2026 forecast · Alaska at-large

Nick Begich III is favored to win Alaska's at-large District.

Bill Hill vs Nick Begich III. The model has III ahead by 4.9 points, winning 83 percent of 2,000 simulated elections.

Lean RModel R +4.9Polls R +0.0Updated October 22, 2026
Bill Hill
Democrat
46.6%
135,814 projected votes
Nick Begich III
Republican
51.6%
150,212 projected votes
83%III
17%Hill
III favoredEach square is one simulated election night, III wins about 83 of 100
RatingLean R83% chance for III
Model marginR +4.9Polls R +0.0
80 percent rangeD +1.8 to R +11.82,000 simulations
Projected votes291,311III 51.6%

The district map

Every district in the state, shaded by its rating

Alaska districts

1 districts
Safe DLikely DLean DToss upLean RLikely RSafe R

Vote share

Each candidate's projected share and the range of 80 percent of simulations

Bill HillDemocrat · 17% to win
46.6%
Nick Begich IIIRepublican · 83% to win
51.6%

Scale runs from 25 to 75 percent. The dot is the forecast, the band is the 80 percent range and the brighter tick marks 50 percent.

Projected district vote

291,311 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Nick Begich III R150,21251.6%
Bill Hill D135,81446.6%
Jim McDermott L5,2851.8%
Total291,311100%

Each candidate's expected vote in the On Point simulation, at the forecast's projected turnout.

The trend

Each side's chance of winning over the forecast's recent updates

0%25%50%75%100%17% Hill83% III15 updates agoToday

Polling

Every poll in the average, and how the model reads it

The Alaska governor polling average
10%20%30%40%50%60%Sep 12Sep 19Sep 26Oct 352.2Kreiss-Tomkins47.8Wilson
The line is the On Point average: a robust LOWESS fit through the polls, weighted by recency, sample, voter screen and pollster grade, refit three times so outliers count for lessDot size is each poll's weight todayHover or use the arrow keys to read any day
What moves the average today
New York Times/SienaSep 30 · 600 LV · Gold95%Kreiss-Tomkins +4.0
Fabrizio Ward/Impact ResearchSep 11 · 800 LV · B5.2%Kreiss-Tomkins +10.0
Alaska Survey ResearchOct 3 · 1,512 LV · Super F<1%Kreiss-Tomkins +8.0

This is the same On Point polling average as the full average page. The forecast reads the polls through its own Election Day projection, shown as the On Point average in the table below, and blends it with partisan lean and fundamentals.

Polls of the race

Full average
PollsterSampleAgeMargin
On Point averageWeighted averageR +0.0

Each margin is the poll as the pollster published it. The forecast counts every poll after its house effect and the undecided split, which is what the trail above shows; hover a margin for the counted value. Lean R and Lean D mark partisan leaning firms.

Model margin
III +4.9
Chance of winning
Bill Hill17%
Nick Begich III83%
Simulated vote
Bill Hill46.6%
Nick Begich III51.6%
Jim McDermott1.8%
How the model gets there
Partisan leanD +13.0
FundamentalsR +5.1
With pollsR +5.4
Early vote turnoutD +0.5
With early voteR +4.9

Read from 0 ballots cast so far in Alaska, against the party mix the forecast expected of them, with similar states and primary turnout. Early vote tracker

How we got here

From the state's partisan lean to the forecast, one stage at a time

D +16R +16Partisan leanthe state's baselineD +13.0Fundamentalsapproval, economy, candidatesR +5.1With pollsaverage R +0.0R +5.4With early voteturnout so farR +4.9
Methodology
Every county is rebuilt by simulating voters going to the polls, 2,000 times, from On Point Polling survey data, past results, and the polling average. How the model works.