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Mary Sattler Peltola

Alaska U.S. Senate 2026DemocratDemocrat♍Virgomarypeltola.com

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Snapshot

Mary Peltola is a former U.S. Representative for Alaska's at-large congressional district, serving from September 2022 to January 2025. She grew up along the Kuskokwim River, where her father was a commercial salmon fisherman, and later served in the Alaska House of Representatives and on the Bethel City Council. She is a candidate for U.S. Senate in Alaska's 2026 election.

About
BornAugust 31, 1973 · Anchorage, AlaskaSpouseEugene "Buzzy" Peltola Jr. (deceased 2023)ChildrenSeven
Experience
  • U.S. Representative, Alaska At-Large2022 to 2025
  • Executive Director, Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission2017 to 2022
  • Bethel, Alaska City Council2011 to 2013
  • Alaska House of Representatives1999 to 2009
  • Manager of Community Development and Sustainability, Donlin Gold
Education
  • University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO
  • University of Alaska

Platform

Campaign Platform

Peltola's stated platform centers on affordability: producing more energy in Alaska, lowering taxes on working families while raising them on the wealthy, expanding child tax credits and childcare support, and countering what she calls corporate price gouging. She also cites strengthening supply chains to lower shipping costs and protecting Alaskans' access to housing.

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