Alaska Democrat U.S. Senate nominee Mary Peltola has made fishing a central theme of her political brand and 2026 campaign, but she did not sponsor any fish-related legislation during her first term in the U.S. House after taking office in 2022.
\n\nPeltola has made fish a defining part of her political brand: she created and promoted a salmon-themed video game called “Salmon Run;” a Super PAC supporting her is called the Fish Family Freedom Fund; and her campaign slogan begins with the word “Fish.”
\n\nBut during her first term in Congress, Peltola did not sponsor a single bill about fish.
\n\nHer record in state government was similarly limited. Across approximately 10 years in the Alaska House of Representatives, Peltola introduced one fish-related bill — a loan program for fishers to pay their taxes. The measure effectively allowed fishermen behind on their tax obligations to borrow money and repay it with interest.
\n\nWhile serving in Congress, Peltola urged her Democratic colleagues to vote against the Alaska’s Right to Produce Act, a bill she co-led for Democrats that sought to reverse Biden administration restrictions on oil and gas development in Alaska, including in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Peltola had previously voted…
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