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Who funds Nicholas Begich III?

Alaska U.S. House, at largeRepublicanFiled as incumbentFEC H2AK01083
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What they did in office.

Sitting member of Congress · Nicholas J. Begich III

In the U.S. House (AK at-large) since 2025 · current term ends Jan 3, 2027

  • Recorded yea or nay on 24 of the 24 key House floor votes captured in Hugin's snapshot
  • 3 committees: Natural Resources, Science, Space, and Technology, Transportation and Infrastructure · 8 subcommittees
  • 315 committees reported contributions to them this cycle · 6 committees reported outside spending for or against them

Linked to this filing by its exact FEC candidate ID (H2AK01083) in the congress-legislators roster of Oct 21, 2026. Votes are one key floor vote per bill on bills named in contractor lobbying reports (Oct 29, 2026); committee seats are the roster as of Oct 24, 2026; money counts are FEC reports for 2026 as of Oct 24, 2026. These are what Hugin's snapshots captured, not complete records, and none of them is a score or evidence of motive.

The money.

Nicholas Begich IIIFEC filing: Nicholas Begich III · H2AK01083 ↗
Raised
$4.6M
Spent
$4.8M
Cash on hand
$1.8M
Debts
$226K
  • Individuals 71% $3.3M
  • PACs & other committees 27% $1.2M
  • Party committees 0.2% $10K
  • Other receipts 2% $70K

Campaign totals through Oct 14, 2026. Excludes $1.8M moved between the candidate's own committees.

Outside groups: $923K supporting · $780K opposing ($1.0M of it designated for the general election)

Biggest spenders supporting

  1. DEFEND AMERICAN JOBSSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $508K
  2. FREEDOM CAUCUS FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)97% of its general-election spending helped Republicans or opposed Democrats $372K
  3. CLUB FOR GROWTH PACMembership group PAC · Club For GrowthSpent mainly in primaries $24K
  4. SENATE CONSERVATIVES ACTIONSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $11K
  5. SENATE CONSERVATIVES FUNDHybrid PAC (super PAC account)Spent mainly in primaries $8,638

Biggest spenders opposing

  1. HMPHybrid PAC (super PAC account)All of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $607K
  2. CORNERSTONE FOUNDERS PACSuper PACSpent mainly in primaries $125K
  3. 907 INITIATIVE INC.Filer that is not a political committeeAll of its general-election spending helped Democrats or opposed Republicans $48K

Largest direct PAC contributions

  1. AMERICA'S CREDIT UNIONS PACTrade association PAC · America'S Credit Unions $10K
  2. ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ABC PAC)Trade association PAC $10K
  3. INDEPENDENT INSURANCE AGENTS & BROKERS OF AMERICA, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (INSURPAC)Trade association PAC · Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers Of America, Inc. $10K
  4. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEEMembership group PAC · National Association Of Realtors $10K
  5. NATIONAL AUTOMOBILE DEALERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEETrade association PAC · National Automobile Dealers Association $10K

Who gave.

Who gives $3.3M from individuals

37% in small-dollar gifts

$1.2M of $3.3M came unitemized: from donors whose gifts to the campaign this cycle total $200 or less, whom the campaign does not have to name.

Adding itemized gifts from donors whose itemized total is $200 or less, about 40%. Many small gifts sent through ActBlue or WinRed are itemized anyway, so the first figure runs low; this estimate groups donors by name and ZIP code as filed and counts only itemized gifts already in the FEC bulk file.

The itemized gifts below add up to $1.6M of the $2.1M the campaign reported itemizing through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet processed the rest into its bulk file, which runs to Jul 29, 2026 for this campaign.

37% from Alaska · 63% from elsewhere

Of itemized gifts, by the state on each donor's mailing address; $2,000 had no usable state. Giving from other states is lawful and common.

63% of itemized dollars came earmarked through a conduit such as ActBlue or WinRed; each gift is counted once.

Top states

  1. Alaska $588K
  2. Texas $177K
  3. California $127K
  4. Florida $108K
  5. Virginia $55K
  6. New York $44K
  7. Georgia $34K
  8. Pennsylvania $32K

Top employers named by donors

  1. CONOCOPHILLIPS $22K
  2. SAULSBURY INDUSTRIES $20K
  3. GCI $17K
  4. TEAMHEALTH EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS $17K
  5. COINBASE $12K
  6. LYNDEN INC $11K
  7. CONGRESS $5,000
  8. TRIBE $5,000
  9. BIRCH HORTON BITTNER AND CHEROT $4,750
  10. PETRO 49 INC $3,000

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. A company listed here did not give this money; people who work there did.

