The Anchorage Young Republicans club has awarded its endorsement to Republican Nick Begich III for Congress.
In announcing the vote, the Anchorage Young Republicans said, “Nick Begich does not share the same political views as his [Begich Democrats] family; he is an actual conservative and aware of all the major issues facing our state and country. We strongly encourage you to make it to one of his events and question him to confirm this for yourself.”
The group’s decision was influenced by recent actions from Congressman Don Young, including:
- – Rep. Young’s decision to introduce and endorse Deb Haaland, a radical leftist environmentalist, to the U.S. Senate during her confirmation hearing for Secretary of the Interior: “She has been as predictably bad for Alaska resource development as her record indicated she would be,” the YRs said.
- – Rep. Young’s vaccine mandate for his official office and revelations that he fired a young woman on his staff who chose not to get vaccinated for Covid.
- – Rep. Young’s “yes” vote on the PRO Act: “This was an anti-small business & pro-union bill that was (luckily) shot down in the Senate.”
- – Rep. Young’s attendance record. A recent article in Roll Call reported that the congressman was absent from attending committee markup sessions for more than 19 months. “When Speaker Pelosi instituted proxy voting during the pandemic, Congressman Young signed onto the Republican lawsuit calling proxy voting unconstitutional. However, he is one of the most prolific and regular Republican users of proxy voting,” the group stated. “Nick Begich represents a new generation of leadership for our state. His views on policy more closely align with ours and he has the energy to show up for work. While we continue to respect Don Young and those who still support him, we can no longer do so in good conscience. We are proud to endorse Nick Begich and hope you will consider supporting him as well,” the group wrote.
Congressman Young has served as Alaska’s sole member of Congress since 1973, after Nick’s grandfather, who was Alaska’s congressman, disappeared in what is believed to be a plane crash over Prince Williams Sound.
Begich also gained more endorsements from elected officials. He now has 11 Republican members of the Alaska House and Senate supporting him, including two Senate members and nine House members. New endorsements have come daily, with former Alaska Republican Party Vice Chairman Frank McQueary, State Rep. Ben Carpenter, and Kenai Republican activist Jill Schaefer, Anchorage activists Monte Dyson and Jeff Garness, Karen Lasseter of Sterling, JocQuis Scoiners of Anchorage, Kathy McCollum of Wasilla, and John Wisel of Fairbanks announcing recently that they are with Nick.
