, and Begich finished in second with 26.6% of the vote among 11 candidates." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 11/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich Benefited From Republican Withdrawals In Alaska House Race According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "The decision by the other two Republicans to drop out, leaving Begich to pick up more Republican votes, unlike during the 2022 race where they were split between him and former Gov. Sarah Palin." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 11/5/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Finished Second In Alaska's U.S. House 'Final Four' Primary According to Juneau Empire, "In Alaska's 'final four' August primary election, Peltola earned just under 51% of the overall vote, and Begich finished in second with 26.6% of the vote among 11 candidates." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 11/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Voted Early In Eagle River According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Begich said he did not wait long at the early voting location in Eagle River." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/5/24]
2024: Two Republicans Withdrew From Alaska's U.S. House Race, Increasing Begich's Chances According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), "Peltola had more than 50% of the vote, but in the months since then, polling indicates that the race has tightened, with Begich's odds helped by the fact that two trailing Republicans - including Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom - withdrew after the primary." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 11/5/24]
2024: Begich's Odds Increased After Other Republicans Withdrew From U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "polling indicates that the race has tightened, with Begich's odds helped by the fact that two trailing Republicans --- including Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom --- withdrew after the primary." [Juneau Empire, 11/5/24]
2024: Begich's Chances Were Increased After Two Republicans Withdrew Post-Primary According to Nome Nugget (Alaska), "In the August primary election, Peltola had more than 50 percent of the vote, but in the months since then, polling indicates that the race has tightened, with Begich's odds helped by the fact that two trailing Republicans-including Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom-withdrew after the primary." [Nome Nugget (Alaska), 11/7/24]
November 2024: Alaska Division Of Elections Planned Ranked Choice Tabulation If Nick Begich Or Opponents Did Not Surpass 50% According to Anchorage Daily News, "If neither Begich nor Peltola gets more than 50%, the winner would then be decided by the state's ranked choice tabulation process on Nov. 20." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/13/24]
2024: Letter Writer Frank Dahl Stated Nancy Dahlstrom Withdrew to Avoid Splitting Vote With Nick Begich According to a letter to the editor published in Anchorage Daily News, "Alaskans should remember what Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom did as she withdrew from the election to be sure that she did not split the vote between her and Nick Begich. As a result of her loyalty to Alaska, Begich is on track to win." [Letter to the Editor - Anchorage Daily News, 11/15/24]
2024: Anchorage Daily News Reported Begich Pledged To Drop Out If Not Top Republican In Primary According to Anchorage Daily News, "Ahead of this year's primary, Begich promised he would drop out if he was not the top-finishing Republican. He then finished ahead of Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, who ultimately dropped out of the race after facing pressure to do so from leaders of the Alaska Republican Party, clearing the way for Begich to coalesce support from Republican donors and national backers." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/21/24]
2024: Begich Promised To Drop Out If Not Top Republican In House Primary According to Anchorage Daily News, "Ahead of this year's primary, Begich promised he would drop out if he was not the top-finishing Republican. He then finished ahead of Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, who ultimately dropped out of the race after facing pressure to do so from leaders of the Alaska Republican Party, clearing the way for Begich to coalesce support from Republican donors and national backers." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/21/24]
2024: Begich Campaigned On Creating A One-On-One Race With Peltola In The General Election According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Begich expressed before the election that he believed the best way for a Republican to defeat Peltola was to create a one-on-one race with her in the general election." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/22/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Led In First Round Of U.S. House Race Under Ranked-Choice Voting According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "In the first round of ranked-choice voting tabulation on Wednesday, Democrat incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola trailed her Republican challenger Nick Begich III by more than 7,000 votes." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/23/24]
2024: Anchorage Daily News Reported Nick Begich III Defeated Mary Peltola for Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to an opinion piece in Anchorage Daily News, "During the election last November that she lost to Republican Nick Begich III, as her principal accomplishments then-Rep. Peltola touted persuading the Biden White House to approve the Willow oil development project [...]" [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska) - Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 1/31/25]
2023: Nick Begich Became First To Announce Challenge Against Incumbent Mary Peltola For 2024 According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich is the first to announce his intention of challenging Peltola, nearly 16 months ahead of the general election." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 7/13/23]
July 2023: Nick Begich III Announced Candidacy For Alaska's U.S. House Seat In 2024 According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Republican Nick Begich III has tossed his name back in the ring in pursuit of Alaska's U.S. House seat. [...] announced Thursday morning that he planned to run again for the position in 2024. He is the first known candidate to announce their intention to run for the position next year." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 7/13/23]
2023: Nick Begich III Filed For Candidacy For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Nicholas Begich III has officially filed to run for Alaska's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 7/13/23]
July 2023: Nick Begich Announced 2024 U.S. House Campaign According to Juneau Empire, "Begich, 45, announced Thursday in a stream of Tweets he will again run for the seat currently held by Democrat Mary Peltola." [Juneau Empire, 7/13/23]
2023: Begich III And Peltola Were Only Confirmed House Candidates As Of July According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Thus far, Begich III and Peltola are the only candidates who have taken concrete steps toward running for U.S. House. The official signup deadline isn't until next summer." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 7/14/23]
2023: Nick Begich Ran Again For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to a letter to the editor published in Alaska Dispatch News, "Nick Begich is running again for Alaska's U.S. House seat? He already ran at the same time as Sarah Palin [...]" [Letter to the Editor - Alaska Dispatch News, 7/17/23]
July 2023: Nick Begich Announced 2024 U.S. House Campaign According to Arctic Sounder, "Republican Nick Begich said last Thursday he Is making another run for Alaska's lone seat In the U.S. House. The seat Is currently held by Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola [...] Begich Is the first to announce his Intention of challenging Peltola, nearly 16 months ahead of the general election." [Arctic Sounder (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/20/23]
November 2023: Nick Begich III Joined Race For Alaska's US House Seat According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "Dahlstrom joins fellow Republican Nick Begich III in the running for the seat currently held by Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/14/23]
July 2023: Nick Begich Began Campaign For U.S. House According to Nome Nugget, "Republican Nick Begich is also in the race; he began a campaign in July." [Nome Nugget, 11/16/23]
November 2023: Nick Begich Reaffirmed Campaign Focus According to Nome Nugget, "By text, Begich said that despite Dahlstrom's entry into the race, 'our team is 100% focused on continuing to build our statewide effort to defeat Mary Peltola and restore commonsense, fiscally responsible representation on behalf of Alaska.'" [Nome Nugget, 11/16/23]
2023: Nick Begich Announced Congressional Run Against Mary Peltola According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Begich announced his intent to run for Alaska's sole House of Representatives seat in 2023, challenging Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 1/24/24]
February 2024: Nick Begich Entered U.S. House Race In July 2023 After Previous Third-Place Finish In 2022 According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich, another Republican vying for the seat held by Peltola since she won a special election in August 2022, entered the U.S. House race in July, after coming in third behind Peltola and former Gov. Sarah Palin both in the special election and in the November 2022 election." [Anchorage Daily News, 2/8/24]
2024: Nick Begich Ran As Republican For U.S. House According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich and Dahlstrom are seeking to replace Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola." [Anchorage Daily News, 4/19/24]
April 2024: Nick Begich III Was Identified As A Main GOP Challenger To Rep. Peltola For Alaska's Congressional Seat According to Juneau Empire, "The Alaska Republican Party held its convention in Anchorage last month, with about 300 attendees selecting its party representatives and hearing keynote speeches from Peltola's two main GOP challengers, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and Nick Begich III. [...] a fall matchup that includes Dahlstrom, Begich and Peltola is nearly inevitable." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 5/19/24]
2024: Dahlstrom Asked Voters To Rank Nick Begich Second In Ranked-Choice Balloting According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Everywhere I go I tell people I want your vote as number one and Nick [Begich] as number two." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 5/28/24]
2024: Begich Likely To Advance To Alaska's U.S. House General Election According to Anchorage Daily News, "That means that Peltola, Begich and Dahlstrom are all likely to advance to the general election, but it remains unclear who might join them as the fourth candidate on the November ballot." [Anchorage Daily News, 6/2/24]
Nick Begich III Announced Second Congressional Bid in 2024 According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Begich, a Republican, is running for the Congressional seat which was held by the late Republican Don Young and currently by Democrat Mary Peltola. It's Begich's second bid for the seat." [Kodiak Daily Mirror, 6/4/24]
2024: Nick Begich Filed To Run For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Twelve candidates have filed for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, headlined by incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, and Republican challengers Nick Begich and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 6/6/24]
2024: Nick Begich Filed To Run For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Arctic Sounder, "Twelve candidates have filed for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, headlined by incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, and Republican challengers Nick Begich and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom." [Arctic Sounder, 6/6/24]
2023: Begich Was U.S. House Candidate Before Dahlstrom Entered Race According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "At the time Dahlstrom entered the race, Begich had been a candidate for almost a year." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 6/18/24]
2024: Jeff Benkert Asserted Nick Begich Proposed A Republican Primary Runoff In Alaska According to an opinion piece by Jeff Benkert in Anchorage Daily News, "Instead of using ranked choice voting to Republicans' advantage, he has declared that August will serve as a Republican primary and the loser will drop out. Such an idea might have been encouraged by Mary Peltola herself, as she sits on $2.5 million cash on hand. Instead of running a campaign under the current law, he has now manifested an idea that will drain all resources and, once again, encourage Republicans to attack each other." [Jeff Benkert - Anchorage Daily News, 6/24/24]
2024: Jeff Benkert Called On Nick Begich To Drop Out Of Alaska Congressional Race According to an opinion piece by Jeff Benkert in Anchorage Daily News, "Begich is right about one thing -- one candidate should drop out. It should be before the primary and it should be him. Instead of becoming a three-time loser, he should graciously recognize that his campaign strategy does not work. It has not before. It will not now. Nancy Dahlstrom is the only candidate who can win." [Jeff Benkert - Anchorage Daily News, 6/24/24]
2024: Jeff Benkert Asserted Nick Begich Proposed a Republican Primary Loser Drop-Out Plan According to an opinion piece by Jeff Benkert in Anchorage Daily News, "Instead of using ranked choice voting to Republicans' advantage, he has declared that August will serve as a Republican primary and the loser will drop out. [...] Instead of running a campaign under the current law, he has now manifested an idea that will drain all resources and, once again, encourage Republicans to attack each other." [Jeff Benkert - Anchorage Daily News, 6/24/24]
2024: Jeff Benkert Criticized Nick Begich's Campaign Finances and Strategy According to an opinion piece by Jeff Benkert in Anchorage Daily News, "Look no further than his filing with the Federal Election Commission to confirm that he has no concept of preserving campaign resources. Begich's campaign owes himself $425,000 in personal debt. Last quarter, he spent more than he brought in. Any money he raises goes straight out the door to campaign consultants and vendors. What's worse, he has no backing from significant Outside spenders. Tough look when you are running as a 'businessman.'" [Jeff Benkert - Anchorage Daily News, 6/24/24]
2024: Jeff Benkert Urged Nick Begich to Withdraw From Race Before Primary According to an opinion piece by Jeff Benkert in Anchorage Daily News, "Begich is right about one thing one candidate should drop out. It should be before the primary and it should be him. Instead of becoming a three-time loser, he should graciously recognize that his campaign strategy does not work. It has not before. It will not now. Nancy Dahlstrom is the only candidate who can win." [Jeff Benkert - Anchorage Daily News, 6/24/24]
2024: Letter Writer Tiffany Richards Urged Nick Begich To Withdraw From House Race According to a letter to the editor published in Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Nick Begich, while a commendable candidate with great potential, stands to gain considerably more by stepping down and supporting Nancy Dahlstrom. By doing so, he would demonstrate a commitment to the greater good of the party and the state." [Letter to the Editor - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 6/26/24]
2024: Begich Challenged Peltola For Alaska U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "Under Alaska's open primary system, both Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and businessman Nick Begich III are expected to advance through the August primary..." [Anchorage Daily News, 7/7/24]
2024: Begich Promised To Withdraw If Placed Behind Dahlstrom In Primary According to Anchorage Daily News, "To assuage concerns over vote-splitting, Begich has promised that if he comes in behind Dahlstrom in the August primary, he will drop out of the race." [Anchorage Daily News, 7/7/24]
April 2024: Nick Begich Pledged To Withdraw From Alaska U.S. House Race If He Did Not Lead In GOP Primary According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "The most high-profile pledge was made by Nick Begich III, who is running for Alaska's single U.S. House seat. Begich publicly pledged in April to withdraw from the race if he is bested by another Republican in the primary election. Josh Walton, Begich's campaign manager, confirmed last week that Begich still plans to abide by his pledge." [The Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 7/22/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Ran For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola's two main challengers are Republicans: Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and businessman Nick Begich III, who is making his second run for Congress." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/6/24]
2024: Begich Said He Would Withdraw If He Placed Behind Dahlstrom According to Anchorage Daily News, "That includes Begich, the Republican running for U.S. House, who has said he will withdraw if he comes in behind Dahlstrom, in an effort to rally around a single Republican candidate." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/6/24]
