With the withdrawal of Nancy Dahlstrom, Alaska's House race now becomes effectively two-way between Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Nick Begich III, now favoring the GOP.
In what may be a surprise blow to Democratic chances of holding a key red-state seat in the U.S. House, Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom announced Friday she is suspending her campaign for Congress. Dahlstrom was in what was essentially a three-way race with incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and Republican Nick Begich III – who comes from a prominent political family in the Last Frontier.
Due to the state enacting ranked choice voting by popular vote in 2020, elections in Alaska now differ from most other states in that the candidate to gain the majority of the votes is not necessarily declared the winner. That aspect was front-and-center in the first general election race Peltola won – to succeed five-decade Republican Rep. Don Young, who died in office in 2022 at 88. Peltola defeated both Begich and former Gov. Sarah Palin, who had both run as Republicans.
Today we move forward unified in the effort to replace Mary Peltola, who has proven by her alignment with the left that she is not the moderate she claimed to be. I look forward to continuing to travel Alaska to earn your support and take Alaska’s incredible story to our nation’s capital,' Begich said. 'North, to the Future,' he added. Fox News Digital reached out to Peltola and her campaign for comment.
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