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Peltola Missed 794 Alaska House Votes, Records Show

8/22/2026

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Peltola Attendance Scrutiny

U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) faced criticism over her legislative attendance record.
State records show she missed 794 of 4,265 Alaska House votes, an 18.6% absence rate.
GovTrack reports she missed 235 of 1,370 U.S. House roll-calls, a 17.2% absence rate.
Her campaign said maternity leave and excused absences kept unexcused missed votes near 6%.

Summary

Peltola Leads

Peltola raised about $18.5 million, outpacing Sen. Sullivan’s $11.7 million.
The American Democracy Project super PAC spent $300,000 supporting independent David Leslie without his approval.
Super PACs have poured more than $2 million into Alaska’s Senate race to boost lesser-known candidates.
Independent Bill Hill, a Dena’ina Athabascan, secured second place in the U.S. House primary with 31 percent of the vote.

History

Historical Context

After the Supreme Court’s 5-4 Citizens United decision in 2010 removed limits on corporate and union independent spending, the Speechnow.org case enabled super-PACs and non-party groups to pour billions into elections—over $1 billion in 2016 alone. That financing surge underlies Senate hopeful Mary Peltola’s $18.5 million haul and the scrutiny of her 18.6% attendance record.

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Peltola Attendance Scrutiny

U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) faced criticism over her legislative attendance record.
State records show she missed 794 of 4,265 Alaska House votes, an 18.6% absence rate.
GovTrack reports she missed 235 of 1,370 U.S. House roll-calls, a 17.2% absence rate.
Her campaign said maternity leave and excused absences kept unexcused missed votes near 6%.

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