Mary Peltola of Alaska, who is a former representative and current Democrat U.S. Senate nominee, has claimed to work hard for her community, but her voting record reportedly showed otherwise.
Peltola finished ahead of Trump-backed Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) on Tuesday during the primary as both moved toward the general election, Fox News reported Saturday.
Peltola “missed nearly one in five votes in the Alaska House of Representatives and more than a third of Bethel City Council meetings during her time in office, records show,” the outlet said.
She reportedly missed 794 of over 4,000 House votes during her five terms and 22 city council meetings.
“Her attendance record is now raising questions about her commitment to public service as she advances to Alaska’s four-candidate general election, a closely watched race that could affect control of the U.S. Senate,” the article continued.
When announcing her decision to run for the U.S. Senate, Peltola said she was going to “fight for fish, family, and freedom.”
In a more recent post, Peltola wrote, “$21 a gallon for gas in the Bush. If you’re not a millionaire, I don’t know how you can afford that. Meanwhile, the people who are supposed to be fighting for us are nowhere to be found. Alaskans deserve better.”
Must Read Alaska in September 2024 pointed out her reported absences when it came to voting, saying, “Over the past 100 votes taken in the U.S. House of Representatives, Alaska often has had no one present to represent them. Alaska has been unrepresented for 40 of the last 100 votes taken, as Rep. Mary Peltola has gone missing. She was absent for votes on everything from protecting America from foreign adversaries to finding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress.”
“Last week she said she would be gone all week to abide by a Yup’ik tradition of spending a whole week celebrating the life of her late husband on the one-year anniversary of his death. It was cultural. However, she was actually campaigning much of the week, according to her subsequent social media posts,” the article read.
In statement to Fox News, Republican National Committee spokesperson Nick Poche criticized Peltola, commenting that “Alaskans deserve an all-the-time workhorse like Dan Sullivan, not someone like Peltola who knifes Alaskans in the back when she even bothers to show up.”
A Peltola campaign spokesperson claimed Peltola took maternity leave during her time in office and only missed a small percentage of votes while advancing bipartisan measures.
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