TOP RACE
Mary Peltola (D-AK)
Democrat - Arkansas
Running for Senate
Top Race Candidate:
This close election will help determine control of the House & Senate.
Rep. Peltola was elected to Congress in 2022, defeating Sarah Palin in a special general election to fill the seat of the long-time incumbent. She is the first Alaska Native member of Congress and the first woman to represent Alaska in Congress. Prior to her election to Congress, Peltola served in the Alaska House of Representatives and served as a judge on the Orutsararmiut Native Council's tribal court.
“Those who try to take away our rights alway underestimate our strength. Alaska legalized abortion before Roe was the law of the land. We must protect it after." - Mary Peltola
POLITICAL CAREER
Representative, US Congress, Alaska at Large (2022-Present)
Interim Executive Director, Kuskokwim Intertribal Fish Commision (2017-Present)
Representative, Alaska State House of Representatives (1999-2002)
INTERESTING FACTS
Member of the Orutsararmiut Native Council Tribal Court
Member of the Nature Conservancy Board
Began fishing commercially with her father when she was six years old; worked as a herring and salmon technician for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game
