Former Dem Rep.Mary Peltola announces U.S.Senate run: ‘Put Alaska first’

Former Rep.Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, on Monday announced that she will seek to unseat Republican Sen.Dan Sullivan. (Jabin Botsford/Washington Post via Getty Images)

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Peltola previously served in the House as Alaska’s lone representative.She won a special 2022 election and full term later that same year in which she defeated four other candidates, including former Gov.Sarah Palin.

She lost her House seat in 2024 to Republican challenger Nick Begich III. 

Peltola pointed to the state’s two late Republicans as examples of what happened to lawmakers with agendas in Washington who put politics over the needs of the state. 

“Our delegation used to stand up to their party and put Alaska first,” Peltola said.“Ted Stevens and Don Young ignored Lower 48 partisanship to fight for things like public media and disaster reliefbecause Alaskadepends on them.”

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“Ted Stevens often said, ‘to hell with politics, put Alaska first’,” she added.“It’s about time Alaskans teach the rest of the country what Alaska First and, really, America First looks like.”

Peltola’s announcement comes as Democrats are getting ready to try and take back both chambers of Congress in November’s midterm elections. 

In a video last month posted online by the Democratic-aligned super PAC Senate Majority PAC, the group chided Sullivan for voting for higher costs forhealth careand other essentials. 

In response, Sullivan, while standing on skis, boasted about tax cuts and railed about Democrats and the Biden administration for policies he said didn’t benefit Alaska. 

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Two-term Sen.Dan Sullivan, R-Ak., at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan.9, 2025.(Allison Robbert/AFP via Getty Images)

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“They want what Democrats always want when they’re in charge in D.C.,” Sullivan said, referring to at least 70 executive orders signed by Biden that he said negatively impacted Alaska.