Who's spending for and against Begich and Hill in Alaska's U.S. House race

Outside groups have reported spending on both sides of Alaska's U.S. House race since September, mostly for or against Republican Rep. Nick Begich and independent Bill Hill. In these filings, Club for Growth Action's roughly $1.9 million is the largest on Begich's side, and Wheel Dog PAC's general-election total, about $2.03 million, is the largest on Hill's.

The figures come from Federal Election Commission 24- and 48-hour notices filed in September and early October. They show amounts, dates and ad types, but not donors or ad content. Some filings label media placement or production costs as estimates. Committees can amend notices, and later periodic reports provide another reconciliation point.

For Begich or against Hill

• Club for Growth Action: about $1.2 million opposing Hill, reported with Sept. 9 dissemination dates, including roughly $1 million for TV, $116,000 through The Trade Desk and $84,000 to Google Ads, plus $689,000 for a door-to-door program backing Begich in September.

• America First Agriculture Action: $378,000 for Begich in mail and digital ads.

• Freedom Caucus Fund: about $370,000 for Begich, including a $366,000 media buy, and $122,000 against Hill.

• Congressional Leadership Fund: $213,000 against Hill, reported Oct. 3: $200,000 for digital placement and $13,000 for media production.

• No Going Back PAC: $133,000 for Begich and $136,000 against Hill.

For Hill or against Begich

• Wheel Dog PAC, which has backed Hill since before the August primary: TV buys of roughly $533,000 for Hill and $533,000 against Begich, dated Sept. 23 and released Sept. 29. Its general-election total through Oct. 5, about $2.03 million, includes spending supporting Hill and opposing his opponents, including Democrat Eric Hafner.

• Your Community PAC, a Delaware-addressed super PAC: two TV buys totaling $786,000 against Begich, which the filings say are "also supporting Bill Hill."

• HMP, formerly House Majority PAC: three weekly digital buys against Begich starting Sept. 15, reaching $607,000 by Sept. 29.

• The Service Employees International Union's political committee: $190,000 against Begich.

• 907 Initiative Action, a registered super PAC: $156,000 against Begich on Oct. 1. A separate filer, 907 Initiative Inc., which is not a registered political committee, reported $174,000 against him in mid-September.

• The Alaska Center: a $50,000 phone bank for Hill.

Who's paying

The notices identify the groups spending for and against Begich and Hill. Periodic reports reveal some of the money behind those groups, but their coverage dates differ and do not yet include the latest spending.

Among Wheel Dog's disclosed receipts through July 29 are $775,000 from Way Back PAC of Wyoming, $500,000 from Government That Works PAC and $400,000 from Sixteen Thirty Fund. Your Community PAC's reports through June 30 list $2.7 million from Sixteen Thirty Fund.

Pre-general reports, covering activity through Oct. 14, are due Oct. 22.

As of July 29, Begich's campaign had about $3.12 million in cash on hand and Hill's had about $516,000. Alaska voters cast ballots Nov. 3.