2024: Nick Begich Pledged To Withdraw If He Finished Behind Dahlstrom In The Primary According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "This year, Begich has pledged to withdraw from the election if he finishes behind Dahlstrom in the primary, which he has said is aimed at consolidating support behind one Republican." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 8/14/24]
2024: Nick Begich Ran As A Republican Businessperson In Alaska's U.S. House Primary According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Republican businessperson Nick Begich III, Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola are among 12 candidates competing in the primary for the seat currently held by Peltola." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 8/14/24]
2024: Begich Pledged To Withdraw If He Finishes Behind Dahlstrom In The Primary According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "This year, Begich has pledged to withdraw from the election if he finishes behind Dahlstrom in the primary, which he has said is aimed at consolidating support behind one Republican. Dahlstrom has not made a similar pledge, nor have other candidates, who would replace any withdrawn candidate." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/14/24]
2024: Nick Begich Pledged To Withdraw If He Finished Behind Dahlstrom In Primary According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "This year, Begich has pledged to withdraw from the election if he finishes behind Dahlstrom in the primary, which he has said is aimed at consolidating support behind one Republican." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 8/15/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Vowed To Withdraw If Not Top Republican In U.S. House Primary According to Anchorage Daily News, "Nick Begich, a businessman who twice lost to Peltola in 2022, is vowing that unless he is the top-performing Republican in Tuesday's primary, he will bow out of the election." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/17/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Advanced To Alaska U.S. House General Election According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Rep. Mary Peltola, Nick Begich and Nancy Dahlstrom have been declared some of the unofficial winners in Tuesday's primary. [...] the congresswoman has 50% of the vote, slightly above the combined total of Begich (27%) and Dahlstrom (20%)." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 8/20/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Placed Second In U.S. House Alaska Primary According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Incumbent Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola is leading with slightly less than 50% of the vote over Republican challengers Nick Begich (27%) and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom (20%)." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 8/20/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Received 24,501 Votes In Alaska U.S. House Primary According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "As of the latest vote tally, Dahlstrom was sitting third in the U.S. House race with 18,370 votes, or about 20.3% of the vote, behind fellow Republican Nick Begich (24,501 votes) and Democratic incumbent Mary Peltola (45,323 votes)." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 8/20/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Trailed Mary Peltola By Nearly 20,000 Votes In Alaska U.S. House Primary According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola still held a commanding lead of nearly 20,000 votes over her nearest challenger, Republican Nick Begich. Peltola held 49.9% of the vote to Begich's 27.2%." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 8/20/24]
8/20/24: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska U.S. House Primary Election According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Peltola netted 49.9% of the vote to Begich's 27.2% and Dahlstrom's 20.5%." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/20/24]
2024: Nick Begich Considered Withdrawing If He Made A Poor Showing According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "That's unless one of them withdraws, which Begich said he might do if he makes a poor showing." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/20/24]
2024: Nick Begich Advanced To General Election Under Alaska's Ranked Choice System According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Under ranked choice the top four candidates proceed to November and others on the ballot fall away." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/20/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska U.S. House Primary According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "On the Republican side, Begich received 27%, ahead of Dahlstrom with 20%. Begich said in a statement that he had 'won the Republican nomination.'" [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Pledged To End Campaign If Dahlstrom Finished Ahead Of Him According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Before the primary, Begich said he would end his campaign if he finished behind Dahlstrom, while she said she plaimed to continue through to the general election." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich III Placed Second In Statewide Alaska U.S. House Primary Voting According to Juneau Empire, "Statewide results as of Thursday afternoon show Peltola with 50.36% of the vote, Begich III 26.5% and Dahlstrom 19.96%." [Juneau Empire, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich III Received 16.23% Of U.S. House Primary Votes In District 3 (Juneau Area) According to Juneau Empire, "Republican challengers Nick Begich III got 16.23% in District 3 and 11.19% in District 4" where District 3 includes the Mendenhall Valley and several small communities near Juneau. [Juneau Empire, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich III Received 11.19% Of U.S. House Primary Votes In District 4 (Juneau Area) According to Juneau Empire, "Republican challengers Nick Begich III got 16.23% in District 3 and 11.19% in District 4," noting District 4 includes downtown and Douglas neighborhoods of Juneau. [Juneau Empire, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich III Held Highest Precinct Percentage In Haines No. 2 During District 3 Primary Voting According to Juneau Empire, "Begich's highest/lowest precincts: 26.98% in Haines No. 2/7.5% in Klukwan." [Juneau Empire, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich III Held Highest Precinct Percentage In Glacier Valley Area During District 4 Primary Voting According to Juneau Empire, "Begich's highest/lowest precincts: 20.9% in Glacier Valley Area/7.18% in Juneau No. 2." [Juneau Empire, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Begich Placed Second In Alaska U.S. House Primary With 27% Of The Vote According to Juneau Empire, "On the Republican side, Begich received 27%, ahead of Dahlstrom with 20%." [Juneau Empire, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Begich Claimed Victory For Republican Nomination According to Juneau Empire, "Begich said in a statement that he had 'won the Republican nomination.'" [Juneau Empire, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Begich Previously Said He Would End Campaign If He Finished Behind Dahlstrom According to Juneau Empire, "Before the primary, Begich said he would end his campaign if he finished behind Dahlstrom, while she said she planned to continue through to the general election." [Juneau Empire, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Begich Was Among Top Three Candidates To Advance Under Ranked Choice Voting According to Juneau Empire, "With Peltola, Begich and Dahlstrom having the largest campaigns, the other nine candidates were competing for the fourth and final spot on the ballot in the general election, which will be conducted using ranked choice voting." [Juneau Empire, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Begich Pledged To Withdraw If Outpolled By Dahlstrom According to Juneau Empire, "Begich has pledged to drop out if Dahlstrom receives more votes than he does." [Juneau Empire, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska U.S. House Primary Election According to Anchorage Daily News, "In second place was Republican businessman Nick Begich III with 27% of the vote." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Advanced To November General Election For Alaska U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "The top four vote-getters in Alaska's primary advance to the November election." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Had Vowed To Drop Out If Not Top GOP Primary Performer But Remained After Results According to Anchorage Daily News, 'He vowed ahead of the primary election that he would drop out of the race if he was not the top-performing Republican in the primary. But after early results came in, Begich was in a jubilant mood at a campaign event in Wasilla.' [Anchorage Daily News, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska U.S. House Primary According to Anchorage Daily News, "In second place was Republican businessman Nick Begich III with 27% of the vote." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska U.S. House Primary According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Peltola, the first Alaska Native elected to the U.S. House, won 50.38 percent of votes cast statewide. That's more than the combined totals of two Republican candidates, Nick Begich (26.9 percent) and Alaska Lt. Governor Nancy Dahlstrom (20 percent)." [Kodiak Daily Mirror, 8/22/24]
Begich Pledged To Drop Out If He Finished Third In 2024 Primary According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Begich pledged to drop out of the race if he finished third. Dahlstrom, who was endorsed by former President Donald Trump, made no such pledge, and both are likely to remain in the race for Alaska's only seat in the U.S. House." [Kodiak Daily Mirror, 8/22/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Won Port Lions Precinct In U.S. House Primary According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Port Lions was the only precinct that voted Republican Tuesday. There, Nick Begich was the winner, with 12 of 28 ballots cast. (Peltola 8, Dahlstrom 6)." [Kodiak Daily Mirror, 8/22/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Received Votes In Multiple Kodiak Precincts According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "In Kodiak No.1, downtown east of Mill Bay, Peltola took 112 of 190 ballots counted, (Dahlstrom 45, Begich 27). In Kodiak No. 2, downtown west, it was Peltola with 96 of 149 votes cast (Begich 27, Dahlstrom 20). In the city's largest precinct, Mission Road, it was Peltola 189, Begich 120, Dahlstrom 103. In Women's Bay, Peltola won with 83 of 152 votes cast (Begich 38, Dahlstrom 28). Chiniak voters went Peltola 12, Dahlstrom 6 and Begich 3. Ouzinke went for Peltola 12, Begich 3 and Dahlstrom 1. Old Harbor, Peltola 13, Begich 2, Dahlstrom 1, and Island villages Akhiok, Karluk, and Larsen Bay voted Peltola 11, Dahlstrom 1 and Begich 0." [Kodiak Daily Mirror, 8/22/24]
Nick Begich Pledged To Withdraw If Not Top Republican In 2024 House Primary According to Arctic Sounder, "Nick Begich, a businessman who twice lost to Peltola in 2022, is vowing that unless he is the top-performing Republican in Tuesday's primary, he will bow out of the election." [Arctic Sounder, 8/22/24]
2024: Consultant Said Begich Created A 'False Primary' Narrative According to Arctic Sounder, "I think Nick Begich has created this idea some have called a 'false primary'" said Shuckerow "He kind of threw this Hail Mary because he finished third the last three times he's run." [Arctic Sounder, 8/22/24]
2024: Begich Vowed To Exit U.S. House Race If Not Top Republican In Primary According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Nick Begich, a businessman who twice lost to Peltola in 2022, is vowing that unless he is the top-performing Republican in Tuesday's primary, he will bow out of the election." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 8/22/24]
2024: Nick Begich Promised To Withdraw If Not The Top Republican In The Primary According to Anchorage Daily News, "Before results were out, Begich -- who has the support of several local Republican groups -- promised he would drop out of the race if he was not the top finishing Republican. The goal of the promise was to increase the likelihood of a Republican winning without the need for a ranked-choice tabulation." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/22/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Remained In The Race After Placing Ahead Of Dahlstrom According to Anchorage Daily News, "With Begich ahead, neither Begich nor Dahlstrom -- who's been endorsed by former President Donald Trump -- have indicated they will drop out of the race." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/22/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska's U.S. House Primary Election According to Anchorage Daily News, "In votes tallied so far from Tuesday's primary election, Dahlstrom, a Republican, was in third with just less than 20% of the vote behind incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, who had 50%, and Republican Nick Begich III, who was in second with 27%." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/23/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Thanked Nancy Dahlstrom After Her Withdrawal From The Race According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich thanked Dahlstrom in a social media post for 'running a strong campaign' and 'for her continued service to Alaska. Today we move forward unified in the effort to replace Mary Peltola,' Begich said." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/23/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska U.S. House Primary With 27% Of The Vote According to Anchorage Daily News, "In votes tallied so far from Tuesday's primary election, Dahlstrom, a Republican, was in third with just less than 20% of the vote behind incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, who had 50%, and Republican Nick Begich III, who was in second with 27%." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/23/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Thanked Nancy Dahlstrom For Her Campaign And Called For Unity According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich thanked Dahlstrom in a social media post for 'running a strong campaign' and 'for her continued service to Alaska.' 'Today we move forward unified in the effort to replace Mary Peltola,' Begich said." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/23/24]
August 2024: Begich Had Pledged To Withdraw If He Finished Third In Primary According to Juneau Empire, 'Begich had stated he would withdraw from the general election if he finished third in the primary.' [Juneau Empire, 8/23/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska U.S. House Primary According to Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), "With most votes counted, Dahlstrom is expected to finish third in the state's top-four primary election, behind Democratic incumbent Mary Peltola and fellow Republican challenger Nick Begich." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 8/26/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Thanked Nancy Dahlstrom For Withdrawing From U.S. House Race According to Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), "In a statement posted on social media, Begich thanked Dahlstrom and said her decision means Republicans can 'move forward unified in the effort to replace Mary Peltola, who has proven by her alignment with the left that she is not the moderate she claimed to be.'" [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 8/26/24]
August 2024: Republican Consultant Predicted Dahlstrom's Withdrawal Would Concentrate Republican Votes On Begich According to Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), "Matt Shuckerow, a consultant who has worked principally with Republican candidates, said he thinks the withdrawal will concentrate Republican votes on Begich." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 8/26/24]
2024: Editorial Board Noted Nick Begich III Committed to Withdrawing if Third in Primary According to an editorial published in Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Before last week's vote, Dahlstrom, unlike her Republican opponent Nick Begich III, had not made a commitment to drop out if she finished third, though many hoped she would." [Editorial - Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 8/26/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich III Finished Top Republican In Alaska U.S. House Primary According to Juneau Empire (Alaska), "Nick Begich III was the top-finishing Republican in the primary for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat. But he is far behind incumbent Democrat Mary Peltola who received slightly more than 50% of the primary vote, more than her 11 challengers combined." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 8/28/24]
August 2024: Nancy Dahlstrom Withdrew From Alaska U.S. House Race To Support Begich According to Juneau Empire (Alaska), "The third-place finisher in the primary was Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, who dropped out of the race in an attempt to boost support for Begich in the November election." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 8/28/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Finished First Among Republicans In Alaska U.S. House Primary According to Capital City Weekly, "Nick Begich III was the top-finishing Republican in the primary for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat. But he is far behind incumbent Democrat Mary Peltola who received slightly more than 50% of the primary vote, more than her 11 challengers combined." [Capital City Weekly (Juneau, Alaska), 8/28/24]
