
Nicholas J. Begich III
Republican · AK · U.S. House
Bio
Nicholas Joseph Begich III is an American politician and businessman who has served as the U.S. representative for Alaska's at-large congressional district since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he had previously run for the seat in the 2022 special and regular elections before his election in 2024.
Full bio on Wikipedia →Record of service
- In office
- 1.6 years
- First took office
- 2025 (1 terms)
- Seniority
- 368 of 437 by time served
- Age
- 48
- Anchorage, AK · 907-921-6575
Service history, offices and identifiers from unitedstates/congress-legislators (public domain). Years served sum each term rather than subtracting the first start date, so a break in service is not counted as time in office.
Reported net worth
- Assets
- $8.0M – $32.6M
- Liabilities
- $25k – $65k
- Net worth
- $7.9M – $32.6M
Largest holdings in the 2025 filing · 69 assets reported
Largest first, capped at 40 line items. Each is the asset's reported value bracket, not the income it produced.
From annual financial disclosures, which report every asset and debt as a bracket — so these are ranges, and the figure shown is their midpoint. A primary residence is not a reportable asset while its mortgage is a reportable debt, which pushes some members negative. How this is calculated →
Overall lean (DW-NOMINATE)
Issue profile
Each issue runs left ↔ right, scored from how the member voted on bills tagged to that issue (−1…+1). Issues with too few votes are blank. Overall lean uses DW-NOMINATE.
How they score against the parties
Nicholas J. Begich III's voting record compared with each party's national platform, issue by issue — the same similarity score used across the site.
On the political map
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Caucuses & committees
Where IIIsits in Congress's own organization — each group's lean is computed from its members' voting records. Explore them all on the caucuses and committees pages.
Caucuses
- Freedom Caucusstrongly right · 31 members
Committees
- House Committee on Natural Resourcescenter · 45 members
- House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructurecenter · 66 members
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technologycenter · 39 members
Most and least aligned members
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Recent notable votes
Latest news
Alaska Senate race heads for November showdown between Dan Sullivan and Mary PeltolaRepublican Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola advanced to Alaska's Senate general election. Republican Nick Begich also moved forward in the US House race. Governor Mike Dunleavy's successor will be chosen after his term limits. Voters overwhelmingly a…
The Times of India · August 19, 2026
U.S. Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Codify Strategic Bitcoin ReserveRep. Nick Begich, Republican of Alaska, introduced legislation Thursday to permanently establish a U.S. strategic bitcoin reserve, according to a press release from his office. The bill, titled the American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026 (ARMA), is designe…
Naturalnews.com · May 25, 2026
US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Plan Takes Shape As The American Reserve Modernization Act LandsRepresentative Nick Begich unveiled the American Reserve Modernization Act on Thursday, presenting the bill as a way for the United States to create a strategic Bitcoin (BTC) reserve and update how the federal government handles digital assets kept on the pub…
Bitcoinist · May 22, 2026
US lawmakers push new Strategic Bitcoin Reserve act to secure $25 billion federal stashA renewed push to solidify the United States’ foothold in the digital asset market emerged Thursday as lawmakers unveiled legislation to establish a formal strategic Bitcoin reserve and consolidate the federal government's multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency s…
CryptoSlate · May 21, 2026
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