Editor’s note: This story is corrected throughout to remove the information that was associated with a different John Williams.
The Alaska Democratic Party now has its first declared candidate for the state’s sole US House seat on the 2026 ballot. At 10 pm on July 2, John Brendan Williams officially filed with the Federal Election Commission to run as a Democrat.
Alaska’s 2026 primary election is scheduled for Aug. 18, 2026, where all candidates, regardless of party, will appear on a single jungle primary ballot. The top four vote-getters will advance to the ranked choice general election in November.
Williams is the first Democrat to formally challenge incumbent Congressman Nick Begich III. In February he was registered as an “Undeclared” voter. He has made no formal announcement but has filed with both the Federal Election Commission and the Alaska Division of Elections.
During the last election cycle, Democrats had two candidate — Mary Peltola, the incumbent, and Eric Hefner, a felon who was serving time in prison out of state and who had never stepped foot in Alaska.
He seems like a nice enough guy, and it will not surprise me if Representative Begich defeats him outright prior to any vote ranking.
No Dr. Al again. Whatever they have on him shut him down permanently.
I’m out hunting bear. Please quit bringing my name up and talking smack about me.
You all see how well the fisheries are doing.
Wonder if Mr. Williams, as a registered democrat, embraces the policies of the democrat party: open borders, mutilation of children in the name of ‘transgender’, defund the police, violence against law enforcement officials enforcing immigration laws, lawfare through leftist judges, climate change hysteria and on and on?
Mr. Williams would be smart to run as an independent and ditch the label of ‘democrat’ which is rapidly devolving into the party of chaos.
He was an undeclared voter in February, so he intentionally changed, which means he embraces the party platform you describe. – sd
My biggest question is:
What are his pronouns?
As opposed to the MAGA GOP Party, who are for open borders for all non-brown races, government subsidies for the rich, health care only for the rich, tax cuts for the rich, pardons for rich people who commit Medicaid fraud, government for the benefit of the rich, you poor people just die! and on and on. Begich is toast in Nov 26, along with a whole bunch of other Trump syncopates. That is if we actually are allowed to have elections. Trump will do his best to cancel them. Here’s looking to Trump Tower being constructed at Leavenworth!
Let’s guess, hard left extremist??
john is a good guy he was in my fishing group. Nice for you to give him a write up. I do not think he is running for House. His middle initial is D for David and he is actually registered to vote in Cordova.
Did you read the article?
He filed to run.
Please take your booster shot
So you’re saying MRAK is your only source of information? I just looked it up. Division of Elections records show a John David Williams, who is registered in Cordova as undeclared, and a John B. Williams, a registered Democrat with an address on Palo Verde Avenue (which is in University West) in Fairbanks. Conflating different people happens a lot more often than you may think.
I posted politely. John B williams is running not john D. I could not reach John to confirm but friends in Cordova confirmed. A simple check of voter records and recorders office could of confirmed this. I understand sloppy reporting but trashing someone in the comments is totally unacceptable.
This article is not about John D. It’s about John B. What is your issue again? I easily found his FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H6AK01068/?cycle=2026 and yet you say he is not running.
Maybe you are unable to understand simple things. I will spell it out for you. The photo and bio posted in the article is of a person not running for the House. They simply have the same first and last names. You should post under your real name. Perhaps you share it with some serial killer. People could trash you in the comments. In my opinion an apology and correction should be made or the actual candidate should be verified. If I am wrong I will apologize.
Are you are clown? The individual in the photo and who’s bio is provided is not running. A person named John B Williams from Fairbanks is. Nothing in this article was about him.
That guess would be absolutely incorrect. My name is John Brendan Williams, the picture is not me, the bio is not me. But I live in Fairbanks, Alaska, and I did file to run for US house rep.
Whoever wrote this article did absolutely zero research, nor did they reach out. I filed candidacy for Office, and have been traveling out of state since taking care of wife while she has dental work completed. I will make sure to get a website up as soon as possible. I found it necessary to find this article and address the simple fact it is not me and that is not my bio, whoever wrote this did a generic web search and went with the first person they found on a very common name. we need better reporting.
Begich’s seat just went to safe Red
This guy is going nowhere. Never heard of him, but he’s awfully weird looking. The photo looks like a wanted poster.
Sigh. Those are the criteria most republicans choose to elect our representative. Like Trump.
You mean: Biden, Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer, Schiff, John Kerry …. …..the America haters.
If only the great Kamala was leader of the world – like “sharp as a tack” Biden, right?
Just what we need. Another bred bureaucrat to promote government growth and voter dependency leading to the ultimate goal: complete collapse of our civilization.
Too many chips, Oreos, and coco puffs.
I’m taking my stance on ALL Democrats. Hard NO!!! Last thing we need are more gutless wonders. He’s a sheep in wolves clothing changing sides…. Again, HARD NO.
If there is only 1 Democrat RCV could work in his favor. Hopefully no other Republicans, or declared Republicans, run alongside Begich.
Thank GOD we have Begich in there!!! The Democrats that they have running sounds just like the typical Democrats!!
Well, we still have Rigged Choice Voting…. I may write a letter to Eric Hafner encouraging him to run again.