2024: Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom Withdrew From U.S. House Race To Boost Begich According to Capital City Weekly, "The third-place finisher in the primary was Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, who dropped out of the race in an attempt to boost support for Begich in the November election." [Capital City Weekly (Juneau, Alaska), 8/28/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Placed Second In Alaska U.S. House Primary According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "In votes tallied so far from the Aug. 20 primary election, Dahlstrom, a Republican, was in third with just less than 20% of the vote behind incumbent Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, who had 50%, and Republican Nick Begich 111, who was in second with 27%." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 8/29/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Thanked Nancy Dahlstrom After Her Withdrawal From House Race According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich thanked Dahlstrom in a social media post for 'running a strong campaign' and 'for her continued service to Alaska.' 'Today we move forward unified in the effort to replace Maiy Peltola,' Begich said." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 8/29/24]
2024: NRCC Selected Nick Begich For Its Young Guns Program According to Must Read Alaska, "The National Republican Congressional Committee, which endorsed Nick Begich for Congress last week, has now awarded him help through the organization's 2024 Young Guns program, to help him build out his campaign ahead of the 2024 general election." [Must Read Alaska, 8/30/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Was Endorsed By Several Local Republican Groups According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich - who has the support of several local Republican groups - promised he would drop out of the race if he was not the top finishing Republican." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 8/29/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich III Supported By Several Local Republican Groups According to Arctic Sounder, "Begich - who has the support of several local Republican groups - promised he would drop out of the race if he was not the top finishing Republican." [Arctic Sounder, 8/29/24]
2024: Nick Begich Received Financial Support From Freedom Caucus Members According to Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), "Begich has received financial support from members of the Freedom Caucus, a group of hardline Republicans in the U.S. House who have occasionally driven the federal government to the brink of a shutdown as a negotiating technique in their pursuit of budget cuts." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 10/11/24]
Nick Begich Received Support From National Republican Leaders After Dahlstrom Dropped Out In 2024 According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich has gained additional support from national Republican leaders in recent weeks after another GOP challenger, Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, dropped out of the race following the August primary. [...] Most of those GOP members promptly switched to support Begich after Dahlstrom dropped out." [Anchorage Daily News, 10/16/24]
2024: Bristol Bay Times Reported Nick Begich Was Supported By Many In Alaska's Republican Establishment According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "But Begich is supported by many in Alaska's Republican establishment." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 6/6/24]
2024: Nick Begich Was Supported By Many In Alaska's Republican Establishment According to Arctic Sounder, "But Begich is supported by many in Alaska's Republican establishment." [Arctic Sounder, 6/6/24]
2024: Nick Begich Stated His Commitment To Defeating The 'Radical Left' Agenda According to Must Read Alaska, "Alaskans are united in the effort to put our great state first, defend the Alaskan way of life and control our own future. Today's recognition builds on this momentum," Nick Begich said. "Together, we will defeat the agenda of the radical left and make Washington D.C. work for every day Alaskans once again." [Must Read Alaska, 8/30/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Campaigned As High-Profile Republican Targeting Peltola's Record According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Peltola's challengers included two high-profile Republicans - businessman Nick Begich III and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom. Both had crafted campaigned targeting Peltola's record in Congress, in an effort to return Alaska's lone U.S. House seat to Republican hands." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 8/29/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich And Nancy Dahlstrom Combined Received Fewer Votes Than Peltola According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich and Dahlstrom combined received fewer votes than Peltola did, and political consultants said that turnout in November could be even more favorable for Democrats." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 8/29/24]
2024: Nick Begich Advanced To Alaska General Election For U.S. House Seat According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "A federal prisoner in New York, Eric Hafner who is not an Alaska resident will face incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, Republican Nick Begich and Alaska Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe in the November race for Alaska's lone congressional seat." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 9/5/24]
2024: Polling Indicated Nick Begich Was In A Close Race Against Mary Peltola According to Juneau Empire, "Polling indicates Peltola may be in a close race against Republican challenger Nick Begich." [Juneau Empire, 9/11/24]
2024: Alaska U.S. House Contest Viewed As High-Stakes Race Between Peltola And Begich According to Anchorage Daily News, "The contest is largely seen as a high-stakes contest between Peltola and Begich. Alaska's seat is one of only a handful across the country seen as winnable by either party." [Anchorage Daily News, 9/11/24]
2024: Nick Begich Was The Leading Republican Challenger To Rep. Mary Peltola According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Begich is the leading challenger to incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska. Also competing in Alaska's November general election are John Wayne Howe of the Alaskan Independence Party and Eric Hafner, a Democrat imprisoned in New York state." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 9/19/24]
Polling Indicated Begich As Leading Competitor To Peltola According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Polling indicates Begich is Peltola's leading competitor for the seat once held by Begich's grandfather, also named Nick Begich, a Democrat who served from 1971 until his death the following year." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 10/3/24]
2024: Nick Begich Ran As Republican Candidate For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Arctic Sounder, "She's now seeking re-election against three competitors, including Republican candidate NickBegich III." [Arctic Sounder, 10/3/24]
2024: Nick Begich Was Identified As The Republican U.S. House Candidate And Leading Challenger To Peltola According to Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), "Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, and her leading challenger. Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich, will appear on stage at three election forums and debates this week." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 10/8/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Ran For Alaska's U.S. House Seat As A Republican According to Juneau Empire, "The Democratic incumbent, Mary Peltola, is an Alaska Native who grew up in a fishing family. Her Republican challenger, Nick Begich III, hails from an Anchorage political dynasty." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 10/15/24]
2024: Republican Nick Begich III Ran Against Mary Peltola For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "Peltola addressed criticism from her detractors, including from Republican Nick Begich III, who is running against her for the state's lone U.S. House seat." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 10/18/24]
2024: Republican Nick Begich III Challenged Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola For Alaska's Lone U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "Peltola addressed criticism from her detractors, including from Republican Nick Begich III, who is running against her for the state's lone U.S. House seat." [Anchorage Daily News, 10/18/24]
2024: Begich Ran For Alaska's U.S. House Seat Against Peltola According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich, a businessman who lost twice to Peltola in 2022, is again vying for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat against Peltola, a former state lawmaker who won the seat in 2022 after leading for several years an intertribal fish commission." [Anchorage Daily News, 10/22/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Ran As Republican Challenger For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Peltola addressed criticism from her detractors, including from Republican Nick Begich III, who is running against her for the state's lone U.S. House seat." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 10/24/24]
2024: Peltola Was Criticized By Republican Nick Begich III During The U.S. House Race According to Arctic Sounder, "Peltola addressed criticism from her detractors, including from Republican Nick Begich III, who is running against her for the state's lone U.S. House seat." [Arctic Sounder, 10/24/24]
2024: Begich Campaigned As Main Republican Challenger In Alaska U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News, "Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola and her main Republican challenger, Nick Begich III, have been criss-crossing Alaska in the final push to Election Day." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/1/24]
2024: Begich Faced Travel Challenge Returning From Fairbanks To Anchorage For Campaign Commitments According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich's campaign almost had a travel hiccup of its own. Walton said they were campaigning in Fairbanks and faced 'a real time crunch' to get back to Anchorage. Begich took an earlier flight and made it back just in time." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/1/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich III Campaigned Across Alaska In Final Days Before Election According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola and her main Republican challenger, Nick Begich III, have been criss-crossing Alaska in the final push to Election Day." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/1/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich III's Campaign Faced Travel Challenges Returning From Fairbanks According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Begich's campaign almost had a travel hiccup of its own. Walton said they were campaigning in Fairbanks and faced 'a real time crunch' to get back to Anchorage. Begich took an earlier flight and made it back just in time." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/1/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Was Republican House Candidate In Rematch Against Peltola According to Juneau Empire, "Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola, seeking a full two-year term, is in a rematch against Republican Nick Begich III in a race the Cook Political Report rates as a 'toss-up.'" [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 11/1/24]
2024: Nick Begich Emphasized Importance Of Juneau Votes To His Campaign According to Juneau Empire, 'There's a lot of people here who are independents and Republicans, even though this tends to be a more Democrat town,' Begich said during his visit. 'There's still a lot of Republicans here and every vote counts to us. And this is sort of the nerve center of Southeast.' [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 11/1/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Challenged Mary Peltola In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "the outcome of Alaska's supposedly dead-even congressional race between incumbent Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican challenger Nick Begich III may have a far bigger historical significance than simply who is the state's lone U.S. House member for the next two years." [Juneau Empire, 11/4/24]
2024: NBC - 2 KTUU Reported Nick Begich Led The Alaska U.S. House Race On Election Night According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Initial vote counts showed Republican Nick Begich leading the charge as he seeks to take the seat." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/5/24]
11/5/24: NBC - 2 KTUU Reported Nick Begich Received Over 49% Of Votes In Alaska House Race According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Begich has amassed just over 49% of the vote (124,632) so far compared to Peltola's 45% (113,612)." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/5/24]
11/5/24: NBC - 2 KTUU Reported Nick Begich Increased His Lead Over Mary Peltola Throughout Election Night According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "In the Alaska House race, Republican Nick Begich has grown his lead to more than 5,800 votes over incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola. Begich has 48.8% of the vote (95,757 votes), while Peltola has 45.8% (89,910)." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/5/24]
11/5/24: NBC - 2 KTUU Reported Nick Begich Led House Race In Early Returns According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, was trailing in her attempt to keep office. Republican challenger Nick Begich led by 486 votes -- a total of 13,617 to 13,131 votes, with 60 of 403 precincts reporting." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/5/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Led Early Alaska U.S. House Election Results According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich is ahead of Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, according to early results released early Wednesday morning by the Alaska Division of Elections. With 296 of 403 precincts reporting results at 11:32 p.m., Begich led Peltola by 5 percentage points. Begich had 50.02% of the votes so far, and Peltola had 45.1%." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 11/5/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Attributed Early Republican Victories to Election Results According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Speaking to supporters Tuesday night, Begich said the election results brought huge victories for Republicans, who won the presidency and a solid majority in the U.S. Senate." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 11/5/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Contested U.S. House Election In Kodiak Precincts According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "U.S. House: Nick Begich, 306, 48.4% Mary Peltola, 292, 46.2% [...] U.S. House: Peltola, 323, 47.6%, Begich, 304, 44.8% [...] U.S. House: Begich, 725, 52.5%, Peltola, 577, 41.8% [...] U.S. House: Begich, 321, 58.3%, Peltola, 195, 35.4% [...] U.S. House: Peltola, 13, 76.5%, Begich, 3, 17.6%." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 11/5/24]
November 2024: Republican Nick Begich Led Alaska's At-Large U.S. House Race In Early Results According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "A competitive race for Alaska's at-large U.S. House of Representatives seat tilted in favor of Republican Nick Begich on Tuesday, who had a lead in early results. Begich showed a lead with 50.2% of the vote to Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola's 44.9% of the vote. However, only 284 of the state's 403 precincts reported in." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 11/5/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Led Early Results In Alaska's U.S. House Election According to Juneau Empire, "Republican candidate Nick Begich led Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola by more than 5 percentage points. Begich had 50.14% of the votes so far, and Peltola had 44.79%." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 11/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Campaigned As Republican Challenger In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola and her Republican challenger Nick Begich III were both planning events in Anchorage Tuesday." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Expressed Cautious Optimism On Election Eve According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Begich said Monday he was 'feeling cautiously optimistic.'" [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Ran As Republican Challenger In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News, "Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola and her Republican challenger Nick Begich III were both planning events in Anchorage Tuesday." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Expressed Cautious Optimism Day Before Election According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich said Monday he was 'feeling cautiously optimistic.'" [Anchorage Daily News, 11/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich Challenged Mary Peltola For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), "That wait for tabulation could mean a wait for Alaska's close-run U.S. House election, where Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola is being challenged by Republican Nick Begich, Alaskan Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe and imprisoned, out-of-state Democratic candidate Eric Hafner." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 11/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich Challenged Mary Peltola For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Juneau Empire, "That wait for tabulation could mean a wait for Alaska's close-run U.S. House election, where Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola is being challenged by Republican Nick Begich, Alaskan Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe and imprisoned, out-of-state Democratic candidate Eric Hafner." [Juneau Empire, 11/5/24]
