Peltola put on most-vulnerable incumbent list

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Suzanne Downing
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RollCall has place Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola on its list of “most vulnerable incumbents.”

Peltola, running for her second term, made her debut on the list of the top 10 most-vulnerable incumbent House members “after the state’s complicated primary process ended up with only one GOP opponent compared with the two she faced in 2022,” the political news and analysis publication says.

Last week, Cook Political Report announced that Republican Nick Begich has pulled even with Peltola, with just six weeks until the election ends.

The situation for Peltola got worse after the Alaska Democratic Party failed to get another Democrat kicked off the November ballot. Eric Hafner is the Democrats’ worst nightmare this election, as they had planned on having Republicans “split the vote” on the ranked-choice voting method used in the Alaska general election. Instead, they have two Democrats.

Notably, Roll Call characterizes Alaska’s voting system as “complicated.”

“The bill is coming due for extreme Democrat Mary Peltola selling out Alaskans to Biden, Harris and the radical Left’s agenda. While Peltola votes for open borders, against military pay raises and against veterans’ benefits, Nick Begich will secure the border and support our troops,” said National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson Ben Petersen.

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  4. Honestly, I cannot recall any Alaskan running for Congress that is better aligned with and informed about Alaskans and Alaska than is Nick Begich. I thought a lot of Don Young but telling him something and being really sure he got it was iffy, to say the least. I am happy enough with Sullivan but he doesn’t speak with the succinct clarity that Nick Begich does, few do. I knew Ted Stevens, as most of us did, and he was lucid and on top of everything right through to the end, but some of what he did turned out badly, especially for non-Native Alaskans. So my wife and I will be giving more money to Nick Begich yet this week. If Mary prevails we will not see anyone so capable as Nick Begich take her on in the future.

  7. Alaska needs good representation in DC. Where was Mary when we needed her? Nowhere to be seen, unless she was sabotaging the work of those supporting energy development for Alaska. “Willow” was a card played only for campaign purposes, to obscure her nonstop collusion with the anti-Alaska Democrats, because that’s who she is, their toy. Enough with the lies Mary.

  8. Millions of dollars from outside sources are pouring into Mary’s war chest and this ought to offend every single Alaskan . Somehow is does not and is not widely reported other than MRA . The ad blitz is incredible and nothing but lies about what MP has done for the state . Her party and platform want our guns , want to eliminate fossil fuels and even take away gas stoves . How does that help Alaskans ? It doesn’t and that’s what she and her backers stand for . She talks like a republican in her ads , maybe she should have switched tickets and got support from real Alaskans !

  9. Mary Peltola is a committed democrat. She is a ‘sure’ vote for democrats in Congress regardless of its affect on Alaska. Anytime there is an ‘awkward’ vote in the House that might make her constituents unhappy, Mary is absent without explanation or seemingly has a ‘dental appointment’ that is urgent. She advocates the need for solutions to problems her democrat party has created. As a legislator, Mary is a waste of time because ‘party first’ is her credo. In contrast, Nick Begich, her opponent, knows the challenges of how to run a successful startup business in Alaska. Nick is a solid conservative and will apply those principles to all actions before the House. Mary was an unfortunate mistake caused by Rank Choice Voting. Let’s correct that mistake by voting for Nick Begich in November as Alaska’s true representative.

  10. Alaska and Alaskans are going to win with Nick Begich and the repeal of ranked-choice voting. 😊🇺🇸

      • I would suggest ranking more than your first choice. Odds are good that Begich won’t be eliminated in the first round, BUT if he is, you won’t have a vote in the 2nd or 3rd round. Fewer votes in subsequent rounds makes it easier to get to the 51% threshold.

    • I’m thinking of ranking:
      1. Begich
      2. Write-in – Kelly Tshibaka???
      3. Howe (Independent candidate)
      4. Hafner (Dem felon candidate)

      Probably don’t need to rank everyone, but I’m not taking any chances. I will not rank Peltola at all.

  13. This seat could determine the next President of the United States. In the event of a tie in the Electoral College, the decision would be thrown to a contingent election in the House. Each state delegation would have one vote in the process. Alaska’s representative would choose for Alaska. Meanwhile, California’s representatives would vote collectively to determine the single vote of their state. At present, the Rs control 26 of the 50 state delegations although it would be the incoming Congress that makes the selection. Pretty narrow margin. Would be nice to add Alaska to that total.

