Nick Begich
RepublicanIncumbent
U.S. Representative for Alaska's at-large district since 2025
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U.S. House · Nov 3, 2026
Incumbent: Nick Begich, running for re-election.
The top four finishers in the August 18 nonpartisan primary advance to a ranked-choice general election; after third-place Matt Schultz and three other candidates withdrew, eighth-place Jim McDermott took the final spot.
U.S. Representative for Alaska's at-large district since 2025
Serving a federal prison sentence in New York after pleading guilty in 2022 to making threats
Commercial fisherman and former superintendent of the Bristol Bay School District
Retired U.S. Air Force master sergeant and writer from Fairbanks
What each candidate says they support or would do, on the issues they campaign on. Summaries use the same neutral words for everyone and link to the candidate’s own words.
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RepublicanNick Begich
Says he helped pass the 2025 tax law he calls the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, including no taxes on tips and overtime, tax relief for seniors and permanent relief for small businesses.
DemocraticEric Hafner
No published position found.
NonpartisanBill Hill
Supports taxing the top 1% and closing tax loopholes, and supports tax relief for small businesses and the middle class.
LibertarianJim McDermott
Supports simplifying the tax code and exempting the Permanent Fund Dividend from federal income tax; supports restoring the dividend to at least the 50% statutory formula.
RepublicanNick Begich
Supports rural health care through telemedicine, mobile clinics and provider recruitment; supported the Lower Health Care Premiums for All Americans Act and introduced the Youth Suicide Prevention Research Act.
DemocraticEric Hafner
Supports Medicare for All; opposes the Medicaid and SNAP work requirements in the 2025 budget law, saying health care and food are human rights.
NonpartisanBill Hill
Supports expanding Medicaid coverage, extending federal health insurance subsidies and more caps on prescription drug prices.
LibertarianJim McDermott
No published position found.
RepublicanNick Begich
Supports oil and gas development in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, the Coastal Plain and Cook Inlet; would advance North Slope gas production and end what he calls the regulatory chokehold.
DemocraticEric Hafner
No published position found.
NonpartisanBill Hill
Supports getting the most out of Alaska's oil and natural gas and restoring tax credits for new renewable energy projects.
LibertarianJim McDermott
No published position found.
RepublicanNick Begich
Cosponsored the HALT Fentanyl Act to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs and raise penalties on traffickers; says he backs prevention and Alaska law enforcement.
DemocraticEric Hafner
No published position found.
NonpartisanBill Hill
No published position found.
LibertarianJim McDermott
Supports regulating drugs the way alcohol is regulated, with age verification, quality standards and accountability for harm to others; opposes using federal law enforcement to override adults' choices.
RepublicanNick Begich
Co-led the FISH Act against foreign illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing; joined in introducing the Bycatch Reduction and Research Act; supports reauthorizing the Young Fishermen's Development Act.
DemocraticEric Hafner
No published position found.
NonpartisanBill Hill
Would take on bycatch and defend subsistence rights and fairness for all user groups.
LibertarianJim McDermott
No published position found.
RepublicanNick Begich
Supports Arctic defense and Coast Guard investment, including new icebreakers and icebreaker homeporting in Alaska.
DemocraticEric Hafner
No published position found.
NonpartisanBill Hill
No published position found.
LibertarianJim McDermott
Supports a strong national defense, including Alaska's Arctic position, but opposes open-ended military commitments without congressional authorization and says the U.S. should not be the world's policeman.
RepublicanNick Begich
No published position found.
DemocraticEric Hafner
Would abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and legalize all immigrants.
“I would abolish ICE and legalize all immigrants.”
NonpartisanBill Hill
No published position found.
LibertarianJim McDermott
Supports expanding the number of work visas and reducing backlogs to fill Alaska's workforce shortages, along with proper vetting.
RepublicanNick Begich
No published position found.
DemocraticEric Hafner
Says abortion should be free, legal and on demand.
