woman pinch brownish hairMary Peltola during her 2022 run for nan U.S. House (Liz Ruskin/Alaska Public Media)

Alaska Congresswoman Mary Peltola continues to beryllium 1 of nan Democrats astir apt to ballot against her party. She voted this week for 5 bills and a non-binding solution that astir of her Democratic colleagues voted against.

Several of nan bills telephone for tougher enforcement of nan confederate border. As she has before, Pelotola voted to condemn President Biden’s handling of nan border. She besides voted for a measure to deport undocumented migrants who battle constabulary officers. And she voted for a measure that removes nan powerfulness of nan section assembly of nan District of Columbia to alteration nan city’s sentencing laws. 

Peltola was besides among conscionable 16 Democrats who voted pinch Republicans connected a measure to forestall nan Biden management from withholding subject assistance to Israel.

It’s an predetermination year, and voting against her statement undercuts 1 of nan main lines of onslaught Republicans purpose astatine her: nan declare that she’s successful lockstep pinch nan Biden administration.

According to a ProPublica database, Peltola has voted against nan Democratic position 97 times since nan commencement of past year.

Her main challengers are Republicans Nick Begich and Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom. Begich is aligning himself pinch hard-right members of Congress. This week he announced that Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, is endorsing him.