JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican Nick Begich has won Alaska’s U.S. House race, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to claim the seat once held by his grandfather.
JUNEAU, Alaska — Republican Nick Begich has won Alaska’s U.S. House race, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola to claim the seat once held by his grandfather.
He also thanked Peltola “for her service to the state and nation in what is an exceptionally challenging role during an exceptionally challenging moment in our national history.” Begich comes from a line of Democratic politicians: his grandfather, the late Rep. Nick Begich, held the House seat before Young. One of his uncles, Mark, was a U.S. senator, and another, Tom, was a state senator. Begich has said he is a lifelong Republican.
That allowed inclusion on the ballot of the fifth- and sixth-place finishers from the primary, Alaskan Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe and Eric Hafner, a Democrat with no apparent ties to Alaska who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for threatening authorities and others in New Jersey. The Alaska Democratic Party unsuccessfully sued to disqualify Hafner.
Begich, the founder of a software development company, was vocal in his support of Trump and swiped at Peltola for refusing to endorse a candidate in the presidential race.
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