November 2024: Begich Led In Alaska's U.S. House Race With 95% Of Precincts Reporting According to Anchorage Daily News, "Republican challenger Nick Begich III was ahead of Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola in Alaska's U.S. House race with more than 95% of precincts reporting by Wednesday afternoon." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/6/24]
November 2024: Begich Received 49.5% Of Votes Counted According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich had 49.5% of the over 255,000 votes counted as of Wednesday. Peltola had 45.4%." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/6/24]
2024: Nick Begich Received 49.8% Of Statewide Vote In Alaska U.S. House Race According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "U.S. House: Begich, 124,632, 49.8%, Peltola, 113,612, 45.4%." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 11/6/24]
2024: Kodiak Island Voters Favored Nick Begich In U.S. House Race According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Kodiak went 53% for Republican Nick Begich, compared to 49.8% statewide in that race, which won't be decided until redistribution of ranked-choice votes on November 20." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 11/6/24]
2024: Kodiak Island Precinct Results Showed Nick Begich Leading In Most Areas According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Kodiak's nine precincts went an average 62% for Trump, compared to 55.6% statewide. Same in the race for the state's lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Kodiak went 53% for Republican Nick Begich, compared to 49.8% statewide in that race." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 11/6/24]
2024: Absentee Ballots Remained To Be Counted In The Begich-Peltola Race According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Absentee ballots that could impact the Peltola-Begich race will be added to statewide totals on Nov. 12, Nov. 15 and Nov. 20." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 11/6/24]
2024: Nick Begich Led In Vote Count For Alaska U.S. House Seat According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Begich was leading Peltola by 11,000 votes in the House race. With Begich's lead over Peltola less than 50% of the vote, his win will not be confirmed until Nov. 20, when the ranked choice process will be completed." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 11/6/24]
2024: Sitka Voters Supported Peltola Over Begich In U.S. House Race According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Sitkans narrowly selecting Democratic candidate Kamala Harris over Republican Donald Trump in the presidential race, and Democrat Mary Peltola over Republican Nick Begich in the race for Alaska's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 11/6/24]
2024: Begich Received 698 Votes In Sitka U.S. House Election According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "U.S. Representative Nick Begich (Rep) -698 [...] Mary Peltola (Dem) 992" in the results for Sitka precincts 1 and 2, including early votes cast through October 31. [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 11/6/24]
November 2024: Begich Led In Early Alaska U.S. House Race Results According to Peninsula Clarion, "Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich is ahead of Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, according to early results released early Wednesday morning by the Alaska Division of Elections. With 296 of 403 precincts reporting results at 11:32 p.m., Begich led Peltola by 5 percentage points. Begich had 50.02% of the votes so far, and Peltola had 45.1%." [Peninsula Clarion, 11/6/24]
11/6/24: Nick Begich III Led Alaska's U.S. House Race With 49.5% Of The Vote Reported According to Anchorage Daily News, "Republican challenger Nick Begich III was ahead of Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola in Alaska's U.S. House race with more than 95% of precincts reporting by Wednesday afternoon. [...] Begich had 49.5% of the over 255,000 votes counted as of Wednesday. Peltola had 45.4%." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/6/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Challenged Mary Peltola For U.S. House Seat According to Juneau Empire, "The gap is larger in both districts in the U.S. House race between Democratic incumbent Peltola and Republican challenger Nick Begich III." [Juneau Empire, 11/6/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Held Early Statewide Lead Over Peltola With Votes Remaining To Be Counted According to Juneau Empire, "Begich has an early statewide lead of 49.7%-45.3% with a lot of votes still to be counted in districts favoring Peltola." [Juneau Empire, 11/6/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Had Low Support In Juneau-Area Precincts According to Juneau Empire, "the margins in the two districts encompassing Juneau are 72.4%-24.5% (downtown) and 59.9%-35.6% (valley)," favoring Peltola over Begich. [Juneau Empire, 11/6/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Recorded Lowest Support In Klukwan Precinct According to Juneau Empire, "Klukwan's mainstream liberal political leanings were more apparent in the U.S. House race, with Peltola getting 77.5% of the vote so far compared to 12.5% for Begich. That's the lowest for Begich among the two districts that include Juneau." [Juneau Empire, 11/6/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Did Not Win A Majority In Any Juneau-Area Precincts According to Juneau Empire, "Begich doesn't have a majority in any of the 18 precincts in the two districts. His best overall was in Haines No. 2 at 46.67%." [Juneau Empire, 11/6/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Voted Early At Eagle River Town Center According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Nick Begich, her Republican opponent, also voted early on Monday. He faced a shorter wait -- about 40 minutes -- but noted that he arrived at 7:50 a.m., 10 minutes before the polling site at the Eagle River Town Center opened. There was already a line that early in the morning, he said." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/6/24]
November 2024: Begich Recommended Early Voting To Avoid Election Day Obstacles According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "There are good reasons to vote early, Begich said. 'If you're 90% sure you'll vote on Election Day, you can be 100% sure if you vote early,' he said after eating an Election Day lunch at Jackie's Place, a diner in West Anchorage's Spenard neighborhood. Waiting until Election Day to vote creates a risk of unexpected obstacles like bad weather or health problems, he said. 'There might be life-event things that come up,' he said." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/6/24]
November 2024: Begich Observed Unexpectedly High Levels Of Early Voting According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Like Peltola, he said the high degree of early voting may have come as a surprise. 'I don't think anyone expected to see the level of early voting that we did see in this election,' he said." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/6/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Voted Early In Eagle River According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Nick Begich, her Republican opponent, also voted early on Monday. He faced a shorter wait about 40 minutes but noted that he arrived at 7:50 a.m., 10 minutes before the polling site at the Eagle River Town Center opened. There was already a line that early in the morning, he said." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 11/6/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Maintained Lead Over Mary Peltola For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Juneau Empire, "Among the new collaborative efforts may be with Alaska's lone U.S. House member if Republican Nick Begich III maintains his lead over Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola when the final results are announced Nov. 20." [Juneau Empire, 11/7/24]
2024: Nick Begich Challenged Rep. Mary Peltola In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Nome Nugget (Alaska), "That wait for tabulation could mean a wait for Alaska's close-run U.S. House election, where Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola is being challenged by Republican Nick Begich, Alaskan Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe and imprisoned, out-of-state Democratic candidate Eric Hafner." [Nome Nugget (Alaska), 11/7/24]
2024: Second-Choice Votes May Prove Decisive In Race Involving Begich According to Nome Nugget (Alaska), "Howe and Hafner aren't expected to receive many first choice votes, but if the margin between Peltola and Begich remains small, their supporters' second-choice votes could be decisive once tabulation takes place." [Nome Nugget (Alaska), 11/7/24]
2024: Begich Win Would Help GOP Hold Slim House Majority According to Juneau Empire, "A Begich win would help ensure Republicans hold onto their slim majority in the U.S. House." [Juneau Empire, 11/12/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich III Led In Alaska U.S. House Race Preliminary Results According to Anchorage Daily News, "From preliminary results, Republican Nick Begich III is ahead against Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola by just over 10,000 votes, or 4%. Begich currently has 49.45%. Peltola has 45.45%. John Wayne Howe, an Alaska Independence Party candidate, has 3.9%. Eric Hafner, a registered Democrat serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison, has 0.98%." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/12/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Campaign Did Not Provide Comment On Election Status According to Anchorage Daily News, "A spokesperson for the Begich campaign did not respond to a request for comment on Monday." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/12/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich III Led in Alaska U.S. House Race Preliminary Results According to Anchorage Daily News, "From preliminary results, Republican Nick Begich III is ahead against Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola by just over 10,000 votes, or 4%. Begich currently has 49.45%. Peltola has 45.45%. John Wayne Howe, an Alaska Independence Party candidate, has 3.9%. Eric Hafner, a registered Democrat serving a 20-year sentence in federal prison, has 0.98%." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/12/24]
November 2024: Begich Campaign Did Not Comment on U.S. House Race Status According to Anchorage Daily News, "A spokesperson for the Begich campaign did not respond to a request for comment on Monday." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/12/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Led Alaska U.S. House Race After Major Ballot Count According to Anchorage Daily News, "Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich III moved closer to defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola after 46,000 additional Alaska ballots were counted by Wednesday. Begich was ahead by 10,133 votes before Tuesday's ballot count. He now leads by 9,435 votes, or just over 3%." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/13/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Received 49.04% Of First-Choice Votes In Alaska U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News, "State election officials have chosen to initially count only Alaskans' first-choice votes. [...] After Tuesday's count, Begich had 49.04%." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/13/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Led U.S. House Race Over Mary Peltola According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 'Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich has almost clinched an electoral victory over Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola. On Tuesday night, the Alaska Division of Elections added more than 38,000 votes to the state's electoral count, and those new additions failed to significantly close the gap between Peltola and Begich.' [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/13/24]
November 2024: Begich Maintained Lead But Not Majority In Alaska Vote Count According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 'Before the new count, Begich led Peltola by 10,133 votes; he now leads by 9,550. ... Begich has 49.1% of the overall vote, less than the threshold needed to avoid a ranked choice tabulation on Nov. 20.' [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/13/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Led U.S. House Race Against Mary Peltola According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich has almost clinched an electoral victory over Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola. On Tuesday night, the Alaska Division of Elections added more than 38,000 votes to the state's electoral count, and those new additions failed to significantly close the gap between Peltola and Begich. Before the new count, Begich led Peltola by 10,133 votes; he now leads by 9,550." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 11/13/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Held 49.1% of Total Vote In U.S. House Race According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Begich has 49.1% of the overall vote, less than the threshold needed to avoid a ranked choice tabulation on Nov. 20." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 11/13/24]
2024: Unalaska Preliminary Results Showed Nick Begich Leading U.S. House Race According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Unalaska's preliminary results show Republican Nick Begich just barely ahead of Democrat incumbent Mary Peltola in the race for U.S. representative. Begich has a modest lead against Peltola in statewide results so far." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/14/24]
2024: Nick Begich Received 47.3% Of Unalaska Votes For U.S. House According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, in Unalaska, the preliminary U.S. House results were "Nick Begich: 244 (47.3%] [...] Mary Peltola: 234 (45.3%] [...] TOTAL VOTES: 516." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/14/24]
November 2024: Republican U.S. House Candidate Nick Begich Saw His Lead Over Mary Peltola Narrow According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), "After Wednesday's count. Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich saw his lead over Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola drop slightly. After leading by 10, 133 votes on Friday and 9, 550 at the end of the day Tuesday, he's now ahead by 9, 435." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 11/14/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Led U.S. House Race In Alaska According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "In the race for Alaska's lone congressional seat, the latest numbers show incumbent Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola trailing Republican challenger Nick Begich III by 9,434 votes." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/15/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Held 49.0% Of Votes With 35,000 Ballots Remaining According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Begich still holds 49.0% of the vote, compared to Peltola's 45.9%." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/15/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Claimed Victory In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "Begich claimed victory in a social media post on Saturday. 'The path forward begins with a unified understanding of what Alaska can do for the rest of our nation,' he wrote. 'Together, we will deliver results for Alaska, creating long-term jobs, protecting our way of life, and playing our part to put America back on track. Alaska's resources are not only a blessing for the people of our state --- they are vital to the strength and independence of our entire nation.'" [Juneau Empire, 11/16/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Led Alaska's U.S. House Race With 48.72% Of The Vote According to Juneau Empire, "Republican challenger Nick Begich III has 48.72% and Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola 46.1% --- a gap of 2.6% and more than 8,300 votes." [Juneau Empire, 11/16/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Led Mary Peltola In Alaska's U.S. House Race After Latest Ballot Tally According to Anchorage Daily News, "Republican Nick Begich remained ahead of Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola after the latest ballot tally. Begich had just under 48.9% of votes counted as of Friday evening, slightly less than three points ahead of Peltola's 45.9%." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/16/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Had Not Declared Victory As Of Friday Evening According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich hasn't declared victory, nor has Peltola conceded." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/16/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Claimed Victory In Alaska U.S. House Race According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "Alaska Republican Nick Begich took to social media Saturday claiming his victory in the race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/16/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Led Preliminary Vote Count In Alaska U.S. House Race According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "the latest preliminary results show him in the lead, but he does not have the required 50% plus one of the total vote to avoid a ranked-choice runoff." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/16/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Expressed Honor At Potential Congressional Service According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "'Alaskans have spoken. It will be the honor of a lifetime to have the opportunity to serve as your voice in Congress,' Begich said in a post on X." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/16/24]
