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Mary Sattler Peltola [1] [b] (born August 31, 1973) ... Peltola was elected to the Bethel City Council in 2011, and served until her term ended in 2013.
Incumbent Mary Peltola, the first Democrat to represent Alaska in the House since 1972, sought a second full term in office. Peltola had been elected in an August 2022 special election to succeed deceased Republican Don Young. She won a full term the following November.
Mary Peltola was elected in a 3-way race against former governor Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III in the election, becoming the first Alaska Native and woman to represent Alaska in the House. [3] The election was the first to use Alaska's new ranked-choice voting (RCV) method, approved by voters in 2020.
Peltola, who is Yup’ik and made history as the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, beat Begich twice in 2022, during a special election following the death of longtime Rep. Don Young, a ...
Mary Peltola is the first Alaska Native elected to Congress and was sworn in on Tuesday.
Democrat Mary Peltola was sworn in Tuesday night to finish out the remaining months of the term of the late Rep. Don Young, making her the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress and the first ...
Elected to finish Sulzer's term. Lost election contest. Mary Peltola: Democratic: September 13, 2022 – January 3, 2025 At-large: Bethel: Elected to finish Young's term. Lost re-election. Howard Pollock: Republican: January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971 At-large: Anchorage: Elected in 1966. Retired to run for Governor of Alaska. Ralph Julian ...
Peltola won with 55% of the vote, increasing her margin from the special election. [5] Peltola's final-round vote share of 55% was the best performance for a statewide Democratic candidate in Alaska since the 1974 Senate race, and the best performance for any statewide candidate in Alaska since the 2012 House race.