Alaska’s at-large district race

N Nonpartisan Bill Hill

Supports tax relief and consumer protections

Bill Hill focuses on lowering everyday prices for gas, groceries, and healthcare by opposing tariffs and short-sighted trade policies. He advocates cutting taxes for middle-class Alaskans and small businesses while closing tax loopholes for corporations and top earners. He also supports 'Right to Repair' legislation for cars and electronics and protecting worker union rights.

• Opposes tariffs and trade conflicts that increase gas and consumer prices.
• Supports middle-class and small business tax relief financed by taxing top earners.
• Advocates for passing Right to Repair legislation and passing the PRO Act to protect unions.

“Fuel prices are at a crisis level, especially in rural Alaska. Lowering prices starts with putting an end to the tariffs and war in Iran that are jacking up our costs.”

“If billionaires and corporations paid their fair share, small businesses and middle class Americans wouldn’t need to shoulder so much of our nation’s tax burden.”

R Republican Nicholas Begich

Supports deregulation and shipping reform

Nicholas Begich advocates reducing Alaska's cost of living by exempting the state from the Jones Act to lower shipping expenses. He supports maintaining low taxes and cutting federal regulations to encourage private investment and create resource-based jobs. Additionally, he promotes opening more state lands for commercial development and housing.

• Advocates for an exemption from the Jones Act to lower shipping costs for Alaskans.
• Supports low tax rates and reducing burdensome federal regulations.
• Promotes opening more state land for housing, business, and resource development.

“Advocating for an exemption from the Jones Act for Alaska could reduce shipping costs, making everyday items more affordable for Alaskans.”

“Maintaining low taxes is crucial for fostering a business-friendly environment that attracts investment and supports job creation.”

N Nonpartisan Bill Hill

Supports all-of-the-above energy and renewables

Bill Hill supports an all-of-the-above energy approach combining oil, natural gas, wind, solar, and hydroelectric power to bring down fuel and heating bills. He emphasizes restoring federal renewable energy tax credits and bringing local energy projects online. He aims to protect Alaskans from extreme rural fuel costs while developing clean energy alternatives.

• Supports getting the most out of Alaskan oil and natural gas while expanding renewable generation.
• Advocates restoring renewable energy tax credits to launch new solar and wind projects.
• Focuses on reducing fuel prices that reach up to $15 per gallon in rural communities.

“I will go to bat for getting the most out of our oil and natural gas, and restore tax credits to bring online new renewable projects.”

“In Naknek where I live, a gallon of gas costs nearly $9 a gallon, and smaller communities in my region are paying $15 a gallon for heating fuel.”

R Republican Nicholas Begich

Supports American energy dominance and mining

Nicholas Begich champions an 'American Energy First' agenda that maximizes domestic oil, natural gas, critical mineral mining, and timber production. As Vice Chair of the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee, he promotes major energy projects like a North Slope natural gas pipeline. He argues robust resource development ensures national security and long-term economic prosperity for Alaska.

• Supports construction of a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to provide stable domestic energy.
• Promotes critical mineral mining and restoring smart, rotational timber leases in Southeast Alaska.
• Serves as Vice Chair of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources.

“We must pursue an all-of-the-above development strategy for Alaskan resources as a basis for restoring domestic, vertically integrated supply chains that will drive U.S. manufacturing, enhance job creation, and deliver generational prosperity.”

“Developing a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope will provide a stable and affordable source of energy, benefiting both households and employers.”

N Nonpartisan Bill Hill

Supports strict trawl bycatch limits

As a lifelong Bristol Bay commercial fisherman, Bill Hill centers his platform on cracking down on trawl bycatch to protect wild salmon runs. He advocates for defending local subsistence rights and ensuring fairness across user groups so fisheries remain viable for future generations.

• Pledges to tackle trawl bycatch to protect Alaskan fisheries and salmon runs.
• Defends subsistence rights and equitable access for all user groups.
• Endorsed by the Deep Sea Fisherman's Union of the Pacific.

“I’m a fisherman running to take on trawl bycatch and protect our fisheries for generations to come.”

“In Congress, I’ll take on bycatch, and defend subsistence rights, and fairness for all user groups.”

R Republican Nicholas Begich

Supports sustainable fisheries and bycatch limits

Nicholas Begich emphasizes protecting commercial, sport, and subsistence fisheries to maintain maximum sustainable yield and preserve jobs. He supports limiting bycatch and overfishing while expanding research into ocean food chains, currents, and genetics. He also advocates for predator monitoring and control programs.

• Supports balancing commercial, sport, and subsistence user groups for sustainable management.
• Advocates limiting bycatch and overfishing through improved ocean research.
• Calls for federal funding for predator monitoring and control in marine ecosystems.

