ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Republican Nick Begich III has won Alaska's sole U.S. House seat, flipping it from Democratic to Republican control.

Results of the race posted Wednesday showed Begich defeating Democratic incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola, who first won the seat in a special election in 2022 after the death of Republican longtime Rep. Don Young. Peltola had been the first Alaska Native woman elected to Congress, and the first Democrat to hold the seat since Begich's grandfather, Nick Begich, won the seat in 1972.

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