Alaska’s Rep. Mary Peltola, who has been missing from the state for weeks, told Alaskans last week she was traveling the state of Alaska. No one has seen her in state.
But over the weekend she was spotted at a party in Colorado, celebrating with fellow Democrats and a Lakewood city council candidate, for whom she was the keynote speaker. The event was not found on Peltola’s campaign pages or official pages on social media, but appeared on the Isabel for Lakewood (Colorado) Facebook page.
Last week, when the House Infrastructure and Transportation Committee met in Alaska over three days, Peltola was not in attendance, even though she serves on the committee, which was reviewing, touring, and learning about Kodiak, the Port of Alaska, and other major infrastructure projects needed in Alaska. She told the media that when Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in Alaska this week, she will not be available to travel to Kotzebue or Southeast Alaska with him to review transportation issues.