November 2024: Mary Peltola Trailed Nick Begich In First Vote Counts According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "The contest for Alaska's only congressional seat has shown incumbent Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola behind Begich since the first votes were counted." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/16/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich's Victory Was Not Yet Official According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "Begich's declaration of a win does not mean counts are official, ranked-choice voting tabulation is expected to begin in Juneau on Wednesday." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/16/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Declared Victory In Alaska U.S. House Race According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "Congressional candidate and Alaska businessman Nick Begich III declared victory over incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola on Saturday in the race for Alaska's sole U.S. House of Representatives seat." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 11/17/24]
November 2024: Begich Maintained Lead Over Peltola With Ballots Left Uncounted According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "The Republican candidate maintained his lead over Peltola after the Alaska Division of Elections released its latest round of unofficial results on Saturday. Begich had nearly three-point lead over Peltola, but numerous ballots still need to be counted and ranked-choice votes to be tabulated." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 11/17/24]
November 2024: Begich Received 155,120 Votes In Alaska House Race According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "Begich has received 155,120 votes to Peltola's 146,782 votes." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 11/17/24]
November 2024: Begich Called Election Honor In Social Media Statement According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), '"The race for Alaska's sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives has now been called Alaskans have spoken,' Begich said in a social media post on Saturday. 'It will be the honor of a lifetime to have the opportunity to serve as your voice in Congress.'" [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 11/17/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Declared Victory Over Mary Peltola In Alaska U.S. House Race According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Congressional candidate and Alaska businessman Nick Begich III declared victory over incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola on Saturday in the race for Alaska's sole U.S. House of Representatives seat." [Kodiak Daily Mirror, 11/17/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Maintained Lead Over Peltola With Ballots Left To Be Counted According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "The Republican candidate maintained his lead over Peltola after the Alaska Division of Elections released its latest round of unofficial results on Saturday. Begich had nearly three-point lead over Peltola, but numerous ballots still need to be counted and ranked-choice votes to be tabulated." [Kodiak Daily Mirror, 11/17/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Received 155,120 Votes In Latest Unofficial Count According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Begich has received 155,120 votes to Peltola's 146,782 votes." [Kodiak Daily Mirror, 11/17/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich III Led Alaska U.S. House Race In First-Choice Votes According to Juneau Empire (Alaska), "The ranked choice process will almost certainly be used in the race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, where Republican challenger Nick Begich III has 156,415 votes (48.53%) and Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola 149,192 (46.29%). While Begich's lead has narrowed somewhat in ballots counted after Election Day, the remaining uncounted ballots aren't enough for Peltola to make up Monday's 7,223-vote gap." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 11/18/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich III Claimed Victory In U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire (Alaska), "Begich has already claimed victory in the race, although Peltola has not conceded." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 11/18/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Declared Victory In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich III [declared] victory over Democrat incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola this weekend... Begich has still not been officially declared the winner." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/19/24]
November 2024: Decision Desk HQ Called Victory For Begich Despite Uncertified Results According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Decision Desk HQ, an American website that reports election results in the United States, also declared Begich III the winner of the race over the weekend. The victory was announced even though the race has not been certified and ballots are still being counted." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/19/24]
November 2024: Begich Led House Race With 48.5% To Peltola's 46.3% According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Begich leads the race 48.5% to 46.3% over Peltola and has a 7,223-vote lead." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/19/24]
November 2024: Anchorage Assembly Member Sulte Highlighted Begich's Focus On Anchorage Area According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Nick's obviously from the municipality, so I think he'll bring a focus to the Anchorage, Palmer, Wasilla area. He also brings, you know, just his depth of knowledge and intellect on the issues; it is pretty astounding in my opinion," Sulte said. [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/19/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Led Peltola In Alaska's U.S. House Race After Latest Ballot Count According to Anchorage Daily News, "After Monday's count, Republican Nick Begich was still leading Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola in the race for Alaska's lone House seat, though Begich's gap has shrunk. Absentee votes and those from rural voters have disproportionately gone to Peltola." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/19/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Declared Victory In U.S. House Race Before Final Results According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich declared victory in the race on Saturday, though Peltola has yet to concede or comment publicly on the results." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/19/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Received Over 48.5% Of Counted Votes In Alaska U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich now has just over 48.5% of votes counted so far, while Peltola has 46.3%. They are separated by over 7,000 votes." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/19/24]
2024: Nick Begich Defeated Mary Peltola For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According To Unofficial Results According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich defeated Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, according to the unofficial results released on Wednesday." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/20/24]
2024: Nick Begich Claimed Victory In U.S. House Race Prior To Official Tabulation According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Begich had claimed victory earlier in the week, but Peltola had not conceded ahead of the tabulation." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/20/24]
2024: Nick Begich Received 164,117 Votes In Final Unofficial Tabulation According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "The younger Begich had 164,117 votes in the final tabulation on Wednesday, more than 8,000 more than Peltola." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/20/24]
November 2024: Begich Led Throughout The Ranked-Choice Ballot Count According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "Begich had consistently led over Peltola by a few percentage points leading up to Wednesday's final count." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 11/20/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich III Defeated Mary Peltola In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "The results also confirmed Republican Nick Begich III will replace Democrat Mary Peltola as Alaska's lone U.S. House member, following a ranked choice tabulation of that race when Begich fell short of a majority of first-choice votes. After second- and third-choice ballots were tallied from two minor candidates, Begich had 51.3% to Peltola's 48.7%." [Juneau Empire, 11/20/24]
November 2024: Republican Candidate Nick Begich Led Alaska's U.S. House Race After Latest Vote Count According to Juneau Empire, "Republican candidate Nick Begich saw his lead grow over Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. Begich has 157,331 votes to Peltola's 149,763. Begich's 7,568-vote lead is 345 votes more than Monday's count." [Juneau Empire, 11/20/24]
November 2024: Begich Was Positioned To Expand Lead In Ranked Choice Voting According to Juneau Empire, "While the race appears to be headed to ranked choice voting, Begich is positioned to expand his lead through the process. That's because the third-highest vote getter, John Wayne Howe of the Alaskan Independence Party, ran to Begich's right. [...] Howe's voters are likely to have favored Begich in their secondary choices." [Juneau Empire, 11/20/24]
November 2024: Anchorage Daily News Reported Nick Begich Won Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "Republican Nick Begich III has won Alaska's sole U.S. House seat, flipping it from Democratic to Republican control." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/21/24]
November 2024: Anchorage Daily News Reported Begich Thanked Peltola For Her Service According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich thanked Peltola for her service 'in what is an exceptionally challenging role during an exceptionally challenging moment in our national history.'" [Anchorage Daily News, 11/21/24]
November 2024: Anchorage Daily News Reported Begich Promised To Fight For Alaska's Interests According to Anchorage Daily News, "In a written statement, Begich said 'much work remains for Alaskans to fully realize' the state's potential. 'I am committed to fighting for our jobs and economy, protecting our unique way of life, and ensuring that our voices are heard loud and clear in Washington,' Begich said." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/21/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Won Alaska's U.S. House Seat, Flipping It Republican According to Anchorage Daily News, "Republican Nick Begich III has won Alaska's sole U.S. House seat, flipping it from Democratic to Republican control. Results of the race posted Wednesday showed Begich defeating Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, who first won the seat in a special election in 2022 after the death of Republican longtime Rep. Don Young." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/21/24]
2024: Begich Stated Commitment To Alaska's Jobs, Economy, And Way Of Life According to Anchorage Daily News, "In a written statement, Begich said 'much work remains for Alaskans to fully realize' the state's potential. 'I am committed to fighting for our jobs and economy, protecting our unique way of life, and ensuring that our voices are heard loud and clear in Washington,' Begich said." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/21/24]
Begich Thanked Rival Peltola For Her Congressional Service In 2024 Statement According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich thanked Peltola for her service 'in what is an exceptionally challenging role during an exceptionally challenging moment in our national history.'" [Anchorage Daily News, 11/21/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Declared Victory In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Arctic Sounder, "Republican Nick Begich 111 declared victory Nov. 16 In the race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat over Incumbent Rep. Maiy Peltola. In ballot counts since then, he has maintained his lead over Peltola by more than two percentage points, with around 7, 800 absentee ballots to be counted as of Monday." [Arctic Sounder (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/21/24]
November 2024: Begich Maintained A 2.2 Percentage Point Lead Over Peltola Before Final Tabulation According to Arctic Sounder, "as of Monday, Begich remained In the lead by 2.2 percentage points, or more than 7, 200 votes." [Arctic Sounder (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/21/24]
2024: Alaska Division Of Elections Reported Nick Begich Defeated Mary Peltola In Unofficial U.S. House Results According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich defeated Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, according to the unofficial results released on Wednesday. [...] The younger Begich had 164,117 votes in the final tabulation on Wednesday, more than 8,000 more than Peltola." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 11/21/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Defeated Mary Peltola In Alaska U.S. House Race, Unofficial Results Show According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich defeated Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, according to unofficial results, as reported Wednesday by the Alaska Beacon." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/21/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Led By Over 8,000 Votes In Final Unofficial Tabulation According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "The younger Begich had 164,117 votes in the final tabulation on Wednesday, more than 8,000 more than Peltola." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/21/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Claimed Victory Ahead Of Official Tabulation According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Begich had claimed victory earlier in the week, but Peltola had not conceded ahead of the tabulation." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/21/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Led Peltola In Alaska U.S. House Race According to Nome Nugget (Alaska), "Republican candidate Nick Begich saw his lead grow over Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. Begich has 157,331 votes to Peltola's 149,763. Begich's 7,568-vote lead is 345 votes more than Monday's count." [Nome Nugget (Alaska), 11/21/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Declared Victory In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Republican Nick Begich III declared victory Nov. 16 in the race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat over incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola. In ballot counts since then, he has maintained his lead over Peltola by more than two percentage points, with around 7,800 absentee ballots to be counted as of Monday. The winner will likely be determined by a ranked choice tabulation." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 11/21/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Led With 48.5% Of Votes In U.S. House Race According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "In Alaska's U.S. House race, Begich had 48.5% of votes counted as of Monday, while Peltola had 46.3%. If the leader in the race received less than 50% of votes, the final result will be determined by a ranked choice tabulation." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 11/21/24]
