Alaska
Peltola Campaign Launches First TV Ad Highlighting Alaska Roots and Working-Class Message
Native Vote 2026
The U.S. Senate campaign for Mary Peltola (Yup’ik) on Tuesday launched its first television advertisement of the election cycle, a statewide spot emphasizing her deep ties to Alaska communities and her background as a commercial fishing boat captain.
The 60-second ad, titled “We Stick Together,” features families, fishermen, and residents from across Alaska speaking about Peltola’s connection to the state and her commitment to putting Alaska first. The campaign said the ad will air statewide on television as well as on connected TV and digital platforms.
One speaker in the ad says, “Mary’s had her boots on the ground, on the riverbanks, in the mud, just like all us Alaskans. I think she gets it.”
The campaign said the ad comes as many Alaskans continue to struggle with rising prices, declining fish populations, and concerns about outside interests influencing policies affecting the state.
According to the campaign, more than 4,500 Alaskans have signed up to support Peltola’s Senate bid, with supporters represented in every borough and census area across Alaska.
“Mary knows the struggles facing Alaskans because she’s lived them,” said Alaskans for Mary Campaign Manager Elisa Rios. “While Dan Sullivan continues to sell out Alaska to his special interest backers like Big Pharma and Lower 48 corporations who are jacking up prices on Alaska families, Mary has been on the ground with her boots in the mud working with communities across the state rallying Alaskans to defend our way of life.”
Rios added, “Alaskans will elect Mary this November because she’ll always be an independent voice for the state who will stand up to the rigged system in DC and put Alaska first.”
WATCH “We Stick Together”
SCRIPT:
ALASKAN ONE: When I think of an Alaskan I think about somebody who has a genuine connection to the land and the people and the experience of living and growing and raising a family.
ALASKAN TWO: Alaskans we stick together, no matter what.
ALASKAN THREE: We’re all tough, we’re gritty, and we work together to solve the problems in our community, no matter what your background is.
ALASKAN FOUR: Mary Peltola will listen to working families, she will listen to small farmers and fisherman.
MARY PELTOLA: Every Alaskan I have ever known no matter how young, no matter how old, no matter where they’re from, deeply understand the importance of making sure our kids and grandkids and all the generations after us have the same kind of abundance that we had. We can get back there if we’re all working on this together.
ALASKAN FIVE: I think she gets me.
ALASKAN SIX: Mary’s had her boots on the ground, on the riverbanks, in the mud, just like all us Alaskans. I think she gets it.
ALASKAN FIVE: Mary knows us Alaskans. She’s going to put us first.