“Limiting bycatch and overfishing; investing in ongoing research focused on ocean food chains, currents, population variance, genetics; and predator monitoring and control will all help ensure that Alaska’s fisheries remain reliable and predictable sources of sustenance, enjoyment, and revenue for generations to come.”

N Nonpartisan Bill Hill

Supports Medicaid expansion and prescription caps

Bill Hill advocates expanding Medicaid coverage, extending federal healthcare subsidies, and capping prescription drug costs to protect Alaskans from price spikes. He strongly opposes cuts to healthcare funding and promises to defend access for rural and working families.

• Supports expanding Medicaid coverage and federal healthcare subsidies.
• Advocates for capping prescription drug prices.
• Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Reproductive Freedom for All.

“I support expanding Medicaid coverage and extending federal healthcare subsidies that are keeping costs from spiking, and I want to see more caps on prescription drug prices.”

“My opponent voted for the biggest healthcare cut in history to fund the biggest billionaire tax break in history, and took a tax cut himself.”

R Republican Nicholas Begich

Supports healthcare competition and Medicaid work requirements

Nicholas Begich seeks to lower healthcare costs by increasing market competition, negotiating prescription drug prices, and expanding direct primary care options. He advocates for implementing work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients to save taxpayer money and protect doctor-patient relationships.

• Supports price innovations around direct primary care and preventive medicine.
• Advocates negotiating prescription drug prices and expanding market competition.
• Calls for work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients.

“We can find cost savings by increasing competition, negotiating prescription drug prices, and tightening work requirements for able-bodied Medicaid recipients.”

N Nonpartisan Bill Hill

Supports public school funding and trade programs

Drawing on his 25-year career as a teacher and superintendent, Bill Hill advocates for strong federal investments in local public schools while preserving local control. He strongly promotes vocational training, apprenticeships, and technical education as alternative paths to good-paying jobs.

• Supports robust federal investment in community public schools while maintaining local control.
• Promotes expanding Career and Technical Education (CTE), apprenticeships, and trade programs.
• Endorsed by the National Education Association and APEA/AFT.

“I will be a champion for investments in community schools, and protect local control over our classrooms.”

“As the Superintendent of the Bristol Bay Borough School District, I helped build a program that set many young Alaskans on a path to a productive and self-sufficient life working in the trades.”

R Republican Nicholas Begich

Supports school choice and federal block grants

Nicholas Begich supports school choice policies, allowing education funding to follow students to public, private, or homeschool environments. He advocates converting federal education funding into state block grants to maximize local control and emphasizes parental rights in classroom decision-making.

• Supports school choice policies where funding follows the student to public, private, or homeschool options.
• Advocates delivering federal education funding as block grants to states.
• Promotes transparent communication between parents and educators regarding student needs.

“Parents must have the opportunity to place their children in the educational environment that best meets their needs and gives those children the best chance at success. To do this, we must encourage healthy competition among schools inclusive of public, private, and homeschool options and ensure that funding follows the student.”

N Nonpartisan Bill Hill

Supports gun ownership rights

Bill Hill supports Second Amendment rights, drawing on his lifelong experience owning firearms while growing up in rural Alaska. He promises to protect Alaskans' rights to own guns for hunting and personal protection.

• Supports gun ownership rights under the Second Amendment.
• Cites personal background owning firearms since childhood in rural Alaska.

“I’m a strong supporter of the Second Amendment. I’ve owned guns since I was a kid in Kokhanok and will stand up for my fellow Alaskans’ rights to own guns.”

R Republican Nicholas Begich

Supports originalist Second Amendment rights

Nicholas Begich opposes gun control restrictions, framing the Second Amendment as a foundational right necessary for personal defense, hunting, and national security. He favors a strict originalist interpretation of the Constitution to protect gun ownership from federal infringement.

• Opposes restrictions on gun ownership based on constitutional originalism.
• Defends firearm ownership for personal defense, hunting, and resisting tyrannical governance.

“Whether it be for defense of tyrannical governance, national security, personal defense, or hunting, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.”

N Nonpartisan Bill Hill

Supports border security and firefighter health

Bill Hill prioritizes tackling Alaska's fentanyl crisis by securing the southern border and expanding addiction treatment and mental health infrastructure. He also champions firefighter protections, advocating for free cancer screenings and toxin-free gear.

• Supports border security measures to stop fentanyl trafficking into the country.
• Advocates federal funding for addiction treatment and mental health services.
• Promotes free cancer screenings and chemical-free protective gear for firefighters.

“We need to do everything in our power to stop the flow of fentanyl into our country, including a strong, secure border.”

“I will champion federal investments to rebuild our shattered mental health and addiction treatment services.”

R Republican Nicholas Begich

Supports community protection and law enforcement

Nicholas Begich highlights protecting communities and supporting public safety as core responsibilities of his tenure in Congress, aiming to ensure stability and growth across Alaska.

