As the 2026 campaign season intensifies, a number of Democratic candidates are running for office in states that supported Donald Trump in 2024 — and in several cases, in earlier elections as well — despite holding records, endorsements, and affiliations that put them sharply at odds with many of their constituents’ values.
Former vice president Kamala Harris, who failed to win Alaska in her own presidential primary, has raised money for Senate candidate Mary Peltola. Peltola also supported Deb Haaland for Secretary of the Interior — despite Haaland’s 2020 position in favor of stopping deportations and dismantling ICE. Notably, none of Peltola’s endorsers in the House or Senate voted for the bill that opened up development of Alaska’s natural resources. Among her financial backers are
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