{"id":2371499,"date":"2024-11-20T22:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T03:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nick-begich-defeats-mary-peltola-for-alaskas-lone-house-seat-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T22:04:37","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T03:04:37","slug":"nick-begich-defeats-mary-peltola-for-alaskas-lone-house-seat-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nick-begich-defeats-mary-peltola-for-alaskas-lone-house-seat-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Begich defeats Mary Peltola for Alaska\u2019s lone House seat- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnick-begich-defeats-mary-peltola-for-alaskas-lone-house-seat-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2371499&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The provided \u200dtext contains a fragment\u2063 of HTML\u200d code that appears to be part \u2063of a web\u200d page interface. It includes a &#8220;Read more&#8221; button designed to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-releases-statement-announcing-ronna-mcdaniel-is-out-just-days-after-hiring\/\" title=\"NBC announced the departure of Ronna McDaniel shortly after her recent hiring\">reveal additional content<\/a>\u2063 when clicked. The code also features various elements such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-biden-speaks-on-hurricane-helene-recovery-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"WATCH LIVE: Biden speaks on Hurricane Helene recovery - Washington Examiner\">mobile \u2062menu buttons<\/a> and a search functionality. However, it mainly\u200b consists of XML encoding \u200dsyntax that\u200d seems to be \u2064redundant. There is an indication of a search form that leads to the Washington Examiner website, but the details of \u200cthe content \u2063to be revealed upon clicking \u2063the button are not included in the excerpt. the focus\u200d is on user interface components intended for navigation and content interaction.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Third time&rsquo;s the charm: Nick Begich defeats Mary Peltola for Alaska&rsquo;s lone House seat<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Republican Nick Begich ousted incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) on Wednesday, a victory two weeks after Election Day that will help the GOP pad its narrow House majority.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The <em>Associated Press<\/em> called the race for Begich shortly after 9 p.m. ET with 95% of the vote counted. Begich received 48.4% to Peltola&rsquo;s 46.4% at the time the race was called. Independent John Wayne Howe and Democrat Eric Hafner received 3.9% and 1%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>After two unsuccessful bids for the seat, Alaska&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-yang-has-commanding-lead-in-nyc-mayoral-race-poll-shows\/\" title=\"Andrew Yang Has Commanding Lead In NYC Mayoral Race, Poll Shows\">ranked-choice voting<\/a> system yielded<\/a> a result in Begich&rsquo;s favor. Under the voting method, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-30-house-races-will-determine-if-republicans-or-democrats-win-the-majority\/\" title=\"These 30 House Races Will Determine if Republicans or Democrats Win the Majority\">voters rank candidates<\/a> in order of preference rather than choosing a single candidate. If no candidate receives 50% in the first round, votes are reallocated as candidates with the fewest first-choice votes are eliminated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ranked-choice voting last cycle split the vote between Begich and former Gov. Sarah Palin. That, combined with Peltola&rsquo;s appeal to independents and conservative voters, allowed the now-ousted congresswoman to win both the special and general 2022 elections.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story is breaking and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Begich wins Alaska&#8217;s House seat, defeating Mary Peltola<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2371500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Peltola.-.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[42221,32321,36939,45425,32076],"class_list":["post-2371499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-alaska-house-seat","tag-election-results","tag-mary-peltola","tag-nick-begich","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Peltola.-.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371499"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371503,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371499\/revisions\/2371503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}