Both candidates are focusing on the Alaska Native population, which could be key to determining whether they return to Washington next year.
“Mary is a woman whose heart is as grounded in Alaska as anybody you’re going to find,” Murkowski told reporters after the event, wearing a gold-colored, paisley-patterned kuspuk, common Alaska Indigenous clothing Peltola gave her last year.
To get scoops, sharp political analysis and accountability journalism in your inbox each morning, sign up for The Early 202. At the Alaska Federation of Natives annual conference last week, voters and native leaders in more than a dozen interviews proudly remembered their influence in the 2010 election.
Tribal leaders are downplaying the significance of a cross-party endorsement during such politically polarizing times and emphasizing the work both women have done for Alaska Natives. Peltola was swarmed by supporters as she walked through the hallways of the Dena’ina Center in Anchorage. When she took the stage, the large room of Alaska Natives clapped, cheered and waved wooden sticks with Peltola’s face on them. When she finished speaking, the audience broke out in song.
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