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Elections · U.S. House · Alaska

2026 Alaska House race, at-large district

Nick Begich III (Republican), Bill Hill (Independent), Eric Hafner (Democrat) and James C. "Jim" McDermott (Libertarian), who advanced from Alaska's all-party primary, are on the November 3, 2026 ballot for the at-large U.S. House seat in Alaska, as recorded September 21, 2026.

The November ballot

Begich III
$5.5M
Hill
$1.3M
Hafner
No report
McDermott
No report

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

Certified list: Alaska Division of Elections. Not a prediction.

The seat

Nick Begich III

Republican · Holds the seat now

First took office 2025 · Age 48

2
Trades disclosed
$550K
Estimated volume
Cosponsored H.R. 7008, the Stop Insider Trading Act

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Alaska

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026 

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How they won the primary

Nonpartisan primaryTop four advance

The primary · 162,932 votes

  • Nick Begich III Advanced: 44.6% 72,696
  • Bill Hill Advanced: 32.5% 53,008
  • Matt Schultz (withdrawn): 8.1% 13,149
  • Eric Hafner Advanced: 3.8% 6,175
  • John B. Williams (withdrew): 2.7% 4,413

10 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.

Every candidate runs on one ballot and the top four advance to November, whatever their party. Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Alaska Division of Elections official primary summary. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

The money on this race

Raised by candidates
$7.7M
Outside money
$12M

Outside money, for and against

Supporting Begich$2.1M
Opposing Begich$3.6M
Supporting Hill$4.3M
Opposing Hill$1.6M
Supporting Eric-
Opposing Eric$223K
Supporting McDermott$232K
Opposing McDermott-

Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.

Where each candidate's money comes from

20%$1.1MSmall donors$234K17%
31%$1.7MLarge donors$1M77%
19%$1MPACs$62K5%
<1%$5KParty--
30%$1.7MOther$9.6K<1%

Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Other includes money transferred in from committees the candidate authorized, such as a joint fundraising committee, which reports its own donors to the FEC: Nick Begich III $1.6M.

Who is spending on this race

The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.

1 to 5 of 18 groups

Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.

Not on the November ballot

7 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
736K
Median household income
$93K
Unemployment
5.9%
Living below the poverty line
10.1%
Without health insurance
11.0%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

R+2 in 2024

  • Nick Begich Won: 48.4%
  • Mary Peltola: 46.4%

329,555 votes for candidates. Other candidates and write-ins took the remaining 5.2%. Shares are the first choice count in a ranked choice election. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between June 30, 2026 and July 29, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.