Mary Peltola

On the record

Party

Democratic¹

On the ballot

U.S. Senate, Alaska (2026)¹

Where they stand

In their own words, from their website. We summarize each position in one line; the quote is exact.

• Economy and jobs

  Wants to get special interests out of politics to make Washington, D.C., work for Alaska.

  “Mary knows that the only way to make DC work for Alaska is to get special interests out of our politics.”²

• Economy and jobs

  Wants to create good-paying Alaska energy jobs by lowering costs and promoting oil and gas development.

  “Mary has always been a champion for Alaska energy, consistently standing up to anyone – including Joe Biden – to promote oil and gas development, secure approval of the Willow Oil Project, bring down costs, and create good-paying Alaska energy jobs.”³

• Economy and jobs

  Wants to incentivize energy efficiency and affordable energy solutions for Alaska families and businesses.

  “Alaska families and businesses should be incentivized to invest in affordable energy solutions that keep costs low. Mary will fight to extend tax credit programs to put more money back in Alaskans’ pockets and incentivize energy efficiency.”³

• Economy and jobs

  Wants to create a fish by-product economy to support Alaska jobs and strengthen coastal economies.

  “Mary will push for federal grants to help Alaska create a fish by-product economy, to turn what is currently discarded as waste into an industry that supports Alaska jobs, strengthens coastal economies, and reduces fishery waste.”⁴

• Economy and jobs

  Supports expanding mariculture to encourage farming non-fish ocean species like kelp and shellfish.

  “Mary will fight for federal funding to help Alaskans grow and market our mariculture industry to encourage farming non-fish ocean species like kelp and shellfish.”⁴

• Economy and jobs

  Supports Alaska wild-caught fish and opposes the farmed fish economy.

  “Mary will always stand firmly with Alaska wild-caught fish and against the farmed fish economy.”⁴

• Economy and jobs

  Wants to hold Congress accountable to the people and put consequences on politicians who sell out the state.

  “Mary will hold Congress accountable to the people and put real consequences on any politician that wants to sell out our state – regardless of party.”⁵

• Economy and jobs

  Wants to require members of Congress to divest assets or place them in a blind trust.

  “Mary will fight for legislation that requires all members of Congress to completely divest or place their personal assets in a blind trust, ensuring no one is casting votes to get richer.”⁵

• Economy and jobs

  Wants to prevent wasteful spending and corruption of taxpayer dollars.

  “Alaskans can’t stand waste, fraud, or abuse. Mary is on a mission to fix the broken system that benefits special interests so that Alaskans’ taxpayer dollars never go towards wasteful spending or serving corrupt politicians.”⁵

• Economy and jobs

  Will fight for a monthly transition stipend for recently separated veterans.

  “Mary will fight for a monthly transition stipend up to $2,000 for recently separated veterans for up to two years following their service to ensure that every Alaska veteran lands on their feet.”⁶

• Economy and jobs

  Will fight to bring down the costs, increase servicemember pay and protect and expand the Overseas Cost of Living Allowance.

  “Mary will fight to bring down the costs, increase servicemember pay and protect and expand the Overseas Cost of Living Allowance so servicemembers and their families can afford to live in the state they’re protecting.”⁶

• Health care

  Will restore the VA clinical workforce and ensure VA staff have the resources they need to deliver quality care.

  “Mary will restore the VA clinical workforce and ensure VA staff have the resources they need to deliver quality care to Alaska veterans who put their lives in harm’s way to serve.”⁶

• Health care

  Will advocate for robust federal investment in research, training, and innovation in the VA healthcare system.

  “Mary will advocate for robust federal investment in research, training, and innovation in the VA healthcare system, and will hold the VA accountable to provide timely and quality healthcare to Alaska veterans.”⁶

• Health care

  Will fight to expand mental healthcare for veterans.

  “Mary will fight to expand mental healthcare for veterans, help states identify veterans at risk and connect them to services, and target high-risk groups to reduce suicides.”⁶

• Energy and climate

  Wants solutions to address high energy prices for Alaskans from every angle.

