Begich makes a pledge: He’ll drop out of Alaska’s US House race if Dahlstrom bests him in primary

Nick Begich III at his Anchorage campaign headquarters during the 2022 campaign. (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)
Conservatives hoping to defeat Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola in November dread a replay of what happened in 2022, when Republican candidates Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III spent most of their campaign energy attacking each other, right up to the general election, and Republican voters were split between the two.
This year, the leading Republicans are Begich, again, and Lt.