Nick Begich, who was the only Republican endorsed for Congress by the Alaska Republican Party two years ago, has done it again. He has the full — and the only — endorsement of the Alaska GOP, which voted today in Fairbanks, where he received a long standing ovation from the members attending the quarterly meeting.
Begich is polling even with Democrat Mary Peltola, who is the incumbent. But Peltola has massive fundraising advantage and the Democrats are now turning their venom spigot on full force on Begich, whom they see as a major threat to Peltola’s incumbency.
Begich filed for office in June of 2023. Over the past year, Begich had already earned nearly 40% of the endorsements from individual Republican districts in the state, and has the endorsements of House Speaker Mike Johnson, Rep. Byron Donalds, Rep. Tom Emmer, Sen. Mike Lee, and numerous other conservatives at the national level, such as business entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy. The National Republican Congressional Committee and the Congressional Leadership Fund support him, along with Americans for Prosperity Action.
Begich is the former finance chairman of the Alaska Republican Party and has been involved with the party since high school. The longtime Alaskan has been in private business his entire career and has been elected to the board of Matanuksa Electric Association. In 2022, Begich came in third for Congress after Peltola and Sarah Palin.
The party as a whole had held off endorsing anyone until after the primary; Nancy Dahlstrom and another Republican dropped out of contention, which helped bring the party together behind Begich as he faced the ranked-choice general election ballot that has two Democrats and an Alaskan Independence Party candidate on it.
“……….Nick Begich, who was the only Republican endorsed for Congress by the Alaska Republican Party two years ago, has done it again. He has the full — and the only — endorsement of the Alaska GOP………..”
Huh. I wonder if the hounding of his primary challengers to drop out had anything to do with that?
Congratulations to Nick Begich on his endorsement by the State GOP. Nick is an energetic and bright young man who knows the issues that Alaskans care about and offers conservative solutions. He will put Alaskans first and not be beholding to a corrupt political party like Mary Peltola does. It’s an easy vote on November 5th. Vote for Nick Begich and put Alaskan first!
Booooooooooooooooo the entire family & no accomplishments for we the people its like another murkowski, nancy was the pick a new way forward not backwards all. Again Mary is evil & we all can see her evil accomplishments she at least has accomplishments & let’s all know she is out to kill us off. Booooooooooooooo
Go take your zanex. What would you base your no accomplishments on nick about.? He has several successful businesses. He has not been in office to accomplish anything yet…
“………What would you base your no accomplishments on nick about.?……..”
How about a complete absence of political offices held in the past?
Yes, that was true of one other noteworthy person (Donald Trump), but not today. Trump has an excellent record to run on, and the opposing party has an absolutely terroristic record over the past eight years that condemns them to criminal investigations, at the very least.
Why does Nick have to start in Congress? The other members of his extended family held muni and/or legislative offices before seeking higher office (except Pegge, a very interesting case indeed………..)
Will Peltola even show up for a debate against NB3? She is able to miss most of her scheduled votes in Congress.
That useless group?
If only Nick had Trump’s endorsement….Nick deserves better: he’s never eaten a pet of his neighbor; he’s never favored the execution of a newborn baby; he’s never taken over sections of major cities and turned them into a dens of iniquity, he doesn’t commiserate with the yet unfound people who “rigged” the 2020 election, and he prefers Country & Western music instead of Taylor Swift’s vibe. But nevertheless, Trump has disowned him, and has instead has thrown his favor to a couple of Alaska’s pretty girls: Palin in 2020 and Dahlstom in 2024. Poor Nick.
Many Alaskans are able to think outside of the Trump box when it comes to choosing their candidates. IF the candidate that President Trump endorses is, in fact, a good candidate, then it is a worthy endorsement. In the case of Dahlstrom, that endorsement is ill-received by Alaskans who know how Dahlstrom has not even performed her job properly as Lt Governor. Dahlstrom could have worked to secure our elections and make them more honest. Apparently, she did not want to do that since she was running as a candidate in the elections. NBIII for the win.
The endorsement is long overdue but better late than never. Now AKGOP, how about an endorsement to repeal RCV? 🇺🇸
Gee, I wonder if we can now finally get proper, unanimous, support from all conservative and otherwise sensible voters across the state. Or, perhaps, some low-resolution voters need to keep withholding their support from Nick because his uncle Mark is a leftist. Stubbornness is a pathetic kind of foolishness.
“……..some low-resolution voters need to keep withholding their support from Nick because his uncle Mark is a leftist………”
You forgot Nick Sr., Nick Jr., Pegge, Tom, and the rest. Once bitten, twice shy. Repeated maulings can lead to recalcitrance from those with no buttocks left to chew off.
Give me a break Reggie. I’ll bet you got a few leftists in your family. ?? I would venture to guess you should not be commenting like you are. I definitely got a few leftists in my family but I’ll guarantee you I’m no leftist.
“……..I’ll bet you got a few leftists in your family. ??……..”
Wise use of the question marks, Doug, even widely spaced behind your sentence.
I know of one “leftist” (an aunt), and a conservative sister suffering Trump Derangement Syndrome in my family. That’s it. And there are no relatives on either side of my family (going back to 1815) that I know of who have been elected officials or who ran for office. None. Zip. Nada. Zero.
Mr. Begich hails from a family of which we know (I named them above) five have held or run for office in Alaska just within the last 55 years. Every one of them were declared Democrats.
Now, I agree that doesn’t make Nick III either a Democrat or a leftist. But I am a skeptic of the highest order when it applies to science, most especially political science (even more than the current form of climate change science), and I trust Democrats just a bit less than any other sub-species of political life. I’ve earned that skepticism, and I reserve the right to apply it. If successful in his race for Congress, Mr. Begich is going to have to prove his conservative credentials to me with his actions, not his campaigning.
You’ve got an army behind you, Nick. Let’s Go!
I am not in the business of moving and shaking-I’ve been settling in the peanut galley.
I have not been sold on supporting Mary – as I publicly stated.
However-I am solid enough to admit I was wrong.
That is the beauty of being undeclared.
I can flip flop, do my research, feel annoyed the day of election – and all those things – emotions – are mine and mine alone as I stroll in to vote.
What I can say is being force fed commercials of propaganda makes me apathetic and less interested.
I am exhausted from the cliche’.
Instead I will place my bet.
I am all in with Mary.
Why? She doesn’t show up for work. Is that who you want to hire, Trudy?
You are making a huge mistake Trudy. A mistake you will own when these left wing nuts including yourself drag us into ww3. Of course you are the party of pro death. So why bother wasting my breath on you.
Trudy, we need to go back to voting for a person instead of voting for a person representing a party. But, to support Peltola after her lack of enthusiasm to vote on important issues? Your choice of who you vote for is like your choice of when to troll or not troll. The only way Peltola is going to win is through a rigged election, which I am fully expecting will happen considering the left’s movement on everything in general.
So, where is the endorsement from the most important Trumplican of all – Donald Trump?