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Nicholas J. Begich

Nicholas J. Begich

Republican · AK U.S. RepresentativeCandidate 2026

2 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2025

  • background Born April 6, 1932; worked as a school counselor and school administrator
  • role A member of the Democratic Party
  • role Served in the Alaska state senate for eight years
  • role Elected in 1970 as a U.S. Representative from Alaska
  • background Disappeared in an October 16, 1972 light-aircraft crash in Alaska and was declared dead December 29, 1972; his body was never found

Issue positions (3)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. House AK-00 · 2026 General Election

  • $5,261,611 raised
  • $2,085,524 spent
  • $3,280,417 cash on hand
$5.26M
$3.63M
$2.64M
Itemized (≥ $200)$1.60M
Unitemized (< $200)$1.05M
Party committees$5.00K
Other committees (PACs)$979.58K
Transfers from other committees$1.58M
Offsets to expenditures$3.77K
Other receipts$46.46K
$2.09M
Operating expenditures$1.80M
Loan repayments$149.24K
Contribution refunds$70.16K
Other disbursements$64.75K
Cash on hand$3.28M
Debts owed by committee$275.76K

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Nicholas J. Begich campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2022$1,640,060$1,598,826$41,234
2024$2,792,783$2,729,687$104,330
2026$5,261,611$2,085,524$3,280,417

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $310,813
  • TEAMHEALTH EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $44,901
  • PETRO 49, INC $18,931
  • ODOM CORP $12,500
  • CHARLES SCHWAB CORPORATION $9,183
  • STEELFAB $7,600
  • MID-STATE CONSULTANTS $6,600
  • CAPSTONE CLINIC $6,600
  • AMERICAN MEDICAL INC $6,600
  • EARTHPULSEPRESS INC. $6,600

Outside spending on this race

Data from FEC, Schedule E independent expenditures

Independent expenditures are money outside groups (PACs / super-PACs) spend to support or oppose a candidate without coordinating with their campaign. What's this? →

  • 2026 cycle $556,328 supporting · $125,000 opposing · 6 outside groups
  • 2024 cycle $3,311,945 supporting · $9,950,585 opposing · 13 outside groups

See the outside-money leaderboard →

Documented relationships

Documented facts about Begich, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

No documented relationships of this kind on record — absence is not a finding.

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