As predicted by many in Alaska political circles, former Alaska State Sen. Tom Begich, a Democrat from Anchorage, has filed for governor.
Tom Begich is the Democrat uncle of Republican Congressman Nick Begich. He is also the brother of former Sen. Mark Begich, another Democrat.
The move may be seen as a decoy in order to help bring down Congressman Nick Begich, who has become very popular in Alaska. The Democrats have no viable candidate as of yet and have not won the governor’s race in Alaska since 1998. At the very least, Tom Begich is being used to sow confusion among voters.
Born on Halloween night in 1960, he is a politician and musician who is the son of former US Rep. Nick Begich. His uncle served in the Minnesota House of Representatives for 18 years. He is the only Democrat declared so far for governor.
The open primary brought by the Democrats’ ranked-choice voting system is exactly one year from this writing — Aug. 18, 2026.
His filing may mean that former Rep. Mary Peltola will not run. Democrats tend to sort these decisions out in the back rooms before announcements are made. It also indicates that Democrats will soon announce who they will run against Congressman Nick Begich and Sen. Dan Sullivan.
In a poll conducted earlier this year by political operative Pat Race, Tom Begich received about 2.3% of the support of the candidates offered:
I’ve always thought his wife is wonderful and delightful. Cannot recall her name. I think this is likely to make the 2026 gubernatorial race a referendum on a state income tax as this Begich favors more taxes and every sort of tax, an income tax in particular. I certainly agree this indicates that Alaska Democrat self-appointed power brokers have now decided what Peltola will do, who will run against our incumbents, and how campaign money from outside will be directed and when. The other shoes will drop soon – covered in muck though they may be. You can bet that the Soros family, The Venture Fund, Pro Publica, and others gave an OK to these decisions, and the division of dollars between Democratic candidates and other matters like retaining RCV, abolishing school choice, Everytown gun control state legislation has now been decided for Alaska Democrats.
Tom Begich’s announcement is an attempt to pre-empt Mary Peltola’s candidacy for governor. Begich is an opportunist, looking to capitalize on his young nephew’s stardom. It won’t work. Alaska won’t have two Begich relatives in office at the same time, especially a Democrat, ……considering how Mark Begich effed up Anchorage while mayor. Tom is an old codger, and looks it. NB3 will carry the torch for the Begich name heretofore. No others.
Tom Begich’s wife is the reason we have the outlandish education sitch that we have, where the money supply is supposed to be endless but there’s no expectation of performance.
I’ll second that opinion.
I do not support Tom Begich, but he would be infinitely better than Treg Taylor who is another Republican who will soon to announce his candidacy for Governor.
Oof
What’s wrong with the Attorney General?
Joe is that a sarcastic comment or do you need detail? Liberty Ed
You are clearly a bad judge of character.
He’s trying to ride on Nick’ s coattails
If a Democrat or a Rino wins Say goodbye to Alaska
We already have a Murkowski dynasty. We don’t need a Begich family dynasty.
Taxpayer, we are fortunate to have young Nick Begich representing our State in the U.S. House.
If it were possible I would be in favor of an NBIII
filling both of our U.S. Senate seats as well.
How many of them are there?
There’s only ‘one’ NB3. The others(?) … too many!
Excellent choice of photos to feature, Suzanne.
His name got him in. Yes, it could sow confusion and we can only hope there are several more Democrat candidates who may go rogue and not obey the party. Let them run against each other and let RCV take them out.
NOPE! Not gonna be governor.
Wait, why is Bill Walker “disgraced”? May not agree with his politics, but I don’t remember him personally being directly involved in any scandals.
Yes, he broke the rules and now you don’t get a full PFD. Plus, he tried to broker a gas deals with communist China and line his pockets. And he also supported rcv
BB, your comment makes little sense. Is there any Republican you would support? If the election came down to Begich and Taylor may I assume that you would simply abstain and let the chips fall where they may?
That hypothetical is impossible.
Taylor has no chance of advancing beyond filing the appropriate form with the Division of Elections.
I am kind of surprised he is not running for US Congress, just as a way to steal votes from NBIII
I have assumed that Forrest Dunbar is the heir-apparent to the crown of the Left.
