{"id":27687,"date":"2022-09-01T11:45:35","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T15:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianz.com\/News\/?p=27687"},"modified":"2022-09-15T10:48:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T14:48:06","slug":"it-is-a-good-day-alaska-native-woman-makes-history-at-the-polls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2022\/09\/01\/it-is-a-good-day-alaska-native-woman-makes-history-at-the-polls\/","title":{"rendered":"‘It is a GOOD DAY’: Alaska Native woman makes history at the polls"},"content":{"rendered":" \"Mary<\/a>
Mary Peltola celebrates her election victory in Alaska on August 31, 2022. Photo: Mary Peltola for Congress<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n
‘It is a GOOD DAY’<\/div>\r\n
Alaska Native woman makes history at the polls<\/div>\r\n
Thursday, September 1, 2022<\/div>\r\n
By Acee Agoyo<\/div>\r\n
Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n

<\/p>\r\nMary Peltola<\/a> is making history as the first Alaska Native person to serve in the U.S. Congress following a special — and unique — election in which the Democratic candidate defeated two Republicans.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nBut Peltola, who is Yup\u2019ik, will only walk the halls of Capitol Hill for a short time, essentially about three months. She was elected by voters to serve out the remaining of the late Don Young, a longtime champion of Native issues<\/a> who died on March 18 at the age of 88.\r\n

<\/p>\r\nStill, Peltola’s victory at the polls marks a significant achievement. Not only is she first Alaska Native woman in the U.S. House of Representatives<\/a>, she is the first Democrat to win a Congressional election in the state in 14 years.\r\n

<\/P>\r\n“It is a GOOD DAY,” Peltola wrote on social media<\/a> on Wednesday night, following confirmation of her win in which she secured nearly 40 percent of the vote in a three-way race.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“Thank you to all Alaskans who have put their faith in me as the first woman in Alaska\u2019s history to represent our state in the House of Representatives,” Peltola continued<\/a> in another post.\r\n

<\/p>\r\n“Tonight, we\u2019ve shown that we can win as a campaign that is pro-choice, pro-fish, pro-worker, and pro-Alaska,” she said, underscoring her broad appeal in a state that has otherwise leaned heavily Republican for almost two decades. \r\n

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|| \ud83d\udc1f<\/p>— Mary Peltola (@MaryPeltola) September 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>