Democrat Peltola campaigns in Alaska amid high costs from Iran war and tariffs
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Mary Peltola seeks to become the first Democrat in nearly two decades to win Alaska’s US Senate seat, citing cost-of-living pressures.
The Guardian reports that Democrat Mary Peltola is campaigning across Alaska’s remote interior and Arctic communities, where residents face sharply higher living costs linked to the Iran war and tariffs, in a bid to win the state’s US Senate seat. [1]
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- Trump’s war and tariffs have battered Alaska. A pro-oil Democrat could flip the key Senate seat
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