    • A couple of combinations of the swing states that would result in such an outcome: a) Red-FL, PA, NC, MI; Blue-GA, AZ, WI, NV; swapping GA and NC gets the same result
      b) Red-FL, PA, MI, WI, NV; Blue-GA, NC, AZ
      The first scenario seems reasonably possible. Trump grabs PA and MI but loses one of the big states in the south. The second seems unlikely. Hard to see him sweeping the rust belt states and then fumbling it away by getting upset in two big states down south. Nonetheless, stranger things have happened, the margins are thin, and I wouldn’t want to take a chance. Some might be tempted to stay home on election day since they assume Trump has Alaska in the bag, but that congressional race could be even more critical at the end of the day than many folks realize.

  16. People don’t care what is said about Mary. She has an easy stride to the seat in the House of Representatives.

    She is pliable, but she needs to be surrounded by a solid staff.

    Stuaqpak store. Mark Begich majority owner- Nick Begich – I just think Nick – much like his Uncle Mark – abides to the old school campaign of promising everything and delivering little.

    I am not interested in exalting ‘polite society’.

    One of the latest ads claims Mary Peltola is ‘nice’ and that’s a reason to vote against her.

    How duplicitous is that when Nick is from a line of aristocrats.

    I am a third generation Republican turned undeclared because I am bored of the diatribe of party before people.

    At this point, I am definitely more interested in the presidential race and I will vote for Donald Trump because the only reason he lost his second term was because he cared about humans.

    As a business man and great president -his time and agenda was derailed by a pandemic with a decision at his desk.

    He chose the American people. He shut down the world. Because he loves people.

    George W. Bush also was in a similar situation-he was reading to children on September 11, 2001.

    George W. Bush said if you are not with us – you are against us.

    And he said something along the lines of – you went after my daddy and I’m coming for you.

    Those two Presidents make me feel safe.

    I don’t want to try to sleep at night hoping Kamala had a photo opportunity and polite society event.

    I want to sleep at night knowing that the President of our United States is the biggest a-hole willing to go toe-to-toe – as a lover of the underdog American people.

    Maybe Kamala has a role – but it is not the commander in chief of our military and my personal safety.

    I do not trust her.

    I want the biggest bully protecting me as a citizen.

    There is a place for exalting and protecting human kindness-but I don’t want to see the side eyes and cryptic debate traps of Kamala that prompts the likeness of Taylor Swift and her amazing optimism.

    I love Taylor’s optimism-but when I hear her worst life challenges are people saying she’s too excited, too loud, too successful, it does not scream out to me a qualified voice for reality.

    I grew up in a life that would quickly deflate Taylor’s cheerleading spirit. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve grown up happy-but certainly if I expressed that level of super duper oh my gosh everything is surprising amazing and we all win first prizes.

    Taylor commands great audiences.

    She is reckless to use her audience – and since she has – I think all the proceeds of her concerts, merchandise, etc should be reviewed as election contributions.

    • I respect your concerns and can sympathize with your thoughts about Nick but I urge you to reach out to Nick and try to meet him in person.
      I had similar concerns about anyone with the last name of Begich and suffered the wrath of Mark catering to the big union contracts He signed as Mayor and inflated property values to pay for those bonuses in exchange for votes to the Senate race.
      Nick is very personable and willing to talk to ANYONE about ANYTHING.
      I confronted him about Stuaqpak management situation and He pointed out the extreme costs of freight and spoilage from inconsistent deliveries. Freighters consume massive amounts of expensive fuel (thanks to Bidenomics).
      Just like DJT He is a smart business man but also a compassionate family man who grew up his entire life raised by his conservative Grandparents and has and will always carry those traits with Him where ever does business or works for Alaska in Washington.
      Alaska needs a business minded Representative in Washington.
      Not a bought and paid for puppet owned by DC elitists being hugged by the likes of Nancy Pelosi and “the squad”.
      Please reach out to Nick. I will bet you will be pleased with his concerns for us citizens and bring prosperity back to Alaska unlike what Peltola is trying to take credit for by her phony bought and paid for ads.

  17. Representatives are paid to represent and advocate for their constituents needs and viewpoints. Is that what she has notably done?

  19. I cannot imagine the thermonuclear level of outrage there will be if Peltola ends up winning anyway. I’d imagine if that happens will be seeing claims of election fraud.

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