Alaska Republican incumbent Rep. Nick Begich III has big lead for state’s lone US House seat

By: James Brooks, Corinne Smith, Yereth Rosen

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 497

Last Updated: 5 days, 12 hours ago

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This article was last updated at 2:55 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4.

Republican incumbent Rep. Nick Begich III took a significant lead in early vote-counting for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat, and stood just barely short of the threshold needed to avoid a ranked choice runoff.

Speaking to supporters Tuesday night, Begich thanked them for their votes and said their decision to re-elect him was about the future, not just that night.

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