Interview: Alaska's Nick Begich III - About Alaska, the House, and Our Path Forward

By Ward Clark | 12:53 PM on January 18, 2024

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*Nick Begich III and family. (Credit: Alaskans For Nick Begich)*

On Wednesday, I had the opportunity to spend some time with Nick Begich III, a Republican who is challenging incumbent Democrat Mary Peltola for Alaska's sole, at-large seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Mr. Begich is the scion of one of Alaska's oldest political families and has broken tradition with his Democrat family members by running as a conservative Republican. Nick and I discussed a variety of topics, including ranked-choice voting, the Second Amendment, taxation, the federal debt crisis, and immigration — all that and then some!

Ward Clark hails from Alaska’s Susitna Valley, where he maintains his rural household in one of America’s last free places. Ward is a twelve-year veteran of the U.S. Army including service in Operation Desert Storm and (in Germany in support of) Operation Joint Endeavor, and today is a staunch minarchist libertarian, along with being an author, novelist, self-employed small businessman, woods bum, and semi-professional bad influence. You can see some of Ward's fiction writing here, and be sure to follow Ward on Rumble!

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