Alaska Democrat Peltola could cause headaches for her party's Senate leaders - KDBC
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HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TNND) — Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola, the former congresswoman seeking a Senate seat, could cause headaches for party leaders if she joins the upper chamber. She’s so far campaigned as most election experts would expect of a Democrat in a reliably Republican state, bucking her party on positions Alaskans see as too far left and vowing to put her constituents over her party’s brass. A single-term House member, Peltola’s even called for limits to the time lawmakers can serve in Congress, which she said Friday was never meant to be a “lifetime appointment.”Top D. C. Democrats, like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, have supported her campaign, but they may not be as enthusiastic about her place in the Senate should she make herself comfortable. Peltola's emphasized her willingness to cross the aisle, potentially posing an obstacle for her Democratic colleagues as they prepare to take more forceful action against the GOP. “I’ll stand up to anyone, including people in my own party, who doesn’t understand what Alaska needs,” Peltola wrote in an op-ed earlier this month.
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