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Born Mary Sattler, Peltola is Yup'ik (an Alaska Native people) from the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta in Western Alaska. [15] [16] She was born in Anchorage on August 31, 1973. [17] [4] Her Yup'ik name is Akalleq (transl. the one who rolled). [18] [19] Peltola's father, Ward Sattler, a German-American from Nebraska, moved to Alaska to work as a pilot ...
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.
Mary Peltola will be the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress. The place she grew up faces a series of existential threats. Mary Peltola will be the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress ...
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.
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 ...
Democrat Mary Peltola smiles at supporters after delivering remarks at a fundraiser on Aug. 12, 2022, in Juneau, Alaska. Peltola is in two races on the Aug. 16, 2022, ballot in Alaska.
Republican Nick Begich wins election to U.S. House in Alaska's at-large Congressional District, beating incumbent Mary Peltola; Senate rejects effort from Bernie Sanders to block some weapons for Israel over Gaza deaths; US to give antipersonnel mines to Ukraine to help slow the Russian advance