Back ماری ساتلر AZB Mary Peltola German Μαίρη Πελτόλα Greek Mary Peltola Spanish Mary Peltola Finnish Mary Peltola French מרי פלטולה HE Mary Peltola Italian メアリー・ペルトラ Japanese Mary Peltola Malay
Mary Peltola | |
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| Akalleq | |
.jpeg) Official portrait, 2022 | |
| Co-Chair of the Blue Dog Coalition | |
| Assumed office May 24, 2023 Serving with Jared Golden, Marie Gluesenkamp Perez | |
| Preceded by | Jim Costa |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alaska's at-large district | |
| Assumed office September 13, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Don Young |
| Member of the Alaska House of Representatives | |
| In office January 19, 1999 – January 19, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Ivan Ivan |
| Succeeded by | Bob Herron |
| Constituency |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | Mary Sattler August 31, 1973 Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. |
| Citizenship | United States Orutsararmiut Native Council |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 7[a] |
| Website | House website |
Mary Sattler Peltola[1][b] (born August 31, 1973) is an American politician and former tribal judge serving as the U.S. representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district since September 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as a judge on the Orutsararmiut Native Council's tribal court, executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Bethel city councilor and member of the Alaska House of Representatives.
A member of the Democratic Party, Peltola defeated former governor Sarah Palin and Alaska Policy Forum board member Nick Begich in an upset in the August 2022 special election to succeed Don Young, who died in March that year.[4] In doing so, she became the first Alaska Native member of Congress and the only Russian Orthodox,[5] as well as the first woman ever to represent Alaska in the House, the first person to have been born in Alaska to serve in the House, and first Democrat since Nick Begich Sr. in 1972. She was reelected to a full term in the regularly scheduled election in November 2022.[6] As of 2023, Peltola is the only Democrat holding statewide office in Alaska.
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- ^ "Member Profile: Mary Sattler Peltola". Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Archived from the original on November 12, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2022.
- ^ "Mary Nelson 25th–25th Legislature (2007–2008)". www.akleg.gov. Archived from the original on January 6, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ "Mary Kapsner 21st–24th Legislature (1999–2006)". www.akleg.gov. Archived from the original on January 6, 2023. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
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- ^ Shepard, Steven (November 23, 2022). "Murkowski, Peltola win in Alaska". POLITICO. Archived from the original on November 25, 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
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