Nick Begich, a frontrunner in the race for the seat in U.S. House of Representatives left vacant by the death of Don Young, visited Haines on Friday and spoke with Haines voters at the Chilkat Bakery, Captain’s Choice Motel and the Three Northmen.
Begich, a Republican candidate who had filed (or hoped) to unseat Young before his death last month, is the nephew of Mark Begich, a former Democratic senator for Alaska. He owns a…