The small band of Republicans who are organized and active in the Democratic stronghold of downtown Anchorage have voted to endorse Nick Begich for Congress.
The District 17 endorsement of the new generation of Republican leadership brought the total to nine of the 36 organized districts in Alaska now endorsing Begich, who doesn’t take after his well-known Democrat uncles, Tom and Mark.
Nick Begich is the political renegade in the family and he has crisscrossed the state with a free-market, free people message, which is now resulting in a tidal wave of endorsements. Raised by conservative grandparents on his mother’s side, he has been a Republican since high school and is the former finance chair for the Alaska Republican Party.
In 2022’s general election, Rep. Mary Peltola won 4,418 votes in District 17, fully 70% of the vote. But the Republicans who live in downtown Anchorage are a tightly knit-together group. When they met this week, they threw their support to the candidate who got the most Republican votes there in 2022 — a businessman who isn’t a government swamp dweller.
District 17’s endorsement of Begich tips the balance even more. Now, 25% of the districts have gone with Nick Begich, rather than taking orders from D.C. elites who pushed Nancy Dahlstrom into the race last November, even after Begich had been campaigning for six months. Dahlstrom and the D.C. elites are now spending 100,000 a day bombarding Alaskans with messages on their phones, televisions, radios, and computers.
Districts that have announced their endorsement for Begich now include 6, 8, 17, 23, 25, 26, 29, 34, and 36.
Not a single Republican district in Alaska has endorsed Dahlstrom.
Begich has received endorsements from six of the seven Republican women’s clubs and both of the Alaska Young Republicans chapters. No club has endorsed Dahlstrom.
He is also the only congressional candidate who has signed the petition to repeal ranked choice voting and the only candidate who has said he will drop from the race if he is not the leading Republican candidate after the primary. Mary Peltola supports ranked-choice voting and Dahlstrom won’t take a stand because she says since it’s on the ballot, she should not comment.
Voting is already underway in the primary with early voting and absentee early voting, with Election Day on Aug 20, when the polls close at 8 p.m.
List nicks accomplishments for we the people list his families accomplishments for we the people?? MAGA has a list, do not forget your responsible for your actions in the eyes of GOD, what you support is what you pay up for list them accomplishments stuck on stupid has to go.stand for Nancy
Is this a joke? Begich started, ran and helped others start businesses from all over the country for 20 years. He’s an entrepreneur and an investor who started with a credit card and hard work. Isn’t that what we say we want as conservatives? I’m tired of career politicians. Out with the old!
Nancy has job hopped her entire life and spent the last several decades in politics. She is almost 70 years old and trying to add one more pension before she disappears. No thanks.
Please tell us what our elected/appointed Lt Gov has accomplished during her term? What about our state voter role – has it been cleaned up? I’ve heard nothing about what the Lt Gov has been doing to ensure the integrity of our elections, and it’s her job. Please I’d really like to know. Anybody?
O. Nutten. Nada. The Dahlstrom record.
The facts clearly illustrate the elite, establishment, operatives running the Alaska Republican Party are out of touch with the rank and file voter base. They rejected the raw talent, charisma, and intellect of Nick Begich III in favor of a career bureaucrat figurehead to do their bidding in the DC uni-party. Ironically, the dreaded Ranked Choice Voting has returned control of the Republican party back to the rank and file–but only if they coalesce strongly. If Nick wins the elites will be seething. Let’s make this happen people.
I’ll pick Nick, again. And, I’ll pick Trump again. And after seeing Dahlstrom’s APOC report with all the donations from big fish and the oceangoing bulldozer cabal, what Alaskan could vote for her? It’ll be trawler first, and Yukon salmon second. And……. What about our voter role cleanup that was promised?! Not a thing’s been done since she became guv lite….. Not a chance in hell.
Soon it will be 50%, then 75%. Let’s shoot for 100% of Republican districts. We don’t need, nor do we want, Nancy Dahlstrom for Congress or any political offices. There is no place for old, selfish, untrustworthy women in the Alaska Republican Party.
Nick Begich for the absolute win!
Voted for Begich and so are most of the people we know. NB3!
This is clear evidence the Democrats are in control and the ones pushing Dahlstrom out in front.
No true conservative would vote for Nancy who is clearly being supported by the other Nancy who thinks little Mary Peltola is God’s gift from heaven to replace that thorny old man who kept poking her in the A** during every single election cycle…Thanks Don for making the Senior Nancy so miserable for a good stretch.
District 28 voted to endorse Nick at it’s August 8th meeting! Dahlstrom has nothing to lose by helping Peltola as she holds her Lt gov position after the election. If she were serious, she would resign and then campaign.
People are waking up! Good!
Dahlstrom, please remove yourself from this race. This is starting to appear a lot like a democrat move that you are pulling.
I support Nick 100%.