Mary Peltola will be making history when she's sworn in as the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress. The Democrat bested a field of candidates including Republican Sarah Palin to win a special election last month to finish the term of Republican Rep. Don Young, who died in March.
Peltola is drawing an unusual amount of national media attention as the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, and even more because of her special election win over Republican Sarah Palin.
Representative Mary Peltola was sworn in as the first Alaska Native and first woman to represent her state in the House. She has eight weeks before she faces voters again.
Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) was sworn in Tuesday as a member of Congress after she won a special election for Alaska’s House seat last month following the death of longtime Rep. Don Young (R) earlier this year. She vowed bipartisanship in some of her earliest remarks as a member of the House.
