Representative · Alaska (at large)

Nicholas J. Begich III

Nicholas J. Begich III is a Republican representative for Alaska (at large), in Congress since 2025. In the 119th Congress, 675 roll calls were held while they served; they missed 6, and cast 460 of 468 party-unity votes with the majority of their caucus.

Party
Republican
Chamber
House
Current
In Congress since
Jan 3, 2025
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
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Record by Congress

Counts with their denominators for each Congress and chamber served. Ranks are among members who served most of that Congress (100 or more roll calls): rank 1 did it most often. A description, not a grade.

CongressRoll callsMissedVotes with partySponsoredCosponsored across the aisle
119th CongressHouse of Representatives6750.9%6 of 675 · rank 327 of 43998%460 of 468 · rank 219 of 439416 became law15%31 of 207

Ideology (DW-NOMINATE)

Voteview's DW-NOMINATE first dimension estimates where members sit from all their roll calls: liberal (−1) to conservative (+1). It describes voting patterns, not views. Shown for the 119th Congress (House), with each party's median and the chamber's range.

Liberal −1+0.59+1 Conservative

Source: Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/

Votes against their party

The latest party-unity votes on bills and amendments where the member voted yea or nay against most of their caucus.

  1. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 22, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 175–254· Against party
  2. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Nay
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 201–224· Against party
  3. H.R. 8800: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027Yea
    Jul 21, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 265–161· Against party
  4. H.R. 7567: Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2026Yea
    Apr 30, 2026· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 280–142· Against party
  5. S. 2503: ROTOR ActYea
    Feb 24, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Failed 264–133· Against party
  6. H.R. 3838: Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026Yea
    Sep 10, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Agreed to 261–167· Against party
  7. H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 124–303· Against party
  8. H.R. 4553: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026Nay
    Sep 3, 2025· House· Amendments· On Agreeing to the Amendment· Failed 120–306· Against party

Recent votes

The latest roll calls on bills and amendments, with the member's recorded position.

  1. S. 2403: Retire through Ownership ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 401–14
  2. H.R. 9497: Water Resources Development Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 415–9
  3. H.R. 9340: Ratepayer Protection ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 417–3
  4. H.J.Res. 213: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Commercial Harbor Craft Regulations; Notice of Decision".Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 214–208
  5. H.R. 10326: PROOF ActYea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 217–207
  6. H.R. 9576: National Fraud Enforcement Division Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 352–72
  7. H.R. 5334: Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026Yea
    Sep 16, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments· Passed 262–159
  8. H.Con.Res. 93: Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran.Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Agreeing to the Resolution· Passed 220–204
  9. H.J.Res. 210: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to "California State Nonroad Engine Pollution Control Standards; Ocean-Going Vessels At-Berth; Notice of Decision".Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Passage· Passed 216–211
  10. H.R. 9500: Tax Relief for Fraud Victims ActYea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 408–17
  11. H.R. 2140: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2025Nay
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass· Passed 343–79· Against party
  12. H.R. 4646: Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025Yea
    Sep 15, 2026· House· Passage· On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended· Passed 424–0

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions the member introduced as sponsor in the loaded Congresses. Volume is not quality: most measures never leave committee.

41 sponsored · 6 became law

How far they got

  1. Introduced2663%
  2. Reported by committee12.4%
  3. Passed one chamber717%
  4. Passed both chambers12.4%
  5. Became law615%

Policy areas

  1. Native Americans11
  2. Public Lands and Natural Resources7
  3. Transportation and Public Works6
  4. Energy4
  5. Animals2
  6. Finance and Financial Sector2
  7. Science, Technology, Communications2
  8. Armed Forces and National Security1

Latest activity

  1. H.R. 3620 Southcentral Foundation Land Transfer Act of 2025
    Passed both chambers· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Sep 29, 2026
  2. H.R. 8957 American Reserve Modernization Act of 2026
    Introduced· Finance and Financial Sector· Sep 16, 2026
  3. H.R. 8597 Air Traffic Situational Awareness Enhancement Act
    Introduced· Transportation and Public Works· Sep 15, 2026
  4. H.R. 6021 Archie Cavanaugh Migratory Bird Treaty Clarification Act
    Passed one chamber· Native Americans· Sep 15, 2026
  5. H.R. 8674 Geese House Site Conveyance Act
    Introduced· Native Americans· Sep 10, 2026
  6. H.R. 10307 Anaktuvuk Pass Food Security Access Act
    Introduced· Native Americans· Sep 8, 2026
  7. H.R. 10247 Future of America’s Workforce Act
    Introduced· Labor and Employment· Sep 3, 2026
  8. H.R. 9953 Bycatch Reduction Act
    Introduced· Public Lands and Natural Resources· Jul 27, 2026

Committees

Seats as published by the congress-legislators project. Past seats are those no longer listed since Analisa began recording them.

Current seats

Federal contracts in the district

Contract obligations attributed to Alaska (at large) by each action's county and its award's ZIP code (land shares through census tracts); an estimate where ZIP codes cross district lines. Shown next to the member's record: neither explains the other.