• Lists community protection and public safety among his primary congressional priorities.

“He is focused on unlocking Alaska’s resources, lowering costs for working families, creating Alaska jobs, protecting our communities, and making sure that as Alaskans we have the freedom to chart our own course.”

N Nonpartisan Bill Hill

Supports infrastructure hiring local Alaskans

Bill Hill supports bringing federal housing and energy infrastructure projects to Alaska. He promises to use his congressional position to ensure that project benefits and construction jobs prioritize local Alaskan workers rather than out-of-state contractors.

• Advocates for new housing and clean energy infrastructure investments across the state.
• Pledges to require local hiring provisions so Alaskan workers benefit from federal infrastructure projects.

“I’ll use my position as Congressman to make sure as much benefit goes to Alaska workers as possible.”

R Republican Nicholas Begich

Supports major roads, bridges, and railways

As Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, Nicholas Begich advocates for major Alaskan infrastructure projects, including the Knik Arm Bridge, Juneau Access Road, Ambler Road, and the Alaska to Alberta Railway. He cites the Supreme Court's overturning of Chevron deference as an opportunity to expedite permitting.

• Supports major projects including Knik Arm Bridge, Juneau Access Road, Ambler District Road, and A2A Railway.
• Serves as Vice Chair of the House Transportation Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
• Leverages the Chevron deference decision to streamline bureaucratic permitting.

“Expanding and improving our transportation infrastructure is essential for reducing costs and enhancing connectivity.”

“The recent Supreme Court decision to overturn Chevron deference should allow Alaska to move more quickly in the deployment of new infrastructure, as it reduces the bureaucratic hurdles that have previously slowed down such projects.”

N Nonpartisan Bill Hill

Supports deficit reduction and ending tax cuts

Bill Hill calls for bringing federal spending into line with revenues to reduce the national debt. He criticizes tax cuts for high earners that inflate the deficit, arguing that future generations should not be burdened with unchecked federal debt.

• Advocates aligning government spending with revenue to shrink the national deficit.
• Opposes tax breaks for top earners that add to national debt.

“Nick Begich voted to give the ultra-rich massive tax cuts and explode the deficit. I care deeply about what we are obligating my kids and grandkids to pay.”

R Republican Nicholas Begich

Supports cryptocurrency and opposes CBDCs

Nicholas Begich advocates for private market cryptocurrency innovation, gold, and silver as hedges against U.S. dollar inflation. Endorsed by HODLPAC, he strongly opposes Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) over concerns regarding federal surveillance and control.

• Opposes Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) to protect financial privacy and sovereignty.
• Supports private cryptocurrency development and safe-haven assets like gold and silver.
• Endorsed by HODLPAC.

“I oppose CBDCs as they centralize power rather than democratize it, threatening to compromise the individual freedom and privacy that is foundational to our financial sovereignty.”

“In the face of the continued debasement of traditional fiat currencies like the US Dollar, cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and metals such as gold and silver serve as an alternative safe haven asset class.”

N Nonpartisan Bill Hill

Supports stock bans and ending Citizens United

Bill Hill makes anti-corruption a core pillar of his campaign, advocating for a total ban on congressional stock trading. He calls for overturning Citizens United to stop billionaires and corporations from spending big money to influence elections. He promises to serve working families rather than party bosses or D.C. elites.

• Pledges to enact a complete ban on members of Congress buying and trading stocks.
• Supports overturning Citizens United to eliminate billionaire and corporate election spending.
• Endorsed by End Citizens United, Defend the Vote, and Voter Protection Project.

“We need a total ban on congressional stock trading. Billionaires and corporations need to pay their share like the rest of us. And we need to get big money out of our elections.”

“One in every six dollars spent in the 2024 election cycle came from the bank account of a billionaire. When billionaires buy elections, they also buy the people they’re getting elected.”

N Nonpartisan Bill Hill

Supports abortion access and reproductive freedom

Bill Hill strongly supports protecting abortion access, asserting that government has no place in private healthcare decisions. He pledges to defend reproductive freedom at the federal level.

• Opposes government bans and restrictions on abortion access.
• Endorsed by Planned Parenthood Action Fund and Reproductive Freedom for All.

“The government has no business being in our doctor’s office. I will strongly defend a woman’s right to make her own healthcare decisions.”

N Nonpartisan Bill Hill

Supports full VA funding and job placement

Noting that veterans comprise 10% of Alaska's population, Bill Hill advocates for fully funding the VA to eliminate claim backlogs. He supports expanding job training, job placement programs, and housing assistance to ensure no former servicemember experiences hunger or homelessness.

• Supports fully funding the VA to eliminate processing backlogs.
• Promotes expanding job training, placement programs, and housing assistance for veterans.

“In Congress, I’ll fight for them – by fully funding the VA to reduce backlogs, boosting job training and placement programs, and making sure no veteran goes hungry.”