This year, Peltola stepped in to headline Don Young’s marquee charity fundraiser.
U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, center, holds on for stability aboard the Tenacious. Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., was the only other Congress member on board. His brother, Tim Huffman, left, lives in Anchorage.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski has Waterfall, her VIP fishing tournament in Southeast, raising money for cancer care. The late Sen. Ted Stevens had the Kenai Classic, supporting the river. And now Peltola is taking on the Lu Young Children’s Fund Fishing Invitational, a three-day fishing tournament. “What I have found is that people who are professional lobbyists, they tend not to hit you up in contexts like this because they want you to have fun,” she said. “And then when they’re in your office, you’ll have had that shared experience.”
And that’s how Huffman, from one of the bluest districts in California, came to spend a day on a boat with Young and Karl Rove, Republican former White House policy advisor.“Karl obviously is, you know, on the wrong side of my politics. But he’s also a historian and he’s very knowledgeable about Harry Truman,” Huffman said.It turned out to be Young’s last fishing tournament.
While politicians may be the draw, Ortiz says the tournament has never been about business or politics.
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