In the election, Mary Peltola beat former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, who returned to politics. Despite her Finnish surname, Peltola represents the Yupik indigenous people of Alaska.
Alaskans got a new name for their representative in the US Congress. Democrats Mary Peltola is the first woman and Native American to represent Alaska in the US Congress.
On Wednesday, Peltola won a special election organized by a long-time Republican representative Don Young’s after death.
– I don’t think I’ll experience another birthday like this. I am grateful to all Alaskans who believe in me, and I can’t wait to get to work, Peltola, who turned 49 on election day, told news agency AP.
Peltola won the election Sarah Palin’s. Palin is a former governor of Alaska who was highly divisive when she was the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008. Palin tried now after years to return to politics.
Mary Peltola received slightly more than half of the votes in the election. He will have time to represent Alaska in Congress a few months before the actual congressional elections in November, when both Peltola and Palin are candidates.
With Peltola’s victory, Alaska’s only seat in the federal House of Representatives passes from Republicans to Democrats. Young, a Republican, was a representative of his state since 1973, i.e. for almost 50 years.
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Mary Peltola’s Finnish surname comes from her husband Gene “Buzzy” From the field.
Peltola belongs to the Yupik indigenous people of Alaska. Peltola, born Sattler, has a mother from Jupik and a father from Nebraska.
Peltola grew up in the Alaskan town of Bethel on the Kuskokwim River. He has said that he tried to use the teachings of his community for good in his work.
He defines himself as an “ordinary Alaskan”.
– I am neither a millionaire nor a celebrity, Peltola told AP.
In addition, he has supported women’s abortion rights and raised issues related to ocean productivity and food security. In addition, he considers the exploitation of Alaska’s oil and gas resources to be a good way to increase the energy self-sufficiency of the United States.
Peltola served in the Alaska State Legislature from 1999 to 2009. Most recently, he has worked on a commission aimed at reviving the salmon population of the Kuskokwim River.
Palin and Peltola have a warm relationship
Mary Peltola is widely known as a pleasant person. According to the New York Times (you will be transferred to another service)Peltola ran “a relentlessly positive campaign that emphasized her kindness in contrast to Sarah Palin’s pomposity and drama.”
Despite the contrast in their expression styles, Sarah Palin and Mary Peltola have known each other and even been friends for a long time. Palin served as governor of Alaska while Peltola was elected to the state house of representatives.
– Respect is a fundamental part of getting things done and problems solved, Peltola said, according to the New York Times.
Wednesday’s election result was a disappointment for Sarah Palin.
– Although I am disappointed with the outcome, Alaskans know that I am the last person to give up, Palin said in her statement, according to the AP news agency.
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