GOP Rep Flips House Seat – GOP Extends Majority
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GOP Challenger Nick Begich defeated incumbent Dem Rep. Mary Peltola for Alaska’s only House seat.
Republican challenger Nick Begich won Alaska’s sole House seat on Wednesday, defeating incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola.
The election was one of the last House races to be called for the 2024 election cycle, where Republicans flipped the Senate and the White House. They have also maintained control of the House.
Peltola, who won the seat in 2022 after the death of the late congressman Don Young, conceded the election to Begich in a statement to the Associated Press. Begich was endorsed by President-elect Donald Trump.
Begich was a supporter of President-elect Donald Trump.
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.
“Some candidates in this race don’t want to tell Alaskans who they support for president, but Alaskans deserve transparency from their representative in Congress. We deserve to know whether they’ll align with those with a pro-Alaska agenda or with those who want to lock our state down,” he said in September.
