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Why Rep. Mary Peltola Wore Traditional Yup’ik Boots to Her History-Making Swearing-In Ceremony | #alaska | #politics

SPIROS HALARIS This August, Democrat Mary Peltola shocked the nation when she won a special election in Alaska, flipping a long-held Republican seat to become the state’s sole U.S. representative. In doing so, she also made history, becoming the first Alaska Native ever elected to Congress and the first woman to represent the state in […]

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