Americans for Prosperity Action endorses Nick Begich for Congress

Americans for Prosperity Action announced Monday its endorsement of Nick Begich for Alaska’s one congressional seat.

Alaskans deserve a leader who embodies the independent spirit of the Last Frontier, the group said. The endorsement brings an enormous amount of funded messaging and door-to-door campaigning by Alaskans.

“Since her election, Mary Peltola has sided with the Biden-Harris administration each step of the way. Nick Begich is the leader who will stand up for Alaskans in Congress, fight to bring down the cost of living, and champion Alaska’s energy industry,” the group said.

The group is now hiring for grassroots door knockers to help spread the word across Alaska.

AFP Action is confident there is a path to victory in this race and our team of grassroots staff and volunteers are laser-focused on ensuring Begich is elected come November. This endorsement is part of AFP Action’s “Firewall Strategy” to prevent one-party progressive rule in Washington, DC, the group said.

AFP Action also endorsed Nick Begich in the last election, where he came in third after Mary Peltola and Sarah Palin.

AFP Action Senior Advisor Bethany Marcum released the following statement: “AFP Action is proud and excited to endorse Nick Begich in his bid to unseat Mary Peltola in Congress. Begich has vast policy experience and a vision for fiscal restraint and responsibility. We are confident that in this two-way race, Begich is the best candidate to serve Alaskans across our great state.”

Nick Begich is the grandson of Congressman Nick Begich, who died in a plane crash over Prince William Sound on Oct. 16, 1972. The grandfather was a moderate Democrat, but Nick Begich of today’s generation is a conservative Republican, raised in the church by faith-filled grandparents who were Republicans. He became a Republican before graduating from high school, and attended Baylor University, a nationally ranked Christian university.

Begich is taking on Democrat Mary Peltola in the general election and has the endorsement of 40% of the Alaska Republican district committees, as well as six of the seven Republican women’s clubs and all Young Republican clubs in Alaska. He is unapologetic about his conservative beliefs, which are vastly different from those of his uncles Mark and Tom Begich, both who have served in elected office in Alaska.

To date this cycle, AFP Action and AFP are separately engaged in over 500 federal and state races throughout the country, including hundreds of state legislative races critical to shifting the policy landscape in a number of key states. AFP Action continues to expand our grassroots capabilities by engaging Americans in every state across the country, with over 5.6 million citizen contacts and more being added each day.

AFP Action says its highly targeted layered approach of doors, phones, mail, and ads is proven to be the most effective way to engage and persuade key voters.

“Our grassroots teams will be out in full force as we head into the final stretch of the campaign,” the group said.