Mary Peltola

Former U.S. Representative; 2026 U.S. Senate candidate · U.S. House of Representatives (former) · At-Large

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Bethel, Alaska

Mary Peltola (D) was U.S. Representative for Alaska's At-Large district from 2022 to 2025, the first Alaska Native person elected to Congress. She is running for U.S. Senate in 2026 against incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R). Background: Yup'ik, born in Anchorage, raised in Western Alaska. Previously served in the Alaska State Legislature representing Bethel.

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Celebration 2026 opens in Juneau with canoe arrivals, cultural speeches

“in the '80s and '90s and 2000s, Native people across our state, from Southeast all the way across Alaska, we started dancing again. We started bringing out our regalia again.”

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