{"id":116770,"date":"2026-01-12T16:35:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/former-dem-rep-mary-peltola-announces-u-s-senate-run-put-alaska-first-116770"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:35:46","slug":"former-dem-rep-mary-peltola-announces-u-s-senate-run-put-alaska-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/former-dem-rep-mary-peltola-announces-u-s-senate-run-put-alaska-first-116770","title":{"rendered":"Former Dem Rep. Mary Peltola announces U.S. Senate run: &#8220;Put Alaska first&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Former Rep. Mary Peltola on Monday announced her intent to run for a U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate seat<\/a> to represent Alaska, in a race to unseat two-term GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan.<\/p>\n<p>In a 2-minute video, Peltola cited &#8220;scarcity&#8221; and inflation as problems Alaskans currently face.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Growing up, Alaska was a place of abundance. Now, we have scarcity,&#8221; Peltola said. &#8220;The salmon, large game, and migratory birds that used to fill our freezers are harder to find. So we buy more groceries, with crushing prices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/alaska-natives-defy-democrats-champion-push-revive-arctic-drilling-biden-shut-down\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>ALASKA NATIVES DEFY DEMOCRATS, CHAMPION PUSH TO REVIVE ARCTIC DRILLING THAT BIDEN SHUT DOWN<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peltola previously served in the House as Alaska&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>She lost her House seat in 2024 to Republican challenger Nick Begich III.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Peltola pointed to the state&#8217;s two late Republicans as examples of what happened to lawmakers with agendas in Washington who put politics over the needs of the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our delegation used to stand up to their party and put Alaska first,&#8221; Peltola said. &#8220;Ted Stevens and Don Young ignored Lower 48 partisanship to fight for things like public media and disaster relief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/west\/alaska\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">because Alaska<\/a> depends on them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-admin-announces-big-step-toward-energy-dominance-massive-alaska-lng-project-alliance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>TRUMP ADMIN ANNOUNCES BIG STEP TOWARD \u2018ENERGY DOMINANCE\u2019 WITH MASSIVE ALASKA LNG PROJECT ALLIANCE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ted Stevens often said, \u2018to hell with politics, put Alaska first&#8217;,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It\u2019s about time Alaskans teach the rest of the country what Alaska First and, really, America First looks like.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Peltola&#8217;s announcement comes as Democrats are getting ready to try and take back both chambers of Congress in November&#8217;s midterm elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/senate\/health-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">health care<\/a> and other essentials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In response, Sullivan, while standing on skis, boasted about tax cuts and railed about Democrats and the Biden administration for policies he said didn&#8217;t benefit Alaska.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They want what Democrats always want when they&#8217;re in charge in D.C.,&#8221; Sullivan said, referring to at least 70 executive orders signed by Biden that he said negatively impacted Alaska.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/former-dem-rep-mary-peltola-announces-u-s-senate-run-put-alaska-first\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/former-dem-rep-mary-peltola-announces-u-s-senate-run-put-alaska-first <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Rep. 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