
Nicholas J. Begich III
- Republican · US Representative, Alaska at-large · On the Nov 3 ballot for re-election
- Background
- Businessperson
- Raised
- $6.4M
- Cash on hand
- $1.8M
- Years in Congress
- 1
- Age
- 49
- Races
- Won 1 of 2
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Method and limits
Published score 1.382 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 15,387 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
US House, Alaska at-large
- Newest poll
- Begich 51, Hill 49 · Data for Progress, Oct 16, 2026 · Polls updated Oct 31, 8:30 p.m. ET, from VoteHub
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US House, AK-AL | Won | 48.4% | |
| 2022 | US House, AK-AL | Lost | 23.3% | Mary Sattler Peltola 48.8% |
About this list
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
Money
FEC, through Oct 14, 2026Spent $4.8M · Debts owed $226K
Where the money came from
- Individuals$3.3M
- PACs and other committees$1.2M
- Party committees$10K
- Candidate’s own money$0
- Loans from the candidate$0
- Transfers from the candidate’s other committees$1.8M
As the campaign reported to the FEC through Oct 14, 2026. Bars compare these lines. Some money has no line here, so they may not add up to the total raised. Source: FEC candidate summary.
Committees giving to this campaign
320 committees reported giving $1.1M.
- America's Credit Unions PACPAC$10,000
- Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. PAC (ABC PAC)PAC$10,000
- Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America, Inc. PAC (INSURPAC)PAC$10,000
- National Association of Realtors PACPAC$10,000
- National Automobile Dealers Association PACPAC$10,000
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- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants PACPAC$10,000
- Conocophillips Spirit PACPAC$10,000
- Koch, Inc. PAC (KOCHPAC)PAC$10,000
- Eureka PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Conservative Opportunity Leadership and Enterprise PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Denali Leadership PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- The Eye of the Tiger PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Chesapeake Freedom PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- First in Freedom PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- Chugach Alaska Corporation PAC (CAC PAC)PAC$10,000
- Seal PAC Supporting Electing American Leaders PACPAC$10,000
- True North PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- In the Arena PACLeadership PAC$10,000
- American Revival PACPAC$10,000
- Forever Youth Organization Utilizing a New Generation PACLeadership PAC$10,000
The largest 20 are listed. Refunds the committees reported are taken out. Independent spending isn’t included. These figures come from the committees’ own reports, so they can differ from the campaign’s lines above, sometimes by a lot. Source: FEC committee-to-candidate file, dated Oct 25, 2026.
Reports through Oct 14, 2026.
How these are counted
Later filings are not in yet. Totals for the 2025 to 2026 cycle. Raised $6,438,904. Cash on hand $1,782,867. Spent $4,760,367. Debts owed $225,764. Individuals $3,310,045. PACs and other committees $1,243,577. Party committees $10,250. Candidate’s own money $0. Loans from the candidate $0. Other loans $0. Transfers from the candidate’s other committees $1,804,794. Main committee: Alaskans for Nick Begich. No individual donor names are shown.
House votes
119th Congress, through Sept 16, 2026676 roll calls. Yea 526, Nay 141, Present 2, Not voting 6.
- Roll calls missed
- 0.9%
- Voted with own party when parties split
- 98.3%
How these are counted
Missed is Not Voting divided by every roll call the member was listed on, including quorum calls and procedural votes. It covers any absence, including illness and leave.
Party split: a roll call counts when the Democratic majority and the Republican majority voted opposite ways. That was 468 roll calls, and the member matched their own party on 460. We pick no votes ourselves.
Showing the newest 3 of 676
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 314
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 401 to 14
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 313
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9497
Water Resources Development Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 415 to 9
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 312
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 417 to 3
Legislation
119th Congress, congress.gov, as of Oct 30, 2026Sponsored 38 bills and 3 resolutions. Cosponsored 190 bills and 17 resolutions. Amendments are not counted.
Latest bills Nicholas J. Begich III sponsored
- Anaktuvuk Pass Food Security Access ActH.R. 10307, introduced Sep 8, 2026
- Future of America’s Workforce ActH.R. 10247, introduced Sep 3, 2026
- Bycatch Reduction ActH.R. 9953, introduced Jul 27, 2026
- FISH Act of 2026H.R. 9507, introduced Jun 29, 2026
- To amend the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020 to require the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy to establish a prize competition program relating to artificial intelligence, and for other purposes.H.R. 9506, introduced Jun 29, 2026
More about Nicholas J. Begich III
Offices held (1 term or office)
- 2025 to nowUS House, Alaska at-largeRepublican
Committees (11 assignments)
House Committee on Natural Resources
- Vice Chair of the Energy and Mineral Resources subcommittee
- Oversight and Investigations subcommittee
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
- Aviation subcommittee
- Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation subcommittee
- Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials subcommittee
House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
- Environment subcommittee
- Energy subcommittee
- Investigations and Oversight subcommittee
Background
- Businessperson
Source: Wikidata
Official pages (6 links)
Sources (12 sources)
Ballot listing, elections.alaska.gov
Name, party, office and status. Retrieved Sep 25, 2026.
unitedstates/congress-legislators (current)
Office, terms, committees, official links, age. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0.
Compiled by the @unitedstates project volunteers (rosters from official congressional sources) from official returns. Not an official source.
Federal 2026 candidates: money totals (web/data/people/money) and the MN federal filing list. Bulk files, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Totals and committee names only; no donor names or addresses are stored.
FEC bulk data 2025-2026: contributions from committees to candidates (pas226)
Federal 2026 candidates: committees giving to each candidate (web/data/people/money-types). Bulk file, no API and no key. Retrieved Oct 31, 2026. License: US government work, public domain. Committee totals only; the individual contributions file is not used.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Clerk of the House: roll call votes, 119th Congress
House roll calls. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work.
Congress.gov API: sponsored and cosponsored legislation, nominations
Bills and resolutions. Retrieved Oct 30, 2026. License: US government work.
Election Wrld 2026 candidate files (state election office lists)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: state public records; see each row's sourceUrl.
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- Age: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), official birthday field, counted to Nov 3, 2026. We show the age, never the birth date.
- Took office in Congress 2025-01-03. Basis: congress-legislators terms (CC0).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
DataDownload votes (JSON)Sources: FEC, House Clerk, congress.gov, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits