Democrat Mary Peltola will become the first Alaska Native representative in Congress and Alaska’s first congresswoman, winning the ranked-choice election to replace the late Republican Rep. Don Young.
Peltola — a former state legislator and Yup’ik woman from the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta — defeated Republican former Gov. Sarah Palin and Republican Nick Begich.
The video showed that Begich’s 53,756 first-place votes were redistributed according to the second choice marked on each ballot. Palin picked up an additional 27,045 bringing her cumulative total to 85,987. Peltola picked up an additional 15,445 votes giving her 91,206 — putting her 51.47% of votes cast above the 50% threshold needed to name Peltola as the winner. There were 2,971 write-in votes cast, according to the division.
“We built a great deal of momentum in a short time,” Peltola said. “I plan to continue introducing myself to Alaskans and working to earn their trust.”
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