2024: Nick Begich Was Elected As Alaska's Lone U.S. House Representative According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Nick Begich III will follow in his grandfather's footsteps and represent Alaska as the state's lone representative in the 119th U.S. Congress. Begich---a Republican---emerged as the winner of Alaska's U.S. House race Wednesday evening following a ranked-choice tabulation by the Division of Elections through the instant runoff process. With over 8,300 votes in his favor, Begich received 51.3% (164,117) of the vote, while incumbent Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola received 48.6% (155,763) after the final count." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/22/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Won U.S. House Race After Final Count According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "With over 8,300 votes in his favor, Begich received 51.3% (164,117) of the vote, while Peltola received 48.6% (155,763) after the final count." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/23/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Won Alaska's Congressional Seat According to Nome Nugget, "Republican Nick Begich officially won Alaska's Congressional seat in Washington D.C., flipping the seat from Democrat Mary Peltola to solidify the Republican majority in the House of Representatives." [Nome Nugget, 11/28/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Secured 51.31 Percent Of Alaska's Vote In Congressional Election According to Nome Nugget, "Nick Begich won the Congressional seat with 51.31 percent of Alaska's vote." [Nome Nugget, 11/28/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Won Alaska's US House Seat According to Delta Discovery, "For the race for US House, Nick Begich led 159,071 (48.59%). [...] Round 3 was final with Begich with 164,117 votes (51.31%). Rep. Peltola had 155,763 (48.69%). With Begich receiving over 50% plus 1 of the votes, he was declared the winner and the representative-elect for Alaska's lone congressional seat." [Delta Discovery, 11/28/24]
2024: Republican Nick Begich Defeated Mary Peltola In U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "Republican U.S. Rep.-elect Nick Begich's 7,876-vote margin of victory over U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, after ranked choice tabulation was slightly smaller than the unofficial results." [Juneau Empire, 12/1/24]
2024: Nick Begich's Election Returned Alaska To All-Republican Congressional Delegation According to Juneau Empire, "Begich's defeat of Peltola returns the state to the all-Republican congressional delegation it has had since 1981, with the exception of Peltola's two-plus years in the U.S. House and Begich's uncle Mark Begich's six years as a U.S. senator, from 2009 to 2015." [Juneau Empire, 12/1/24]
2024: Nick Begich Was Elected U.S. Representative, Defeating Mary Peltola According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Republican U.S. Rep.-elect Nick Begich's 7,876-vote margin of victory over U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, after ranked choice tabulation was slightly smaller than the unofficial results." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 12/2/24]
2024: Begich's Win Returned Alaska To An All-Republican Congressional Delegation According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Begich's defeat of Peltola returns the state to the all-Republican congressional delegation it has had since 1981, with the exception of Peltola's two-plus years in the U.S. House and Begich's uncle Mark Begich's six years as a U.S. senator, from 2009 to 2015." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 12/2/24]
2024: Republican Nick Begich Won Alaska's U.S. House Seat Over Mary Peltola According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Republican U.S. Rep.-elect Nick Begich's 7, 876-vote margin of victory over U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, after ranked choice tabulation was slightly smaller than the unofficial results." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 12/2/24]
2024: Begich's Victory Returned Alaska To An All-Republican Congressional Delegation According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Begich's defeat of Peltola returns the state to the all-Republican congressional delegation it has had since 1981, with the exception of Peltola's two-plus years in the U.S. House and Begich's uncle Mark Begich's six years as a U.S. senator, from 2009 to 2015." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 12/2/24]
2024: Nick Begich Was Elected U.S. Representative For Alaska According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Republican U.S. Rep.-elect Nick Begich's 7,876-vote margin of victory over U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, after ranked choice tabulation was slightly smaller than the unofficial results." [Kodiak Daily Mirror, 12/2/24]
2024: Nick Begich's Victory Restored All-Republican Alaska Congressional Delegation According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Begich's defeat of Peltola returns the state to the all-Republican congressional delegation it has had since 1981, with the exception of Peltola's two-plus years in the U.S. House and Begich's uncle Mark Begich's six years as a U.S. senator, from 2009 to 2015." [Kodiak Daily Mirror, 12/2/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich III Defeated Incumbent Mary Peltola For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, the Alaska Democrat who was one of a handful of incumbents who lost their U.S. House seats in November, looked back Wednesday on her loss by less than three points to Republican Nick Begich III." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 12/5/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich III Won Alaska U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, the Alaska Democrat who was one of a handful of incumbents who lost their U.S. House seats in November, looked back Wednesday on her loss by less than three points to Republican Nick Begich III." [Anchorage Daily News, 12/5/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich III Led U.S. House Race After Initial Ballot Counts According to Juneau Empire, "Dunleavy, when asked Tuesday about the cancellation, said it was related to an ongoing count in the U.S. House race between Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola and Republican challenger Nick Begich III, which Begich took an initial lead in and was maintaining a week after Election Day." [Juneau Empire, 12/10/24]
November 12, 2024: Nick Begich Held 10,133-Vote Lead With Most Ballots Counted According to Juneau Empire, "A total of 295,806 ballots of about 341,00o cast had been tallied as of the night of Nov. 12 with Begich leading Peltola by 10,133 votes, a margin of 49.1%-45.8%. A majority of the remaining votes were expected to be from remote districts favoring Peltola, indicating the process would go to a ranked choice tabulation once all eligible ballots had been tallied on Nov 20." [Juneau Empire, 12/10/24]
Late November 2024: Nick Begich Was Congratulated By Dunleavy Upon Official Declaration Of Race Result According to Juneau Empire, "Dunleavy posted a text message on social media, which Dahlstrom shared, congratulating Begich when he officially was declared the winner of the race." [Juneau Empire, 12/10/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich III Defeated Incumbent Mary Peltola For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, the Alaska Democrat who was one of a handful of incumbents who lost their U.S. House seats in November, looked back Dec. 4 on her loss by less than three points to Republican Nick Begich III." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 12/12/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich III Defeated Mary Peltola For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Arctic Sounder, "U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, the Alaska Democrat who was one of a handful of incumbents who lost their U.S. House seats in November, looked back Dec. 4 on her loss by less than three points to Republican Nick Begich III." [Arctic Sounder, 12/12/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Defeated Mary Peltola In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich again ran against Peltola in 2024, prevailing in what was one of the most expensive U.S. House races that year. Begich beat Peltola by less than three percentage points." [Anchorage Daily News, 1/3/25]
2024: Begich Defeated Mary Peltola In Expensive U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Begich again ran against Peltola in 2024, prevailing in what was one of the most expensive U.S. House races that year. Begich beat Peltola by less than three percentage points." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 1/3/25]
November 2024: Nick Begich III Defeated Incumbent Mary Peltola In U.S. House Election According to Anchorage Daily News, "Republican Nick Begich III bested Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola in the November election. Peltola was sworn in to the U.S. House in September 2022, after winning a special election to replace longtime Rep. Don Young, who died after 49 years in office." [Anchorage Daily News, 1/3/25]
Nick Begich III Campaigned On President-Elect Trump's Agenda In 2024 According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich, who campaigned on carrying out President-elect Donald Trump's agenda, is one of more than 60 new members joining the U.S. House on Friday." [Anchorage Daily News, 1/3/25]
2024: Nick Begich III Campaigned On Carrying Out Donald Trump's Agenda According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Begich, who campaigned on carrying out President-elect Donald Trump's agenda, is one of more than 60 new members joining the U.S. House on Friday." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 1/3/25]
2024: Nick Begich III Campaigned On Supporting Donald Trump's Agenda According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich, who campaigned on carrying out President-elect Donald Trump's agenda, is one of more than 60 new members joining the U.S. House on Friday." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 1/3/25]
2024: Nick Begich III Defeated Incumbent Mary Peltola In One Of The Most Expensive U.S. House Races According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich again ran against Peltola in 2024, prevailing in what was one of the most expensive U.S. House races that year. Begich beat Peltola by less than three percentage points." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 1/9/25]
2025: Democrats Targeted Alaska's U.S. House Seat For 2026 Election After Begich Unseated Peltola According to Anchorage Daily News, "No other candidates so far have announced they are running against Begich in next year's election, but the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has identified Alaska's lone U.S. House seat as a so-called 'district in play' for the 2026 election cycle, signaling Democrats' readiness to fund an effort to unseat Begich. Begich unseated Democratic incumbent Mary Peltola in the November election. Peltola has since joined a lobbying firm, and has not announced any plans to run in 2026." [Anchorage Daily News, 4/20/25]
Anchorage Daily News Reported No Announced Challengers Against Begich For 2026 As Of April 2025 According to Anchorage Daily News, "No other candidates so far have announced they are running against Begich in next year's election, but the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has identified Alaska's lone U.S. House seat as a so-called 'district in play' for the 2026 election cycle, signaling Democrats' readiness to fund an effort to unseat Begich." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 4/20/25]
November 2024: Begich Unseated Mary Peltola In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich unseated Democratic incumbent Mary Peltola in the November election. Peltola has since joined a lobbying firm, and has not announced any plans to run in 2026." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 4/20/25]
July 2023: Nick Begich Announced Another Run For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Republican Nick Begich said Thursday he is making another run for Alaska's lone seat in the U.S. House." [Alaska Dispatch News, 7/13/23]
July 2023: Begich Was The First To Announce A Challenge Against Peltola For 2024 According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Begich is the first to announce his intention of challenging Peltola, nearly 16 months ahead of the general election." [Alaska Dispatch News, 7/13/23]
July 2023: Nick Begich Announced 2024 U.S. House Campaign In Alaska According to Anchorage Daily News, "Republican Nick Begich said Thursday he is making another run for Alaska's lone seat in the U.S. House. [...] Begich announced his second congressional bid in social media posts early Thursday morning." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 7/13/23]
2023: Nick Begich III Announced 2024 U.S. House Run Against Peltola According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Nick Begich III, a Republican candidate who lost to Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola in last year's races for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, said Thursday that he will run against Peltola again in 2024." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 7/14/23]
2023: Begich Expressed Optimism For 2024 Campaign According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Next year will be different, Begich said. [...] 'I think we'll have a better opportunity to draw a contrast,' Begich said." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 7/14/23]
July 2023: Nick Begich Announced 2024 Congressional Run Against Mary Peltola According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Software entrepreneur Nick Begich III announced plans to run in 2024 for Alaska's sole U.S. House seat against Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 7/15/23]
2023: Nick Begich III Announced 2024 U.S. House Run Against Mary Peltola According to Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), "Nick Begich III, a Republican candidate who lost to Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola in last year's races for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, said Thursday that he will run against Peltola again in 2024." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 7/17/23]
2023: Nick Begich Entered The 2024 Alaska U.S. House Race As A Republican Candidate According to Alaska Dispatch News, "Dahlstrom joins a congressional race that also includes fellow Republican Nick Begich, who first ran for the seat in 2022..." [Alaska Dispatch News, 11/14/23]
2024: Nick Begich Entered U.S. House Race Alongside Lt. Gov. Dahlstrom According to Anchorage Daily News, "Dahlstrom joins a congressional race that also includes fellow Republican Nick Begich, who first ran for the seat in 2022." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/14/23]
July 2023: Nick Begich Announced Campaign For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Begich announced his campaign in July against Peltola." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 11/14/23]
2023: Nick Begich Announced Candidacy For Alaska's US House Seat According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "Begich announced his intention to run in July." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 11/14/23]
June 2023: Nick Begich Announced 2024 Congressional Campaign For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Begich announced his intent to run for Congress in June 2023, setting up a re-match with Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 1/26/24]
Nick Begich Entered 2024 U.S. House Race In July 2023 According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich, another Republican vying for the seat held by Peltola since she won a special election in August 2022, entered the U.S. House race in July, after coming in third behind Peltola and former Gov. Sarah Palin both in the special election and in the November 2022 election." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 2/8/24]
Nick Begich Likely Advanced To November Ranked-Choice Election Under Alaska's Top-Four Primary System According to Anchorage Daily News, "Under Alaska's nonpartisan top-four primary system, both Begich and Dahlstrom---along with Peltola---are likely to advance to the November ranked-choice election." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 2/8/24]
2023: Begich Announced Candidacy For U.S. House After Two 2022 Defeats According to Anchorage Daily News, "businessman Nick Begich, who announced he would run again last year after losing twice to Peltola in 2022." [Anchorage Daily News, 4/21/24]
2024: Begich Announced Third U.S. House Campaign After Two Prior Losses To Peltola According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "businessman Nick Begich, who announced he would run again last year after losing twice to Peltola in 2022." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 4/25/24]
2024: Nick Begich Ran For Alaska's House Seat As A Republican Businessman According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Dahlstrom is one of three candidates running for Alaska's sole House of Representative seat this November. She faces Democrat incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola and fellow Republican businessman Nick Begich III." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 5/28/24]
2024: Nick Begich Filed To Challenge Mary Peltola For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Twelve candidates have filed for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, headlined by incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, and Republican challengers Nick Begich and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 6/2/24]
