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Former Rep. Mary Peltola announced that she is running for the U.S. Senate in Alaska, giving Democrats a high-profile recruit as they seek to unseat two-term Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in a state President Donald Trump carried comfortably in 2024. “Growing up, Alaska was a place of abundance. Now, we …

Candice Norwood Originally published by The 19th Democratic Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola, who just two months ago became the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, won the general election and will keep her seat in the state’s only U.S. House district for a full two-year term. Peltola’s bipartisan appeal, ability …

James Brooks, Alaska Beacon Democrat Mary Peltola will become the first woman to represent Alaska in the U.S. House of Representatives and the first Alaska Native ever to serve in Congress. The former state legislator and current tribal fisheries leader is the first Democrat to win a U.S. House race …