By SUZANNE DOWNING
Oct. 1, 2026 — Mary Peltola is returning to her familiar smiling campaign image in a new Senate advertisement that asks Alaskans to look past her party affiliation while highlighting her NRA rating and claiming she challenged former President Joe Biden.
The spot comes as the former congresswoman faces scrutiny over allegations of mistreating staff and using offensive language in private communications. A New York Times investigation reported allegations of screaming tirades, berating aides, using slurs (calling people faggots and retards), and shoving a staff member, while menacing another with a bottle. \
“Forget party, forget politics. With me, Alaska comes first,” reads the message accompanying the advertisement.
The video features Peltola smiling, visiting with Alaskans, and shouldering a hunting rifle. Its emphasis is on “Alaska First,” with claims clearly intended to distinguish her from national Democrats.
“I earned an ‘A’ rating from the NRA. I took on Joe Biden to secure the border,” she says, according to indexed posts quoting the advertisement.
AdImpact: Mary Peltola is up with a new ad distancing herself from her party.
“Forget party, forget politics. With me, Alaska comes first. I earned an ‘A’ rating from the NRA. I took on Joe Biden to secure the border.” pic.twitter.com/NMj9JwviNG
— Politics & Poll Tracker 📡 (@PollTracker2024) October 1, 2026
Her NRA claim is spurious. An A rating for a past race is erased because the NRA Political Victory Fund endorsed Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in this year’s Senate race. Sullivan received an A-plus rating, which the organization reserves for lawmakers who combine an excellent voting record with vigorous efforts to defend the Second Amendment.
The advertisement highlights Peltola’s favorable grade without mentioning that the organization chose her opponent.
Peltola’s invitation to “forget party” also leaves out the national Democratic machine supporting her political comeback.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a democratic socialist from New York City, has backed her, as has former Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Former Vice President Kamala Harris sent a fundraising appeal invoking Peltola’s potential to help Democrats win the Senate majority.
First AOC, then Kamala, now Donna Brazile backs Peltola
Then, former Democratic National Committee interim chair Donna Brazile joined that chorus in September. As The Alaska Story reported on Sept. 26, Brazile urged people to “stand with” Peltola, described her as “tough but principled and honest,” and said she intended to donate again.
Gun-control activists David Hogg and Shannon Watts have also backed Peltola’s Senate campaign. Emily’s List, planned Parenthood, and the NOW PAC have endorsed her this cycle, while the Feminist Majority PAC supported her 2024 congressional campaign. She fails to mention that in her ad.
The national Democratic investment goes well beyond endorsements.
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer worked hard last year to persuade Peltola to enter the race, after polling showed she had a path to win. Senate Majority PAC, the outside spending organization aligned with Schumer, announced an initial $10.6 million television reservation in May to support her against Sullivan.
But the schizophrenic Peltola advertising now puts distance between her public image and the Democratic label, while national Democratic money is all-in for her candidacy.
Her claim of taking on Biden also presents a selective memory of their relationship.
In July 2024, she was one of six House Democrats who supported a Republican resolution condemning the Biden administration and Vice President Kamala Harris over border policies. But the measure was nonbinding: It expressed the House’s position rather than changing immigration law or securing the border itself.
Peltola also publicly defended Biden’s mental abilities. In late 2023, she described him as “one of the smartest, sharpest people I’ve met in D.C.” and praised his compassion and experience. Those remarks offer a different perspective on Biden from the adversarial relationship emphasized in her current advertising.
The new spot also displays a claim that Peltola secured the “largest development project in decades.” Her broader resource-development record, however, includes a significant reversal on the legislation she voted against to promote Alaska oil production.
Peltola initially co-sponsored Alaska’s Right to Produce Act, which sought to reverse Biden administration restrictions on Alaska development. Then, she quietly withdrew her support and urged fellow Democrats in a letter to oppose it. When the House voted on final passage on May 1, 2024, she just voted “present.” The legislation passed 214–199. She actually fought against Alaska’s right to produce.
The ad’s everyday-Alaskan presentation also leaves out Peltola’s lucrative move into the influence business after voters rejected her reelection bid.
After serving the remainder of Don Young’s term and one full term of her own, Peltola lost to Nick Begich in November 2024 and left Congress in January 2025.
Six weeks later, she had joined Holland & Hart, a major law firm with a lobbying practice, as senior director of Alaska affairs. The position paid over $400,000 a year, plus potential bonuses for business she brought in — a substantial payday following her brief congressional career. It was the most she’d ever made in her career. It would have been more, except she never brought in any clients.