Retired, self-employed, not employed or not given: $932K. Employers named by fewer than three donors, or filed as a person's name: $529K, not listed so no one donor is singled out.

Summary through Oct 14, 2026. Itemized gifts dated Jan 1, 2025 to Jul 29, 2026, net of refunds (36,340 entries). Every itemized contribution on FEC.gov ↗

From the principal campaign committee's FEC reports; joint-fundraising transfers and later reports are not included, and no donor is named here. A contribution is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Outside money in the final weeks.

Outside spending including late reports: $2.9M for / $8.1M against · $2.3M in the final two weeks

That is $9.3M more than the $1.7M in regular reports alone. Source: FEC regular reports plus 24- and 48-hour reports they do not yet cover. The final two weeks run Oct 21, 2026 to Nov 3, 2026, by the date each ad or mailing went out.

$5.4M of the $11M on late reports was filed as an estimate. A 24- or 48-hour report is due within a day or two of the spending; the spender's later regular report carries the final cost.

What it bought, per the late reports

  • TV, radio & streaming TV 38% $4.3M
  • Digital ads 34% $3.8M
  • Ads, medium not stated 8% $881K
  • Mail, print & signs 8% $919K
  • Phones & texts 0.2% $28K
  • Canvassing & field 10% $1.1M
  • Ad production 1% $118K

Largest late spenders for

  1. CLUB FOR GROWTH ACTION $1.1M
  2. DEFEND AMERICAN JOBS $508K
  3. NO GOING BACK PAC INC. $440K
  4. AMERICA FIRST AGRICULTURE ACTION INC. $378K
  5. FREEDOM CAUCUS FUND $370K

Largest late spenders against

  1. HMP $3.2M
  2. WHEEL DOG PAC $2.7M
  3. YOUR COMMUNITY PAC $1.3M
  4. SEIU COPE (SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION) $305K
  5. 907 INITIATIVE ACTION $289K

Latest dissemination on these reports: November 1, 2026. FEC 24- and 48-hour independent-expenditure reports read November 4, 2026, with amended and re-filed reports counted once (238 entries). These reports on FEC.gov ↗

Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate and is not the candidate's money. Purposes are grouped from each spender's own description, so the groups are approximate. A dollar figure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing.

Where it went.

Where the money went $2.1M in itemized spending

These itemized payments cover $2.1M of the $4.8M the campaign reported spending through Oct 14, 2026. The FEC has not yet itemized the rest in its bulk file, which runs to Jul 29, 2026.

  • Advertising & outreach 31% $661K
  • Consultants & strategy 9% $189K
  • Staff & payroll 3% $52K
  • Fundraising & processing fees 36% $763K
  • Polling, research & data 8% $162K
  • Travel, meals & events 3% $67K
  • Office, technology & overhead 4% $84K
  • Legal & compliance 3% $67K
  • Contributions, transfers & refunds 0.2% $4,875
  • Other or unclassified 3% $65K

Largest payees

  1. WINRED $444K
  2. FULFILLMENT SOLUTIONS $260K
  3. LAUNCHPAD STRATEGIES LLC $185K
  4. STRATEGIC MEDIA PLACEMENT INC $139K
  5. RIVAL STRATEGY GROUP $135K

Paid to individuals: $81K, such as staff, contractors and reimbursements. People who were paid are not named here.

Payments dated Jan 1, 2025 to Jul 29, 2026, as itemized by the principal campaign committee in FEC reports (856 entries). Every payment on FEC.gov ↗

Grouped by each campaign's own description of the payment, so the groups are approximate. Payments of $200 or less to one payee need not be itemized, detail filed only as memo entries counts under other or unclassified, and spending by the candidate's other committees or by outside groups is not included. A payment is not evidence of a favor or wrongdoing.

Others who filed for this seat.

Questions worth asking.

Money shows who backed a campaign, not how a person will act. Compare it with what they did and said: their votes or official actions if they have held office, their own statements, and their answers to a finding. Use the same questions for every candidate.

FEC bulk data read November 4, 2026. Campaign totals come from each filing's own FEC summary through its latest processed report. Outside spending is independent expenditures itemized in committee reports in the FEC bulk files, primaries included; late 24- and 48-hour reports, party coordinated spending, communication costs and groups that do not report to the FEC are not included. Outside spending is, by law, made without coordinating with the candidate, and it is not the candidate's money. A contribution or expenditure is not evidence of a vote, favor or wrongdoing. This page identifies the filing by its FEC candidate ID; a person can hold more than one filing.