Mary Peltola

Mary Sattler Peltola (born August 31, 1973) is an American politician and former tribal judge who served as the U.S. representative from Alaska's at-large congressional district from 2022 to 2025. A moderate Blue Dog Democrat, 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. As of 2025, Peltola is the most recent Democrat to have won or held statewide office in Alaska.

Peltola was first elected to Congress in an August 2022 special election after the death of incumbent Don Young, defeating Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich III in an upset. It was the first election to take place under the state's new ranked-choice voting system. Peltola is the first Alaska Native member of Congress, the first woman to represent Alaska in the House of Representatives, the first person born in Alaska elected to the House, and the first Democrat to serve as Alaska's representative in the House since Nick Begich Sr. in 1972.

Peltola was reelected to a full term in 2022. She lost re-election in 2024 to Nick Begich III.

In January 2026, Peltola announced that she would run for U.S. Senate in 2026, challenging incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan.