All racesAlaska U.S. House, at-large seatFEED 8:27 PM ET, 0s AGO
Alaska primary, August 18, 2026

U.S. House, at-large seat

Nonpartisan primary
TOP 4 SET
Through to the general, leading
46.1%Nick Begich (R)+15.2 over Hill
Votes counted
130,411of about 159,004 expected
Share of expected vote in
82.0%400 of 402 precincts have reported
Gap at 4th place
1.2%Hafner holds the last place forward over Williams

The field

15 on the ballot, ordered by vote. Every party runs on one ballot in this contest, so each name carries its own. This primary does not pick a nominee: the top four finishers advance to the general election. All four are settled.

Nick Begich(R)INCUMBENTAdvancing to the general46.1%60,137 votes
Bill Hill(I)Advancing to the general30.9%40,290 votes
Matt Schultz(D)Advancing to the general8.0%10,480 votes
Eric Hafner(D)Advancing to the general3.8%4,965 votes
John Williams(D)2.6%3,410 votes
Clay Strickland(R)2.4%3,092 votes
Yaquelin Reynoso(D)1.8%2,330 votes
James McDermott(I)1.2%1,629 votes
Melanie Salazar(I)0.7%970 votes
Eddie Goldfarb(R)0.6%782 votes
Lady Dutchess(I)0.4%568 votes
Matthew Williams(I)0.4%525 votes
David Richey(I)0.4%473 votes
David Ambrose(I)0.4%466 votes
John Foddrill(I)0.2%294 votes

How the vote was cast

Of the 130,411 votes counted so far, 127,600 come with the ballot type published. Mail ballots are usually counted first and election-day ballots last, so a lead built on one can move as the others land. Each bar below is that way of voting on its own: who won it, and by how much.

Ballots counted so far, by type
Mail and absentee2.1%2,641 votesEarly in person10.2%12,981 votesElection day87.8%111,978 votes
Mail and absentee2,641 votes, 2% of the count
Hill (I)43.8%1,156Begich (R)35.4%934Schultz (D)9.6%254Williams (D)3.0%79Hafner (D)2.5%67Strickland (R)1.3%35
Hill won mail and absentee ballots by 8.4 points over Begich, though Begich leads the race overall.
Early in person12,981 votes, 10% of the count
Hill (I)44.2%5,736Begich (R)37.4%4,849Schultz (D)8.8%1,142Hafner (D)3.2%411Williams (D)2.2%283Reynoso (D)1.4%178
Hill won early in person ballots by 6.8 points over Begich, though Begich leads the race overall.
Election day111,978 votes, 88% of the count
Begich (R)47.6%53,252Hill (I)28.7%32,187Schultz (D)7.9%8,881Hafner (D)3.9%4,401Williams (D)2.7%2,972Strickland (R)2.6%2,915
Begich won election day ballots by 18.8 points over Hill.

Registered voters across the boroughs and census areas in this race: 601,104 in total, which the 130,411 votes counted so far are 21.7% of. Registration is the whole electorate, not the primary electorate, so it sets the scale rather than predicting the result.

What is left to count

28 of 29 boroughs and census areas finished, 29 reporting anything.

Every borough with an estimate has counted its expected vote.

Where the vote is coming from

Shaded for whoever leads each borough, deeper where the margin is wider. Click one to pin it below.

Begich (R)Hill (I)Schultz (D)Hafner (D)Williams (D)Strickland (R)

The map is framed on the 29 boroughs and census areas this district covers, with the rest of Alaska drawn around them.

Every borough

29 boroughs and census areas in this race. Every borough has reported something. These cover 127,600 of the 130,411 votes counted; the other 2,811 were counted districtwide across boroughs and census areas they cannot be assigned to, and are in the ledger below. Click any of them to break it down above.

Every precinct

402 precincts, plus 121 batches counted districtwide rather than back at a precinct: early voting, absentee and question ballots. 2 precincts have counted nothing yet, between them 521 registered voters. Click any of them to break it down above.

Topline returns from the Decision Desk HQ public results feed, with the boroughs and census areas, precincts and ballot-type splits read from the Alaska Division of Elections precinct file and state's own precinct boundaries placed against Census county lines, and reconciled against each other on every candidate's total. Percentages are the share within this contest. Where a borough publishes no precinct count, progress is its counted vote against the expected total, or the feed’s own completion flag, and is labeled as such. Lead confidence describes how much of the vote is still out, not a polling forecast. Results are unofficial until certified.