Former Rep. Mary Peltola launched a run for Senate in Alaska on Monday, positioning herself as an independent-minded Democrat and boosting the party’s hopes that a competitive race in a deep-red state could help Democrats secure control of the chamber.
Peltola served as the state’s at-large House member for over two years before losing her 2024 reelection bid to Republican Nick Begich by less than 3 points, in a year when Donald Trump won Alaska by 13 points.
This time, she’ll face Sen. Dan Sullivan, a two-term Republican and a retired colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves.