NonpartisanBill Hill
Supports a woman's right to choose and to make her own health care decisions; says the government has no business being in the doctor's office.
LibertarianJim McDermott
No published position found.
RepublicanNick Begich
No published position found.
DemocraticEric Hafner
Would expand implementation of the United Nations rights of Indigenous peoples and respect Native sovereignty; calls missing and murdered Indigenous women an issue that gets too little attention.
NonpartisanBill Hill
No published position found.
LibertarianJim McDermott
Supports repealing or fundamentally reforming the Patriot Act and the NDAA's indefinite-detention provisions, and opposes warrantless surveillance such as license-plate reader data shared with federal agencies.
RepublicanNick Begich
No published position found.
DemocraticEric Hafner
Supports continued access to higher education for all and teaching about topics including Black history, Indigenous rights and why the U.S. has gone to war.
NonpartisanBill Hill
Would support investment in community schools and local control over classrooms, and more vocational training, apprenticeships and career and technical education.
LibertarianJim McDermott
No published position found.
RepublicanNick Begich
Supports federal investment in Alaska ports, harbors, airports, roads and rail; says he secured House passage of the Airport Regulatory Relief Act to cut red tape for small and rural airports.
DemocraticEric Hafner
No published position found.
NonpartisanBill Hill
No published position found.
LibertarianJim McDermott
No published position found.
RepublicanNick Begich
Supports extending land allotments for Alaska Native Vietnam-era veterans; cosponsored the Veterans' ACCESS Act to expand health care options and the Disabled Veterans Housing Support Act.
DemocraticEric Hafner
No published position found.
NonpartisanBill Hill
No published position found.
LibertarianJim McDermott
No published position found.
RepublicanNick Begich
No published position found.
DemocraticEric Hafner
Says U.S. military aid to Israel should be abolished and aid to Ukraine ended, and that the U.S. should stop involvement in foreign wars and maintain military neutrality.
NonpartisanBill Hill
No published position found.
LibertarianJim McDermott
No published position found.
RepublicanNick Begich
No published position found.
DemocraticEric Hafner
Would fine and tax polluters and implement the Green New Deal; supports more environmental regulation to stop overfishing and pollution affecting salmon runs.
NonpartisanBill Hill
No published position found.
LibertarianJim McDermott
No published position found.
RepublicanNick Begich
No published position found.
DemocraticEric Hafner
Says gun-law changes would reduce deaths from mass shootings.
NonpartisanBill Hill
No published position found.
LibertarianJim McDermott
No published position found.
RepublicanNick Begich
No published position found.
DemocraticEric Hafner
No published position found.
NonpartisanBill Hill
Opposes tariffs he calls short-sighted and says are driving up prices; would work to bring new housing and energy projects to Alaska to lower costs.
LibertarianJim McDermott
No published position found.
RepublicanNick Begich
No published position found.
DemocraticEric Hafner
No published position found.
NonpartisanBill Hill
Supports a full ban on stock trading by members of Congress and overturning Citizens United to limit billionaire spending in elections.
LibertarianJim McDermott
No published position found.
RepublicanNick Begich
No published position found.
DemocraticEric Hafner
No published position found.
NonpartisanBill Hill
No published position found.
LibertarianJim McDermott
Supports zero-based federal budgeting and balanced-budget requirements and opposes using continuing resolutions to avoid budget choices; says he would have voted against the 2025 budget law.
RepublicanNick Begich
No published position found.
DemocraticEric Hafner
No published position found.
NonpartisanBill Hill
No published position found.
LibertarianJim McDermott
Opposes tariffs, including on Canada, which he calls a tax on Alaska consumers, and supports trade agreements that lower barriers for Alaska seafood, timber and energy.
RepublicanNick Begich
No published position found.
DemocraticEric Hafner
No published position found.
NonpartisanBill Hill
No published position found.
LibertarianJim McDermott
Supports term limits and says he would not seek a third term.