Obligations · FY2026
$3.9B
Per resident
$5,337
Rank in Alaska
—
Contract actions
13.1K
New awards: 7,985

By fiscal year

  1. 2BFY2017
  2. 2.2BFY2018
  3. 2.3BFY2019
  4. 2BFY2020
  5. 2.3BFY2021
  6. 3.3BFY2022
  7. 3.8BFY2023
  8. 3.8BFY2024
  9. 3.9BFY2025
  10. 3.9BFY2026

Top buyers

  1. Department of the Army$707.5M18%
    Department of Defense
  2. U.S. Coast Guard$707.2M18%
    Department of Homeland Security
  3. Public Buildings Service$496.8M13%
    General Services Administration
  4. Department of Veterans Affairs$334.4M8.5%
  5. Department of the Air Force$266.3M6.8%
    Department of Defense
  6. Defense Logistics Agency$257.6M6.6%
    Department of Defense
  7. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$140.8M3.6%
    Department of Commerce
  8. Department of the Navy$120.1M3.1%
    Department of Defense

Top recipients

  1. DAVIS CONSTRUCTORS & ENGINEERS, INC.$469.9M12%
    1 award
  2. TUTOR PERINI CORPORATION$459.4M12%
    5 awards
  3. TRIWEST HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE CORP$317.6M8.1%
    12 awards
  4. ASRC BUILDERS-CADDELL, LLC$130.7M3.3%
    2 awards
  5. JAG KETCHIKAN, LLC$111.5M2.8%
    5 awards
  6. PETRO STAR INC.$107.9M2.7%
    260 awards
  7. UNIT COMPANY$101.5M2.6%
    3 awards
  8. DOYON UTILITIES, LLC$98.7M2.5%
    3 awards
  9. PARAGON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LLC$68.2M1.7%
    9 awards
  10. TATITLEK FEDERAL SERVICES LLC$59.6M1.5%
    22 awards
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Campaign money

What the member's campaigns reported receiving, per FEC two-year cycle, and the federal contracts of the organizations that sponsor the giving PACs (each sponsor matched to a contract recipient by AI, with its probability). Comparisons of public records: neither explains the other.

2026 cycle

Raised
$5.5M
through Jul 29, 2026
Cash on hand
$3.1M
From committees
$1.1M
311 committees
From contractor PACs
$105K
34 PACs · 10% of committee money
IndividualsPACsPartySelf

Largest gifts from PACs of federal contractors, 2026

PAC sponsorGivenMatched contract recipientIts contracts, FY2026
american institute of certified public accountantsamerican institute of certified public accountants political action committee$10KAMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTSAI match · 100% · the same organization—
bnsf railway companybnsf railway company railpac (bnsf railpac)$8,000BNSF RAILWAY COMPANYAI match · 100% · the same organization$439.8K
pricewaterhousecooperspricewaterhousecoopers political action committee i$7,000PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLPAI match · 98% · the same organization$4.8M
google llcgoogle llc netpac$6,000GOOGLE LLCAI match · 94% · the same organization$9.1M
honeywell internationalhoneywell international inc. technologies public affairs council (honpac)$5,500HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.AI match · 100% · the same organization$260.5M
fedex corporationfedex corporation political action committee$5,000FEDEX SUPPLY CHAIN DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INC.AI match · 100% · of one corporate family$407.8M
microsoft corporationmicrosoft corporation stakeholders voluntary pac - msvpac$5,000MICROSOFT CORPORATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$444.3M
space exploration technologies corp.space exploration technologies corp. pac$5,000SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORPAI match · 100% · the same organization$6.6M
international association of fire fightersinternational association of firefighters interested in registration and education pac$4,000INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIREFIGHTERSAI match · 100% · the same organization$5,280
american hospital associationamerican hospital association pac$4,000AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONAI match · 99% · the same organization$1.2M

By cycle

CycleRaised (FEC summary)From committeesFrom contractor PACs
2026$5.5M$1.1M$105K34 PACs · 10% of committee money
2024$2.8M$371K$7,5003 PACs · 2% of committee money
2022$1.6M$21.1K$1,0001 PACs · 5% of committee money

Raised is the FEC's cumulative summary of the candidacy; committee money counts each contribution reported, so the two cover slightly different dates.

Terms

Every term in the House or Senate, as published by the congress-legislators project.

  1. House · Alaska (at large)Jan 3, 2025 – Jan 3, 2027

Contact

Official channels, as published.

Website
begich.house.gov
Phone
202-225-5765
Office
153 Cannon House Office Building

Identifiers

The same member in other public records.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Congressional district boundaries and relationship files (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, Cartographic Boundary Files (congressional districts) and 2020 relationship files · release cd116+cd118+cd119 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • ZIP code (ZCTA) to congressional district crosswalk (U.S. Census Bureau)U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 relationship files (ZCTAs, tracts and congressional districts); shares computed by Analisa · release 2020 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov)USAspending.gov, prime award contract transactions (FPDS) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Committees, candidates and committee contributions to candidates (Federal Election Commission)FEC bulk data: committee master, candidate master (candidates' names, no addresses), linkages, PAC summaries, all-candidates summaries and contributions from committees (no individual contributors) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Activity counts describe volume and attendance; they are not a measure of quality.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.