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Peltola was elected to the Bethel City Council in 2011, and served until her term ended in 2013. She was a lobbyist in Alaska from 2015 to 2017. [32] After 2016, Peltola served as executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission. [33] [4] From 2020 to 2021, she served as a judge on the Orutsararmiut Native Council's tribal ...
Incumbent Nick Begich III was elected last 2024, after narrowly defeating then-incumbent Mary Peltola, the first Democrat to represent Alaska in the House since 1972. [2] [3] [4] In accordance with the system put in place by 2020 Alaska Measure 2, the race will be conducted using ranked-choice voting procedures.
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alannah Hurley still gets choked up recalling Democrat Mary Peltola’s election to Alaska’s only U.S. House seat in 2022. Hurley, like Peltola, is Yup’ik and called Peltola's election — in which she became the first Alaska Native in Congress — monumental for Hurley and her daughters.
Mary Peltola will be the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress. The place she grew up faces a series of existential threats.
The co-chairs of the Blue Dog Coalition for the 118th Congress are Jared Golden (ME-02), Mary Peltola (AK-AL), and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-03). [1] Former chair Rep. Stephanie Murphy, a Vietnamese-American, was the first woman of color to lead the Blue Dog Coalition in its history. [2]
Democratic U.S. House candidate Mary Peltola defied expectations on Tuesday by outperforming her Republican rivals in Alaska, a surprise result in a deep-red state that comes as Democrats are ...
Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola catapulted to office in 2022 with a campaign that emphasized civility in politics. Weeks before Tuesday's primary, she faced backlash on social media after telling ...
The caucus typically consists of the members of the Alaska House from Districts 37-40 and the Alaska Senate from districts S and T, which cover the Alaskan Bush. [1] The group is bipartisan with most members being Democrats or Independents. [1] Mary Peltola is a past chair of the caucus. [2] In the late 1990s, she rebuilt the caucus. [3]