Mary Peltola
Democrat
Policy priorities
Eliminate income tax below $92,000. She proposes ending federal income tax for working and middle-class Alaskans earning under $92,000, financed by higher taxes on millionaires and billionaires.
Mary Peltola campaign - affordability priorities (opens in a new tab)Expand tax credits for children. She supports annual child tax credits of $3,600 for children under six and $3,000 for ages six through 17, plus help for childcare providers.
Mary Peltola campaign - affordability priorities (opens in a new tab)Give cost-burdened renters tax relief. Her housing plan offers refundable federal credits to renters spending over 30% of their income on rent and expands tribal housing grants.
Mary Peltola campaign - affordability priorities (opens in a new tab)Invest in Alaska energy and renewables. She backs oil and gas development, including Willow, refinery investment and grid upgrades, alongside restoring solar, wind and hydropower tax credits.
Mary Peltola campaign - Alaska energy plan (opens in a new tab)Ban factory trawling and protect salmon. She would prohibit factory trawling, strengthen bycatch enforcement and disaster relief, and add Tribal seats to the North Pacific fishery council.
Mary Peltola campaign - fisheries plan (opens in a new tab)Stop congressional stock trading. She supports banning stock trading by members of Congress, requiring divestment or blind trusts, and limiting congressional service to 12 years.
Mary Peltola campaign - congressional accountability (opens in a new tab)
Background & public service
2024
Helped protect nearly 80 Guard positions
Working with Alaska's two senators, she pressed for an exemption from planned Air National Guard staffing cuts. The Guard granted Alaska an indefinite exemption.
Alaska delegation - Air National Guard positions protected (opens in a new tab)2022
Won Alaska's at-large House seat
She won the special election to fill Don Young's seat and the subsequent general election, serving in the U.S. House until January 2025.
U.S. House History - Mary Peltola biography (opens in a new tab)1999–2009
Alaska state representative
Served in Alaska's House of Representatives.
U.S. House History - Mary Peltola biography (opens in a new tab)2017–2022
Fisheries commission director
Led the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission.
U.S. House History - Mary Peltola biography