June 2024: Nick Begich Filed To Run For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "Twelve candidates have filed for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, headlined by incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, and Republican challengers Nick Begich and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom." [Anchorage Daily News, 6/2/24]
2024: Begich Ran As A Major Republican Challenger To Peltola For U.S. House According to Juneau Empire, "Peltola is facing two major Republican challengers this fall: Nick Begich III, who lost to Peltola in a three-way race in 2022; and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 6/2/24]
2024: Bristol Bay Times Reported Nick Begich Campaigned To Return Alaska U.S. House Seat To Republican Control According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Both Begich and Dahlstrom are campaigning to return the seat to Republican control by highlighting popular issues among GOP voters, including border security." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 6/6/24]
2024: Nick Begich Campaigned To Return Alaska's U.S. House Seat To Republican Control According to Arctic Sounder, "Both Begich and Dahlstrom are campaigning to return the seat to Republican control by highlighting popular issues among GOP voters, including border security." [Arctic Sounder, 6/6/24]
June 2024: Nick Begich Was Named As A Major Republican Challenger To Mary Peltola For U.S. House Seat According to Juneau Empire, "Peltola is facing two major Republican challengers this fall: Nick Begich III, who lost to Peltola in a three-way race in 2022; and Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 6/19/24]
2024: Letter Writer Tiffany Richards Warned That Nick Begich's Continued Candidacy Could Split The GOP Vote According to a letter to the editor published in Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "On the other hand, should Nick Begich decide to remain in the race, there is a significant risk that the Republican vote will be split, handing the victory to Mary Peltola. [...] He could be remembered as the candidate who divided the vote and ultimately lost the seat to the left, potentially ending his political career prematurely." [Letter to the Editor - Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 6/26/24]
2024: Nick Begich Maintained Second Place In Polling For U.S. House Race According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "March polling numbers from progressive research firm Data For Progress showed Peltola leading her both Republican challengers, with Begich who also has historic Alaska political name recognition in second place." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/25/24]
2024: Ivan Moore Stated Nick Begich Had Been Active Since His Last Campaign According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "'He ran two years ago, did a lot of the work back then, been very busy since last July,' Moore said." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/25/24]
March 2024: Polls Showed Nick Begich Even With Mary Peltola In Head-To-Head Matchup According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "The same numbers show in a head-to-head matchup that Peltola and Begich are even." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/25/24]
2024: Anchorage Daily News Reported Nick Begich III Was A Leading GOP Candidate For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "The top three vote-getters are almost guaranteed to include Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and Republican Nick Begich III." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/11/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Noted Lower Profile Of 2024 Election Compared To 2022 Due To Absence Of Sarah Palin According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, 'That makes a difference in this year's campaign, Begich said. "I think it's less of a spectacle than it was in 2022," he said. "We can be more policy-focused and policy-driven. And that's how elections should be decided. It should be based on who has the policies that best reflect the constituents of the district."' [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Begich Advanced To November General Election In Alaska According to Anchorage Daily News, "The top four vote-getters in Alaska's primary advance to the November election. Both Begich and Dahlstrom mounted high-profile campaigns to unseat Peltola in what is seen as one of the handful of congressional swing seats across the country that could determine the majority of the U.S. House in November." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/21/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Advanced To General Election In Alaska U.S. House Race According to Juneau Empire, "As of Thursday afternoon Peltola had 50.36% of the statewide vote, Begich III 26.5% and Dahlstrom 19.96%." [Juneau Empire, 8/23/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Became Sole Major Republican Challenger To Mary Peltola After Dahlstrom Dropped Out According to Juneau Empire, "Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom dropped out of the race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat on Friday, following a third-place finish in Tuesday's primary, setting up a one-on-one general election matchup between incumbent Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican challenger Nick Begich III." [Juneau Empire, 8/23/24]
August 2024: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Reported Begich Finished Second In The U.S. House Primary According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "With most votes counted, Dahlstrom is expected to finish third in the state's top-four primary election, behind Democratic incumbent Mary Peltola and fellow Republican challenger Nick Begich." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 8/24/24]
August 2024: Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Reported Begich Received 27% Of The Vote In The U.S. House Primary According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "With 399 of 403 precincts reporting results as of Thursday afternoon and thousands of absentee ballots yet to be counted, Dahlstrom had 20% of the vote in this week's primary election. Peltola had 50.4% of the vote, and Nick Begich had 27%." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 8/24/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Was Positioned For A Head-To-Head Contest Against Mary Peltola After Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom Dropped Out According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "He will have that one-on-one contest now that Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom has dropped out of the race." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 8/27/24]
August 2024: Nick Begich Stated His Confidence That Republican Voters Seek To Replace Peltola Regardless Of Dahlstrom's Endorsement According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Whether we're my votes or her votes, I think those voters are ready to replace Mary Peltola in Congress," Begich said. [NBC - 2 KTUU, 8/27/24]
August 2024: Begich Ran As Republican Challenger To Peltola For House Seat According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Republican challenger Nick Begich III said Peltola's party is working against the state." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/28/24]
October 2024: Begich Scheduled To Debate Peltola At Kodiak Fisheries Event According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "Peltola and challenger Republican Nick Begich are expected for the in-person, live-on-stage event in October." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 8/30/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Was Scheduled To Appear In Three U.S. House Election Forums And Debates According to Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), "Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, and her leading challenger. Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich, will appear on stage at three election forums and debates this week." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 10/8/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Was Scheduled To Participate In The Kodiak Chamber Of Commerce's Fisheries Debate According to Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), "At 7 p.m. today, Begich, Howe and Peltola are scheduled to participate in the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce's fisheries debate. The debate, held at Kodiak's Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium, is a regular feature of Alaska's electoral calendar." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 10/8/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Was Scheduled To Join Peltola In A Fairbanks Forum Hosted By The Alaska Chamber According to Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), "On Thursday, the Alaska Chamber will host Peltola and Begich in Fairbanks for a noon forum focused on economic issues. Organizers said it will not be broadcast." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 10/8/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Was Scheduled To Participate In The 'Debate For The State' In Anchorage According to Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), "Hours later, in Anchorage, Peltola and Begich will appear in the 'Debate for the State,' a regular event hosted by KTUU-TV and Alaska Public Media. The debate will air live on statewide TV and radio starting at 7 p.m." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 10/8/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Scheduled To Appear At Multiple Alaska U.S. House Election Forums According to Juneau Empire, "Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, and her leading challenger, Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich, will appear on stage at three election forums and debates this week." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 10/8/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Scheduled To Participate In Kodiak Fisheries Debate According to Juneau Empire, "At 7 p.m. Tuesday, Begich, Howe and Peltola are scheduled to participate in the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce's fisheries debate. The debate, held at Kodiak's Gerald C. Wilson Auditorium, is a regular feature of Alaska's electoral calendar." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 10/8/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Scheduled For Economic Forum With Peltola In Fairbanks According to Juneau Empire, "Two days later, the Alaska Chamber will host Peltola and Begich in Fairbanks for a noon Thursday forum focused on economic issues. Organizers said it will not be broadcast." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 10/8/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Scheduled To Participate In 'Debate For The State' Event In Anchorage According to Juneau Empire, "Hours later, in Anchorage, Peltola and Begich will appear in the 'Debate for the State,' a regular event hosted by KTUU-TV and Alaska Public Media. The debate will air live on statewide TV and radio starting at 7 p.m." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 10/8/24]
October 2024: Debate Topics For Begich And Peltola Included Economy, Reproductive Issues, Immigration, And Social Topics According to Juneau Empire, "In addition to economic questions, the candidates will share their platforms on reproductive issues, immigration, political divisions and other social topics." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 10/8/24]
October 2024: Begich Advocated For Fighting Aggressively For Alaska In Congress According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Begich spoke more aggressively, reminding the audience that Alaska has just one member of Congress. 'When you think about that one member, who do you want down there fighting for you? Do you want somebody who's going to be tough, who's going to get involved in the discussions, who's going to encounter people in the hallway, grab them by the neck, like Don Young did? He was tough, and he was there for 49 years. We need that toughness again.'" [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 10/9/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Advocated For Tough Representation For Alaska In Congress According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), "Begich spoke more aggressively, reminding the audience that Alaska has just one member of Congress. 'When you think about that one member, who do you want down there fighting for you? Do you want somebody who's going to be tough, who's going to get involved in the discussions, who's going to encounter people in the hallway, grab them by the neck, like Don Young did? He was tough, and he was there for 49 years. We need that toughness again.'" [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska), 10/10/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Debated Mary Peltola For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "The hourlong debate featured Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola and Republican businessman Nick Begich III." [Anchorage Daily News, 10/11/24]
October 2024: Begich Confirmed Upcoming Debate With Peltola Scheduled For October 15th According to Anchorage Daily News, "Peltola and Begich are next slated to meet onstage Oct. 15 for their fifth and final debate, hosted by ConocoPhillips Civic Action Program." [Anchorage Daily News, 10/11/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Participated In Alaska's Sole U.S. House Televised Debate Against Mary Peltola According to Anchorage Daily News, "The hourlong debate featured Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola and Republican businessman Nick Begich III." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 10/11/24]
October 10, 2024: Nick Begich Participated In Alaska's Sole Televised U.S. House Debate According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "The hourlong debate featured Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola and Republican businessman Nick Begich III. It was co-hosted by Rebecca Palsha of Alaska's News Source and Lori Townsend of Alaska Public Media." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 10/17/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Considered The Campaign Schedule Comparable To A Regular Day According to Arctic Sounder, '"It's been very busy in terms of the media attention," said Republican candidate Nick Begich III after an Oct. 10 debate in Fairbanks, "but it's not any busier than a regular day on the campaign."' [Arctic Sounder, 10/17/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Continued Campaign Travel After Debates According to Arctic Sounder, '"When the debates are over and the cameras are off, I'm going to Kenai the next day and Juneau the day after that. So we don't stop," Begich said.' [Arctic Sounder, 10/17/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Traveled Rapidly For Debate Commitments According to Arctic Sounder, 'Immediately after the debate, both headed to the airport for a quick turnaround. They had another debate scheduled just five hours later, in Anchorage, 260 miles away. [...] While Begich boarded his flight, Peltola and a group of aides staked out a spot in the opposite end of the airport concourse.' [Arctic Sounder, 10/17/24]
October 2024: Begich Debated Peltola For Alaska's U.S. House Seat According to Juneau Empire, "At an event hosted by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and her leading challenger, Republican candidate Nick Begich, met for the last of five public debates and forums between the August primary election and the Nov. 5 general election vote." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 10/21/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich Participated In Final U.S. House Debate Against Mary Peltola According to Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), "At an event hosted by the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and her leading challenger, Republican candidate Nick Begich, met for the last of five public debates and forums between the August primary election and the Nov. 5 general election vote." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 10/22/24]
2024: Begich Was Expected To Attend Republican Rallies And Conduct Media Interviews During Final Campaign Days According to Anchorage Daily News, "There are Republican rallies planned in Anchorage and the Mat-Su on Saturday. Begich campaign manager Josh Walton said Begich may attend those rallies, but he could also be busy with media interviews." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/1/24]
October 2024: Nick Begich III Appeared On Fox And Friends Highlighting GOP Flip Efforts According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Begich appeared on 'Fox and Friends' Thursday as part of a segment on seven U.S. House seats Republicans think they can flip." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/1/24]
October 12, 2024: Begich Made Campaign Visit To Juneau According to Juneau Empire, "Begich made a single campaign visit to Juneau on Oct. 12 that included a meet-and-greet at a Mendenhall Valley real estate office before attending the annual Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce gala at Centennial Hall." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 11/1/24]
