U.S. House candidate Democrat Mary Peltola answers questions from a reporter prior to a forum for U.S. House candidates at the Alaska Oil and Gas Association annual conference at the Dena'ina Convention Center in Anchorage, Alaska, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. Peltola won the special election for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat on Wednesday, besting a field that included Republican Sarah Palin, who was seeking a political comeback in the state where she was once governor. (Mar…
September 2, 2022
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Alaska Natives celebrate Peltola's historic House election
Peltola, 49, who is Yup'ik, is set to serve the remainder of the late Republican Rep. Don Young’s term, which ends in January