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Planned Parenthood's political arm, which endorsed Mary Peltola's previous campaigns, did not endorse her for her 2026 Senate race.
Mary Peltola won a full term in the U.S. House in the fall of 2022.
In a January 2024 text message to staff viewed by The New York Times, Mary Peltola wrote 'FUCK THOSE BITCHES' in reference to Planned Parenthood.
During the 2022 special House race in Alaska, Republican candidate and former Governor Sarah Palin told a crowd regarding her opponent Mary Peltola, "I love her dearly."
According to one person present and two others who heard about it, Mary Peltola shoved a male employee in her congressional office in February 2024.
A spokesman for Mary Peltola's campaign stated that she had treated her staff 'with respect and care'.
Mary Peltola's husband, Eugene Peltola Jr., was killed in a plane crash in 2023.
Mary Peltola declined to be interviewed for a September 2026 New York Times article about her campaign.
Mary Peltola was sworn in to the U.S. Congress in September 2022.
Mary Peltola's campaign denied she shoved an aide in February 2024, stating she accidentally bumped him on the first anniversary of her husband's death while she was unfocused.
The male employee allegedly shoved by Mary Peltola in February 2024 departed her team soon after the incident.
In response to questions from The New York Times in September 2026, a spokesman for Mary Peltola's campaign denied any pattern of abusive behavior by the candidate.
Former aides for Mary Peltola alleged that she required them to feed live crickets to her family’s pet chameleon, named Meatball.
Mary Peltola's campaign acknowledged that she sometimes struggled with grief after losing her mother and her husband in 2023.
According to former aides and text messages reviewed by The New York Times, Mary Peltola used the word 'retarded'.
In August 2026, days before the Alaska primary election, Mary Peltola fired several longtime staff members from her Senate campaign.
During her tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives, Mary Peltola had one of the highest staff turnover rates on Capitol Hill.
Four former staff members for Mary Peltola alleged that they directly heard her use the word 'faggot' over the years.
Mary Peltola is an Alaska Native who grew up fishing for salmon on the Kuskokwim River.
Former Alaska congresswoman Mary Peltola declared in January 2026 that she would run for the Senate.