Setting that aside, the leftist cabal of unions, environmentalists, and splinters of the far-left like the Occupy folks, ANTIFA and Socialists will find someone to support for Governor — and perhaps wearing a “Republican” label.
The future is not bright.
May I remind everyone that Senator Begich at the last minute did not run and put up one of the most progressive democrats in AK legislature, Loki Tobin. Be careful folks, he is not as conservative as his liberal brother, Mark.
“not as conservative”???????? Can you show us where Tom Begich is conservative AT ALL?
Mark and I discussed this rather intensely. We both agreed that outside of the legislature, no one knows who the hell I am. But everyone knows Nicholas. So if the Begich name carries any additional political capital it must come from NB3. Without him, Mark and I are just s couple of old fogie Democrats looking to fall on the good will Nicholas has already brought to all Alaskans.
Tom, you need an identity. Just being the uncle of a famous nephew isn’t going to do the trick.
How about TB2.1? That will get them rolling.
NB3. TB2.1. MB2.3. LOL. The Begich Wars are just starting.
NB1 must be rolling in his grave.
I bet NB2 backs a Republican for governor.
The Good Nephew. The Bad Uncles. The Begich Bros at war. Sounds like a great movie script.
There Will Be Begich Blood. Bring on the buttered popcorn. Can’t wait!
Isn’t their something about families sitting in high positions as senator and Governor to be seen as Nepotism??? Come on…. No way are we going backwards with another Democrat in office!
I wonder if Tom will suck enough Democrat votes from Click that another republican could win.
No thanks
Definitely a hard “No” on this dude
In the photo, Bill Walker looks so forelorn. He must have just found out that his Lt. Governor was a certifiable pedophile, living down the hall on the Third Floor. I doubt Tom will be calling on Walker for support.
It took a very quick web search combined with obvious clues to learn that the photo is from the 2017 State of the State Address, nearly two years before it became wide public knowledge. Did Walker know then? Well, my Natives in the Interior who are related to Toni Mallott told me they had Byron figured out a long time ago.
I believe you, Sean. Mallott had been scamming young underaged girls for years. The Democrats were so desperate for power they were willing to compromise some underaged girls with a Native chief and headlock him with a fake Republican (Walker) and get Walker to call him “soul brother.”
Walker knew all about Mallott. It was Mrs. Walker who put an end to it ……and ultimately, an end to her disgraced husband’s political career.
BTW,
Where the hell is old Bill? Anyone seen my old friend Billy? 🎶🎶
He might be with old friends John, Bobbie, Martin and Byron.
Bill is pushing dandelions? We would have heard and flags flying somewhere below full staff by now. But I seriously doubt Bill will play any role in the campaign of Tom Begich. Look at Bill’s face in the photo. He looks terribly strained to be in the presence of Tom Begich. Bill is just tired of being around losers……period.
Losers seem to attract their own kind. Bill Walker is trying to adjust to his new life in exile.
Next, we all need Treg Taylor to run for Gov, but he first needs to clean-up Ketchikan Police Chief Jeff Walls + AST drug scuffle in Ketchikan along with the Thomas Jack Jr. case along with the Tommy Hull case and certainly the AK Mom case. All of these Treg had his slimy hands on and helped fix in favor of the State.
Treg Taylor is a LIAR and fixer for the opposition.
Would make a great governor to fit with the rest of the slime balls in Juneau in dept of DOL, AST and DOJ.
How could it hurt NB3? They are two different races. What’s the strategy? Have Tom say ridiculous outrageous and disgusting things and make people think it was Nick who said them? Is that really all the Dems have?
Sounds silly but a large number of voters will not know the difference between Nick Begich (for Congress) and Tom Begich (for governor). Low-info voters (which are the largest component of voters). Many will vote either for both Begiches or neither.
True. That’s why we use the monikers.
NB3 = Nick
TB2.1 = Tom.
Do the math.
Now there are two Democrats in the race for Governor- Tom Begich and Click Bishop!
One has an IQ above room temperature and the other has an IQ about where ice forms.
That’s okay Tom. We don’t need another DemoRat screwing our State up like the ones in Juneau. If you guys like communism so much, the CCP has some openings. I will buy you a plane ticket to China.