Nick Begich III

Now, let's delve into some of the more infamous disappearances from the Alaskan Triangle.

First, the disappearance of House Majority Leader Hale Boggs and Representative Nick Begich.

In 1972, two prominent politicians, House Majority Leader Hale Boggs and Representative Nick Begich, along with aide Russell Brown and Bush pilot Don Jones, mysteriously vanished in the region while on their way back from Anchorage to Juneau while flying in their Cessna 310 aircraft.

An intense search lasted for 39 days, including 400 aircraft, an SR-71 Blackbird, dozens of boats, including 12 from the Coast Guard.

The search area covered over 32,000 square miles, an area about the size of the state of South Carolina.

If I could ask about the broader map.

The DCCC says that there are 66 seats in play, but that includes some very big reach seats like Begich in Alaska, Hill in Arkansas, uh, Bice in Oklahoma.

Do you think those seats are actually in play, and if so, does the DCCC plan to start spending money in those races in these final weeks?

We're gonna work incredibly hard to win as many seats as possible.

Yeah, and just for folks that, folks who are listening, I, I, people who are watching will see, I, as you were talking I was like, "Oh, I should probably bring up a map." So I brought up a map of the, uh, of, of Alaska, the 2024 first choice vote in the US house race which involved Mary Peltola.

She ended up losing narrowly to Nick Begich in the ranked choice voting.

Nick Begich III, I should specify.

Yeah.

We're on Alaska Pod.

I can, I need to, I need to specify, uh, that, you know, there was a, there was a Nick Begich I. Um, uh-

Who was elected to the US House and then died-

Who was elected to the US House and then tragically disappeared on a plane flight with, uh, the, was it the, the House whip? Uh, uh, Hill-

Not only does she have tremendous support, more so this time than ever before, because she was already our House representative.

She only had it for one term and Nick Begich got it.

And so we're trying to unseat Nick Begich right now.

That's B-E-G-I-C-H.

And he is running up against one Democrat, one Democrat.

And we the people have the right and the responsibility to make sure to get them the fuck out of there if they are just parking themselves like it's a country club, which is what they're doing right now.

And so I wanted to say before I forget, with Donald Trump being in Alaska.

He was here to supposedly campaign for Dan Sullivan and Nick Begich, the two Republicans, the two big Rs that he wants to make sure Alaskans vote for.

The pardons came at a rally backing Republican candidates ahead of the November 3rd midterm elections.

At the rally, Trump urged voters to back Senator Dan Sullivan and Representative Nick Begich.

He endorsed Bernadette Wilson for governor, and he called on Alaskans to repeal the state's ranked-choice voting system.

He also said the 800-mile Alaska natural gas pipeline had secured every federal permit required.

Today on The Morning Edition, incumbent Nick Begich and challenger for the US House seat Bill Hill faced off in the debate for the state last night.

We'll recap the events.

Suddenly I get a text with a picture of my dog standing upright just watching the helicopter.

Well, the two front-runners in the race for Congress took center stage Wednesday evening answering questions and making their case for why they deserve your vote in November.

And our debate for the state series continues with Alaska hearing from its sitting congressman and a man from rural Alaska fighting to take over the seat.

Incumbent Nick Begich and independent challenger Bill Hill speaking to voters for over an hour Wednesday night covering issues like climate change and the economy.

While Alaskans have been watching two big races and drawing national attention for both, this hasn't really been one of them.

Incumbent Nick Begich is currently holding onto a comfortable lead, but all that really means was that this debate was an opportunity to hold that lead or lose it entirely.

I'm Ava White.

Alaska's sole member of the U.S. House, Republican Nick Begich, and his challenger, Independent Bill Hill, made their case to voters during debate for the state Wednesday night.

The candidates answered and sometimes dodged questions about resource development, the cost of living, climate change, and President Trump's performance.

On multiple occasions, Begich accused Hill of being an independent in name only, citing his support for major Democratic donors and his campaign contributions to National Democrats.