Mary Peltola Shakes Up Campaign Staff Days Before Alaska’s Senate Primary

Ms. Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate, fired a longtime senior aide and named a new campaign manager.

Polls show a close race in Alaska, a state that backed Donald Trump by double digits in the 2024 presidential election.

Alaska voters will deliver the first statewide verdict Tuesday in one of the most closely watched Senate contests of the midterm elections, offering an early measure of Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola before their expected showdown this fall. Sullivan and Peltola are the clea

Observers call Peltola, who won the red state’s House seat twice and is running to unseat Dan Sullivan, ‘a unicorn’ Dan J Sullivan is a retired schoolteacher and US Forest Service employee living in the town of Petersburg in south-eastern Alaska, who is running as a Republican for the US Senate. Dan S Sullivan is a Rep

A Democrat is leading polls in reliably red Alaska. Meet Mary Peltola  USA Today

As Republicans look to hold on to their Senate majority in November, one state that is usually safely red is heating up as a former Democratic congresswoman makes a comeback bid to return to Washington.  Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) is facing a challenge from former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), and while polls are som

“Mary isn’t seeking endorsements from anyone from the Lower 48 — her focus is and always will be Alaska,” a Mary Peltola campaign spokeswoman said.