2024: Begich Distanced Himself From Extreme Rhetoric In GOP Presidential Campaign According to Juneau Empire, 'I've never said anything like that and I will never say anything like that,' Begich said when asked what he considers to be the boundary of acceptable remarks. 'That's not something I believe. So if that rhetoric is out there that's too far.' [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 11/1/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Held Election Night Event At Marriott Hotel In Anchorage According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Begich's party was a few blocks away at the Marriott hotel." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Campaigned With Sign Waving In Anchorage Before Polls Closed According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "Begich and Peltola also spent some of the final hours ahead of polls closing waiving signs at busy Anchorage intersections." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Held Election Night Event At Anchorage Marriott Hotel According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich's party was a few blocks away at the Marriott hotel." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Voted Early At Eagle River Location According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich said he did not wait long at the early voting location in Eagle River." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/5/24]
2024: Nick Begich III Waived Campaign Signs In Anchorage On Election Day According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich and Peltola also spent some of the final hours ahead of polls closing waiving signs at busy Anchorage intersections." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/5/24]
November 2024: Begich Hosted Election Night Event At Marriott Hotel In Anchorage According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich, meanwhile, had not yet made an appearance at his own campaign party at the Marriott Hotel as of 10 p.m. on Tuesday. The event had largely turned into a gathering spot for Republican leaders, elected officials and candidates celebrating Trump's success in the presidential election." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/6/24]
November 2024: Begich Appeared On Stage At 11 P.M. On Election Night According to Anchorage Daily News, "By the time Begich took the stage at 11 p.m. some of the crowd had dissipated." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/6/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich III Held Election Night Party As Republican U.S. House Candidate In Alaska According to Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), "A Tuesday night party for Alaska's Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich III turned into an exuberant gathering for Alaska's GOP leaders and elected officials, who celebrated Trump's electoral success even as the fate of Alaska's Republican candidates Begich among them was not yet clear." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/6/24]
11/5/24: Nick Begich Addressed Supporters At Marriott Hotel In Anchorage According to Anchorage Daily News, "By the time Begich took the stage at 11 p.m. some of the crowd had dissipated. 'Alaska's House seat has never mattered more than it matters today,' Begich said. 'We've got to move an America first agenda through Congress.'" [Anchorage Daily News, 11/6/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Campaigned With Supporters In Anchorage According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 'House Republican candidate Nicl < Begich campaigned with supporters on Nov. 4 in Anchorage.' [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, 11/21/24]
August 2024: Republican Consultant Said Defining Contrast Between Begich And Peltola Would Be Key For Begich According to Anchorage Daily News, "A challenge for Begich would be defining the 'stark contrast' between himself and Peltola when it came to issues like resource development in Alaska, he added." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/23/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Was Set To Have Ranked-Choice Votes Redistributed On Nov. 20 In Kodiak According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "On Nov. 20 redistribution of votes to Nick Begich and Mary Peltola in ranked-choice voting will take place." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 11/5/24]
2024: No Winner Projected In Alaska U.S. House Race As Of November 12 According to Juneau Empire, "A projected winner of the race has still not been announced by the Associated Press or other major media 'decision desks.' Alaska's ranked choice voting means if no candidate gets a majority of first-choice votes the outcome will be determined on Nov. 20 when second- and third-choice votes are added to candidate totals as necessary." [Juneau Empire, 11/12/24]
November 2024: Ranked Choice Tabulation Was Required Due To Begich's Vote Share According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 'As long as Begich holds less than 50% of the vote, voters who picked Alaskan Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe or Democratic candidate Eric Hafner will have their votes redistributed to Peltola, Begich or no one at all.' [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/13/24]
November 2024: Peltola Needed Over 80% Of Second-Choice Votes To Surpass Begich According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 'In order to pass Begich, Peltola would need more than 80% of those second-choice votes.' [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 11/13/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Required Ranked Choice Tabulation To Win U.S. House Seat According to Kodiak Daily Mirror, "As long as Begich holds less than 50% of the vote, voters who picked Alaskan Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe or Democratic candidate Eric Hafner will have their votes redistributed to Peltola, Begich or no one at all. In order to pass Begich, Peltola would need more than 80% of those second-choice votes." [Kodiak Daily Mirror (Alaska), 11/13/24]
November 2024: Begich's Lead Triggered Ranked Choice Tabulation Due To Less Than 50% Majority According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), "But because Begich has less than 50% of the overall vote, ranked choice tabulation will be used on Nov. 20 to redistribute the votes of Alaskans who picked Alaskan Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe or imprisoned, out-of-state Democratic candidate Eric Hafner." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 11/14/24]
November 2024: Unofficial Tallies Indicated Peltola Was Unlikely To Overtake Begich In Ranked Choice Tabulation According to The Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), "Unofficial tallies show Peltola failing to gain enough secondchoice votes to pass Begich in the tabulation." [Daily Sitka Sentinel (Alaska), 11/14/24]
November 2024: Anchorage Daily News Reported Begich Defeated Incumbent Mary Peltola By Ranked Choice Tabulation According to Anchorage Daily News, "Results of the race posted Wednesday showed Begich defeating Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola [...] Because Begich did not have an outright majority in the race, the outcome was ultimately determined by a ranked choice tabulation, which placed Begich ahead of Peltola in a 51.3%-48.7% split." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/21/24]
2024: Begich Secured House Win Via Ranked Choice Voting According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich captured 48.4% of first-choice votes in Alaska's congressional race, leading Peltola by 6,779 votes [...] Because Begich did not have an outright majority in the race, the outcome was ultimately determined by a ranked choice tabulation, which placed Begich ahead of Peltola in a 51.3%-48.7% split." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/21/24]
November 2024: Nick Begich Won Alaska's U.S. House Seat After Ranked-Choice Tabulation According to NBC - 2 KTUU, "Nick Begich emerged as the winner of Alaska's U.S. House race Wednesday evening following a ranked-choice tabulation by the Division of Elections through the instant runoff process. Begich beat Rep. Mary Peltola with 51.3% of the vote after the ranked-choice results were tabulated. Peltola finished with 155,763 votes, behind the 164,117 garnered by Begich." [NBC - 2 KTUU, 11/21/24]
November 2024: Ranked Choice Vote Transfers Aided Nick Begich's Victory According to Nome Nugget, "Almost half of [Howe's] 13,000 votes were exhausted, but 4,783 votes were transferred to Begich and 2,702 votes were transferred to Peltola." [Nome Nugget, 11/28/24]
August 2024: Begich Placed Second In Alaska's "Final Four" Primary According to Peninsula Clarion, "In Alaska's 'final four' August primary election, Peltola earned just under 51% of the overall vote, and Begich finished in second with 26.6% of the vote among 11 candidates." [Peninsula Clarion, 11/6/24]
2024: Nick Begich And Alaska Republicans Pressured Nancy Dahlstrom To Leave House Race According to Anchorage Daily News, "This year, Begich and other Alaska Republicans pressured another high-profile GOP member who was set to appear on the November ballot Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom to drop out of the race after the August primary. That cleared the way for a traditional Republican-on-Democrat contest that came down to weeks of nonstop attack ads." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/6/24]
2024: Anchorage Daily News Reported Nick Begich III Defeated Mary Peltola In U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News, "Though Republican Nick Begich III defeated Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola in the race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, Begich underperformed Trump in every single district." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/23/24]
2024: Anchorage Daily News Noted Begich III Underperformed Trump Statewide According to Anchorage Daily News, "Overall, Trump received almost 25,000 more votes than Begich across Alaska." [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 11/23/24]
2024: Anchorage Daily News Reported Nick Begich III Defeated Mary Peltola For U.S. House Seat According to Anchorage Daily News, "Though Republican Nick Begich III defeated Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola in the race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, Begich underperformed Trump in every single district." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/23/24]
2024: Anchorage Daily News Reported Begich Underperformed Trump Statewide According to Anchorage Daily News, "Though Republican Nick Begich III defeated Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola in the race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, Begich underperformed Trump in every single district." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/23/24]
2024: Anchorage Daily News Reported Trump Received 25,000 More Votes Than Begich According to Anchorage Daily News, "Overall, Trump received almost 25,000 more votes than Begich across Alaska." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/23/24]
2024: Millions Spent By Out-Of-State Groups To Support Nick Begich In U.S. House Race According to Anchorage Daily News, "Millions of dollars were spent by out-of-state groups and donors to support both Begich and Peltola as the parties eyed control of the chamber." [Anchorage Daily News, 11/6/24]
July 2024: Nick Begich Raised About $311,000 In Fundraising Quarter According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, a Republican challenger, raised almost $400,000, and fellow Republican challenger Nick Begich raised about $311,000. It was Begich's best fundraising quarter so far." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 7/18/24]
July 2024: Nick Begich Reported Over $919,000 In Total Contributions According to Daily Sitka Sentinel, "Begich has reported over $919,000 in total contributions, and Dahlstrom has reported slightly over $865,000 in total." [Daily Sitka Sentinel, 7/18/24]
Juneau Empire Reported Nick Begich Raised About $311,000 In Q2 2024 According to Juneau Empire, "Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, a Republican challenger, raised almost $400,000, and fellow Republican challenger Nick Begich raised about $311,000. It was Begich's best fundraising quarter so far." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 7/18/24]
Juneau Empire Reported Nick Begich Received Over $919,000 In Total Contributions For 2024 Cycle According to Juneau Empire, "Begich has reported over $919,000 in total contributions, and Dahlstrom has reported slightly over $865,000 in total." [Juneau Empire (Alaska), 7/18/24]
April-June 2024: Nick Begich Raised Approximately $311,000 In Congressional Campaign According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "The July 15 FEC quarterly report, covering April 1 through June 30, shows the incumbent raised more than $2.1 million, compared to Dahlstrom's nearly $400,000 raise, and the roughly $311,000 raised by Begich." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/25/24]
2024: Nick Begich Raised $919,000 During The Current Election Cycle According to NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), "In the current election cycle in total, Peltola has raised more than $7 million in total, while Begich is at $919,000 and Dahlstrom has reported a little more than $865,000." [NBC - 2 KTUU (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/25/24]
April-June 2024: Nick Begich Raised About $311,000 For House Campaign According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "fellow Republican challenger Nick Begich raised about $311, 000. It was Begich's best fundraising quarter so far." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/25/24]
2024: Nick Begich Reported Over $919,000 In Total Contributions For Current House Campaign According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich has reported more than $919, 000 in total contributions." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/25/24]
June 30, 2024: Nick Begich's House Campaign Reported About $235,000 Cash On Hand According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "Begich's team said it had about $235, 000" in cash on hand by June 30. [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 7/25/24]
July 2024: Begich Reported Holding $172,548 In Campaign Cash On Hand According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "As of July 31, Peltola's campaign had $2.8 million in cash on hand, compared to $317,617 held by Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and $172,548 held by fellow Republican challenger Nick Begich." [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/14/24]
2024: Begich Reported Raising Almost $983,000 For His Campaign According to Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, "Begich's campaign has raised almost $983,000" in the current election cycle. [Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, 8/14/24]
July 31, 2024: Nick Begich Reported $172,548 Cash On Hand In U.S. House Race According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "As of July 31, Peltola's campaign had $2.8 million in cash on hand, compared to $317,617 held by Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom and $172,548 held by fellow Republican challenger Nick Begich." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 8/15/24]
2024: Nick Begich Raised Nearly $983,000 For U.S. House Campaign According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Begich's campaign has raised almost $983,000, and Dahlstrom's campaign has raised over $912,000." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 8/15/24]
Nick Begich Raised $983,000 And Spent $852,000 In The 2024 Election Cycle By Early August According to Anchorage Daily News, "Begich had raised $983,000 and spent $852,000 by early August." [Anchorage Daily News, 8/23/24]
2024: Nick Begich Defeated Mary Peltola In Alaska's U.S. House Race According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, "Begich replaces Democrat Mary Peltola, who he defeated in one of the most expensive U.S. congressional races of 2024. Begich defeated Peltola after the ranked-choice tabulation in November, with most of those who voted from Alaska Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe selecting Begich as their second choice. Begich had been leading by 6,672 votes before the ranked-choice tabulation." [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 1/7/25]
Begich Focused Campaign On GOP Strongholds In 2024 According to Arctic Sounder, "Begich has so far focused his campaign in GOP strongholds, doing little to pitch himself to moderate voters." [Arctic Sounder, 8/22/24]
2026: Begich Was Set To Face First Election As Incumbent U.S. Representative According to Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman, "The 2026 election year will indeed be a banner year for statewide races in Alaska: Gov. Mike Dunleavy will be term limited from seeking reelection, making way for an open gubernatorial race; U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan will be up for reelection; and Begich will face his first election as an incumbent." [Bristol Bay Times & Dutch Harbor Fisherman (Anchorage, Alaska), 12/12/24]
2026: Begich Was Expected To Face First Election As Incumbent For U.S. House According to Arctic Sounder, "the 2026 election year will indeed be a banner year for statewide races in Alaska: Gov. Mike Dunleavy will be term limited from seeking reelection, making way for an open gubernatorial race; U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan will be up for reelection; and Begich will face his first election as an incumbent." [Arctic Sounder, 12/12/24]