Alaska Democrat U.S. Senate nominee Mary Peltola backed state tax proposals during her tenure in the Alaska House that would have imposed new income taxes on residents, years before making tax cuts a central part of her 2026 affordability plan.
\n\nPeltola, whose last name was Kapsner while she served in the Alaska House, joined five lawmakers in “closed door meetings” in 2002 to formulate a tax plan that included a 1.5 percent statewide income tax expected to raise nearly $300 million and a 1.5 percent statewide sales tax, along with separate increases on gasoline, alcohol, and cruise ship passengers, expected to raise another $200 million.
\n\nPeltola voted twice in 2002 for the statewide income tax, which would have required middle-income Alaskans to pay the highest rate.
\n\nA May 2002 Anchorage Daily News editorial criticized the proposal as the “misnamed Alaska Fair Tax,” saying it “hits the middle to protect the rich.”
\n\nThen in 2004, Peltola once again backed a statewide income tax, co-sponsoring a bill that would have required most Alaskans to pay an additional 15 percent to 20 percent of their federal tax bill to the state.
\n\nPeltola now claims she will “lower taxes,” writing that “Alaskans should be…
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