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What was Mary Peltola’s political career before Congress?

Mary Peltola served in the Alaska legislature from 1999 to 2009, representing rural Bethel. She worked across party lines and helped with Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s write-in Senate campaign in 2010. In her political career, she has been socially liberally while remaining focused on Alaska’s needs. She supports abortion rights and climate change regulation, while supporting the preservation of hunting, fishing, oil drilling, and mining in Alaska.