Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: Trump’s war and tariffs have battered Alaska. A pro-oil Democrat could flip the key Senate seat

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Democrats believe circumstances have aligned for them to win a slew of competitive elections in the state</p><p>Mary Peltola’s campaign to represent <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/alaska" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Alaska</a> in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/us-senate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">US Senate</a> has taken her to parts of the massive state’s interior that are inaccessible by road and on the frontlines of the cost-of-living crisis she hopes will make her the first <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/democrats" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Democrat</a> to win the seat in nearly two decades.</p><p>She has been to towns where paper towels retail for $40, a half gallon of oat milk goes for $21 and the cost of a new freezer can be quadruple what it is in the state’s largest city, Anchorage, simply because it’s so complicated to get there. Along the Arctic Ocean, she’s heard of communities where power bills have climbed to $1,500 a month because they rely on generators for power and the Iran war has pushed the cost of diesel to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/03/diesel-prices-midwest-farmers" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">new heights</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/22/alaska-mary-peltola-senate-midterms" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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