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Vulnerable House Dem Advances In Primary Alongside GOP Challengers
Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola advanced in the open primary on Tuesday for Alaska’s only congressional seat alongside Republican challengers Nick Begich and Nancy Dahlstrom, The New York Times projected. Peltola garnered…
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About Nick Begich
Nicholas Joseph Begich Sr. was an American politician, school counselor, and school administrator. He served in the Alaska state senate for eight years before being elected in 1970 as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Alaska. He is presumed to have died in the crash of a light aircraft in Alaska in October 1972; his body was never found. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Everything about Nick Begich →- Occupation
- politician, school teacher, school superintendent, businessperson
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the State Senate of Alaska, member of the State Senate of Alaska, member of the State Senate of Alaska
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- April 6, 1932
- Died
- October 16, 1972, December 29, 1972