  “Energy prices for Alaskans are out of control, and we need solutions from every angle.”²

• Energy and climate

  Wants to modernize energy infrastructure to lower Alaskans’ energy costs and improve reliability.

  “It’s beyond time that Alaska had 21st century energy infrastructure to keep up with 21st century demand. Mary will fight for targeted investments to modernize aging and deteriorating energy grids across the state – including the Railbelt – so that communities aren’t paying higher energy prices for less efficient transmission and less reliable delivery.”³

• Energy and climate

  Wants to refine more oil in Alaska to lower costs and create jobs.

  “Mary knows that refining more of our oil here in Alaska will lower costs and create good-paying jobs. She’ll get it done through targeted federal tax incentives, streamlined permitting and regulatory flexibility, federal financing and loan guarantees, and federal fuel purchase agreements for Alaskan oil.”³

• Energy and climate

  Wants to fight for projects like the Alaska LNG Pipeline to lower costs for Alaskans.

  “Mary will fight every day at the federal level for projects like the Alaska LNG Pipeline, to ensure that Alaska’s energy resources are used to lower costs for Alaskans.”³

• Energy and climate

  Wants to expand and modernize the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.

  “Mary will fight to expand and modernize the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to help Alaskans afford heat and ensure DC insiders aren’t leaving Alaska families out in the cold because of government shutdowns or funding delays.”³

• Energy and climate

  Wants to restore federal tax credits for solar, wind, hydropower projects.

  “Mary will fight to restore federal tax credits for solar, wind, hydropower projects that were cut by DC’s reconciliation bill, and push for federal funding to diversify energy inputs for Alaska’s Railbelt.”³

• Energy and climate

  Wants to supplement Alaska’s Power Cost Equalization program with federal investment.

  “Mary will work to supplement Alaska’s existing Power Cost Equalization program with federal investment to help stabilize energy prices in rural communities.”³

• Energy and climate

  Wants to increase energy efficiency and lower power bills through the Weatherization Assistance Program.

  “Mary will push for federal funding to increase energy efficiency and lower power bills through the Weatherization Assistance Program, HOMES Rebate and additional rebate programs for Alaskans to weatherize, modernize, and update their homes.”³

• Energy and climate

  Wants to invest in research and demonstration projects for Arctic energy innovation.

  “Mary will fight for federal investment in research and demonstration projects, and commercialization of cold-weather energy technologies to make Alaska the leading test bed for Arctic energy technology.”³

• Energy and climate

  Wants to expand investment in Alaska geothermal and biomass energy projects.

  “Mary will fight to expand investment in Alaska geothermal and biomass energy projects, so that every community in the state can benefit from its natural resources by driving down energy costs and creating good paying jobs.”³

• Energy and climate

  Wants to expand energy tax credits for rural communities to invest in small modular reactors.

  “Mary will work across the aisle to expand energy tax credits that give rural communities the opportunity to invest in small modular reactors, keeping Alaska on the forefront of energy production and bringing reliable energy to the hardest to reach communities.”³

• Education

  Will work to expand apprenticeship opportunities for veterans.

  “In the Senate, Mary will work to expand apprenticeship opportunities for veterans and restore and protect Skill Bridge, a program that supports veterans as they transition into full-time employment.”⁶

• Housing

  Will fight to reverse harmful DC cuts to food assistance and housing programs that veterans count on.

  “No Alaska veteran should have to worry about affording a roof over their head or their next meal. Mary will fight to reverse harmful DC cuts to food assistance and housing programs that veterans count on so that every veteran receives the benefits they’ve earned.”⁶

• Housing

  Will work to end veteran homelessness.

  “Mary won’t rest until every veteran has a stable, affordable, safe roof over their head. She’ll keep fighting to end veteran homelessness, and supports restoring the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness, expanding permanent supportive housing units, safeguarding VA home loans, and increasing federal funding for veteran housing.”⁶

• Elections and voting

  Wants to get special interests out of Alaska politics.

