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Nicholas Begich: “This is your seat. It doesn't belong to any one person. Not…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Nick Begich: Lessons from Congressman Don Young and the Quest for Alaska's Congressional Seat

Published | Video Starts at 28:23

They're sending the country down the wrong path. And there's, there's reason to be hopeful. We've got to be engaged. It's our country. This is your seat. It doesn't belong to any one person. Not Mary Peltola if elected, not me. It's yours. And so because it's yours, you've got to be the one that puts the right representation in place. You can't leave it to somebody else. (28:23–28:30)

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Asserts that the congressional seat belongs to the public, not to any individual candidate.

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