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15 thoughts on “‘Nice Mary’ is ba-a-a-ck: Bipolar ad asks voters to ‘forget’ the Democratic machine backing her”
Do we have any takers out there for husband number six? Any hands showing? Seeing none, I guess we can all agree that the Bethel hag is pulling our leg again. This woman is insane as can be. Only a left-wing, radicalized, idiot Democrat man would hook-up with her. She is on her desperation tour, guided by her campaign deceivers. Its all or nothing for Mary Peltola now and the truth no longer matters to her. Do not vote for this poisonous snake of a woman.
Peltola is dangerous. Nick Begich took her out (politically) two years ago. Look at her record in Congress during her very short tenure. Alaskans should never vote for her again.
Apparently Mary believes that “everyday” Alaskans live in mansions on hillside, or at least, that is what her ad appears to show. All her other ads feature sob stories from people who are so envious of others it oozes out of them. I’d say that is a bit schizo, but then, I never figured Mary for a linear thinker.
Suzanne coulda just written MEOW!
So we could just write “troll” whenever you show up. Honestly Evan, don’t you have any real friends?
You ain’t got no friends… an’ all the others they hate ya? Does the life you been leadin’ gotta go?” – Frank Zappa
To all the Americans who vote for no party representations, you all are voting for a one government system where no difference of opinions nor ideology governance models will be tolerated!!!
Because that is the ad’s target audience laser focused toward those Alaskans who emphatically always state “left or right they are all bad.”
That kind of radicalism takes the country down the road of One party one government model giving us no freedom of opinions contrary to the one government system.
At best between political parties like Democrat and Republicans we have freedom of choice and they are separate governance ideology models of governing.
“Forget party, forget politics. With me, Alaska comes first,”
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First off, this is patently false. She obeys D party bosses completely.
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NRA grades are BS anyway. NRA also gave little Marky Begich an A; forgetting his involvement with Bloomberg’s anti-gun mayors group.
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The fish Capt (lol) is unworthy of any true Alaskan support.
Peltola is supposed to follow her Democrat bosses. Her sin and Hill’s sin too is they are Lying 🤥 to their voters they don’t follow political parties. They are breaking a ten commandment.
I think candidates should be honest. Most importantly I think voters should let the candidates be freely Republican or be Democrat or Green or Libertarian not to hold it against the honest ones truly representing that party. Because if a candidate is going to be elected a Republican they Still must think about their team just like the Star basketball player (the high school senior heading to college basketball and later to the NBA) he still has to think about the other five on the game floor and be willing to pass the winning shot to his team mate because his team mate is in better position.
Same thing with political governance models. To move the Democrat government ideology model or Republican government ideology model forward, it requires democrat lawmakers and group members working as a team same thing as Republican lawmakers and their group members. Ak democrats have told a bucket of lies to AKRepunlicans that fighting is bad and they need to get along.
Two competing government models there is going to be battles and fights. It’s inevitable. AkRepublicans can’t be reluctant to fight together as a team for Their Republican government model.
There is a reason why Florida is following the Republican governance model because it takes party loyalty and teamwork out of leaders and voting members to elect 26 Republicans to its State legislature Senate while state democrats can only get 12 if its party members elected. And, its House has 83 Republicans and only 34 Democrats. And the Florida Republicans control the Executive branch. Floridas Republicans aren’t afraid to fight for their governance model and they aren’t afraid to be labeled party defender; they wear it like a badge of honor.
And Kenai Mike, I hope you are your Republican brothers are involved in your community council because men belong at their community’s governing boards. I don’t want to see Kenai-Soldotna go blue. It’s hard to see Wasilla-Palmer, Fairbanks, Kenai-Soldotna heading in that direction. Those communities just like Anchorage specifically needs Republican men who know the Republican governance model turning off their porn and sports channels and head to their local governing boards and working together to go get their brothers a seat at the table and helping them govern to maintain a Republican governance model.
“Alaska comes first! Ill screw over everyone else later”..Scary Mary
The NRA bases their endorsement on answers to a questionnaire, its not a tough grade
Its not HER shouldering the rifle in the ad. She hire someone else to do it. She doesn’t want the guns,she inherited taken away, but shell be happy to have everyone else’s taken ” rules for thee, none for me”. The standard Democrat way ” Alaska first”.she will screw over the,rest next in order of whichever gives her themost plunder its like the old bumper sticker ” Earth First! We’ll strip mine the other planets later.”