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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).
Mary Peltola will be the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress. The place she grew up faces a series of existential threats.
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.
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 ...
The National Rifle Association (NRA) issued a rare endorsement of a Democrat, backing Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) in her reelection campaign. The endorsement of Peltola is the first NRA ...
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 ...
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