  “Mary knows that the only way to make DC work for Alaska is to get special interests out of our politics.”⁴

• Elections and voting

  Wants to bring transparency to elections by passing the DISCLOSE Act to reveal campaign funding sources.

  “Alaskans should be deciding Alaska elections, not dark money special interest groups. Alaskans deserve to know who is paying for the ads we see and hear, and by passing the DISCLOSE Act, Mary will fight to bring transparency to our elections so that we know exactly who is funding campaigns and why.”⁵

• Elections and voting

  Wants to overturn the Supreme Court Citizens United decision with a constitutional amendment.

  “The Supreme Court Citizens United decision opened the door to millions of dollars flowing into Alaska from dark money special interest groups and flooding our airwaves every election season. Like most Alaskans, Mary’s had enough, and knows that no Lower 48 interest group should be telling us how to vote. Mary will fight to pass a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United so that we can finally put super PAC spending behind us, and ensure Alaskans are calling the shots on our elections.”⁵

• Elections and voting

  Wants to establish term limits for members of Congress, specifically 12-year limits.

  “Mary will fight for 12 year term limits in Congress, giving our representatives deadlines to deliver for Alaska.”⁵

• Elections and voting

  Wants to pass the Restoring Integrity in Democracy Resolution to check financial conflicts of interest.

  “Mary will fight to pass the Restoring Integrity in Democracy Resolution to check financial conflicts of interest in DC and make Congress answer to the people.”⁵

• Elections and voting

  Wants to ban federal officials from accepting gifts from foreign governments.

  “Alaska representatives should answer to Alaskans – and no American politician should be influenced by foreign governments. Mary will fight to ban all federal officials from accepting gifts from any foreign government.”⁵

• Elections and voting

  Wants to pass the Shell Company Abuse Act to crack down on foreign influence in politics.

  “Foreign adversaries have no place in American politics, period. Mary will work to pass the Shell Company Abuse Act to crack down on foreign influence in our politics.”⁵

• Elections and voting

  Will hold the VA accountable to veterans by improving proactive communication and outreach.

  “Mary will hold the VA accountable to veterans by improving the department’s proactive communication and outreach to ensure Alaska veterans know which benefits are available to them.”⁶

• Civil rights

  Supports locking in the current makeup of the federal subsistence board to ensure Alaskans make subsistence decisions.

  “That’s why Mary supports locking in the current makeup of the federal subsistence board, to ensure that Alaskans are the ones making subsistence decisions.”⁴

• Civil rights

  Wants to create Tribal seats on the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council.

  “Mary will fight to create Tribal seats on the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council to ensure that Alaska – not Seattle or Oregon – is deciding how to tackle the issues our fisheries are facing.”⁴

• Military and veterans

  Supports Alaska servicemembers, military families, and veterans.

  “Mary is a military mom who has always stood by Alaska servicemembers, military families, and veterans.”²

• Farms and rural areas

  Supports federal funding to help Alaskans grow and market their mariculture industry.

  “Mary will fight for federal funding to help Alaskans grow and market our mariculture industry to encourage farming non-fish ocean species like kelp and shellfish.”⁴

Money: U.S. Senate, Alaska (2026)

As reported to the Federal Election Commission, through July 29, 2026.¹

• From individuals $16.3M
• From PACs and other committees $602K
• From party committees $1,500
• Other (transfers, loans, refunds) $1.7M

Gifts from people, by size⁷

Small gifts under $200 against the largest checks. People can give up to $3,500 per election.

• Under $200 46%
• $200–$499 8%
• $500–$999 9%
• $1,000–$1,999 12%
• $2,000 and up 26%

Top PACs and committees giving directly⁸

Outside groups spending in this race⁹

Groups that spent money about this candidate without working with the campaign.

Individual donors

• $9.4M from 31,409 itemized gifts¹⁰
• 11% came from people in Alaska¹⁰
• 14% came from retired people¹⁰
• Top states: California $2.0M, New York $1.1M, Alaska $1.0M, Massachusetts $744K, Washington $650K¹⁰

Where donors work¹⁰

Employers as donors wrote them on the form. These are gifts from people who work there, not from the companies.