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Nicholas J. Begich III

U.S. Representative · Alaska (at large) · Republican

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From public records: votes from Voteview, bills from congress.gov, money from FEC filings · votes updated Nov 2, 2026 · How we measure

Effectiveness, 119th Congress so far

How it’s measured
11.36· expected 1.41

Above expectations

Rank 1 of 433 in the House · expected = average of 195 majority-party members without a committee lead

How far Begich’s own bills got, weighted by substance. The average member scores 1.00.

  1. Introduced 41
  2. Action in committee 24
  3. Action beyond committee 19
  4. Passed chamber 14
  5. Became law 7

41 bills and joint resolutions sponsored: 3 significant (got a roll call vote), 38 substantive, 0 commemorative. Compare the House

Became law (7)

5 Alaska-specific · 2 overturned federal rules

Scope tags come from an AI reading of each bill where available, otherwise from its title and policy area. They don’t change the score. How scope is tagged

Became law inside another bill (2)

Begich’s own bill stalled, but the Congressional Research Service lists an identical bill, or one with similar text, that became law. Shown for context; not counted in the score, which follows the Center for Effective Lawmaking. How this works

How Begich’s ratings compare with every representative

Ratings, 119th Congress

Scores run 0–100 and always sit next to a median. Each tick is one representative; the ringed marker is Begich.

Begich in plain answers: party votes, bipartisanship, who votes alike

Attendance

How it’s measured
99/ 100

Chamber median 98 · 6 missed of 674

Voted on 668 of 674 roll calls; missed 6. Higher than 75% of House members.

15%100%

Party loyalty

How it’s measured
98/ 100

House R median 98 · Rank 107 of 219

Sided with the Republican majority on 469 votes that split the parties. Higher than 50% of House members.

45%100%

Bipartisan

How it’s measured
10/ 100

Chamber median 12 · −2

Average agreement with members of the other party on contested votes. Lower than 71% of House members.

0%70%

Position

How it’s measured
+0.59

Republican middle 80%: 0.32 to 0.71

Left–right position from roll-call similarity (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview), from −1 to +1. Members who vote alike sit near each other.

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Bills, 119th Congress

Sponsored 41 (median 26) · cosponsored 207 (median 294), 44 as an original cosponsor (signed on the day the bill was introduced). Medians are for all voting members of the House. From congress.gov.

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Sponsored

Cosponsored