Begich wins U.S. House seat in final ballot count

Republican Nick Begich has won Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat, flipping it from Democratic to Republican control.

Results of the final ballot count Nov. 20 showed Begich defeating Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, who first won the seat in a special election in 2022 after the death of Republican longtime Rep. Don Young.

Peltola was the first Alaska Native woman elected to Congress, and the first Democrat to hold the seat since Begich’s grandfather, Nick Begich, won the seat in 1972.

Begich captured 48.4% of first-choice votes in Alaska’s congressional race, leading Peltola by 6,779 votes,...