The field so far
11 filedEveryone registered with the FEC for this seat, in the file's neutral order.
The seat
Nicholas Begich III
Republican · Holds the seat now
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 153,068 votes
- Nick Begich IIIAdvanced45.2%69,201
- Bill HillAdvanced32.1%49,154
- Matt Schultz (withdrawn)8%12,268
- Eric HafnerAdvanced3.8%5,774
- John B. Williams2.7%4,084
10 more candidates on the full canvass.
Every candidate runs on one ballot and the top four advance to November, whatever their party. Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Source: the state's canvass, via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $7.8M
- Outside money
- $2.2M
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give under $200; 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.
Who is spending on this race
The 5 groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
How this seat voted last time
R+2 in 2024
- Nick BegichWon48.4%
- Mary Sattler Peltola46.4%
329,555 votes for candidates. 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.
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.
Compare the candidates side by side
Each column is one candidate's own filed record; nothing is sorted to pick a winner.
| RepublicanNicholas Begich III | IndependentBill Hill | DemocratMary Peltola | DemocratMatthew Schultz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raised | $5.5M | $1.3M | $152K | $865K |
| Small donors | $1.1M | $234K | $12K | $268K |
| Large donors | $1.7M | $1.0M | $51K | $591K |
| PACs | $1.0M | $62K | $14K | $5K |
| Outside for | $44K | $2.2M | - | - |
| Disclosed trades | 2 | - | - | - |
| A bill to ban stock trading | Has not cosponsored | - | - | - |
Money from the FEC. Trades and cosponsorship (incumbents only) from the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. A hyphen is a figure not on file, not a zero. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.