AK-SEN, AK-GOV: Dems are 'salivating' over a Peltola bid for Senate, but Alaska governor race could be 'wide open'

Democrat Mary Peltola, who was Alaska’s sole member of the U.S. House, lost her reelection bid last year.

But her margin of defeat of less than 3 percentage points, in a state that Donald Trump won by double-digits, showed that Peltola remains a formidable candidate.

And that means “every national Democrat is salivating” at the idea that Peltola could challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan next year, said Jim Lottsfeldt, a longtime Anchorage political consultant.

“I’ve been asked by some famous ones, by some less famous ones, ‘What can you do to convince her?’” Lottsfeldt said.


https://alaskabeacon.com/2025/07/15/dems-are-salivating-over-a-peltola-bid-for-senate-but-alaska-governor-race-could-be-wide-open/