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Palin loses Alaska's special U.S. House election to Mary Peltola

On 31 August 2022 Alaska's ranked-choice tabulation showed Democrat Mary Peltola, a former state lawmaker, defeating Sarah Palin in the special election for the state's only U.S. House seat. Peltola won the final round by about 51.5% to 48.5% and became the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, denying the former governor a return to office.

Sarah Palin (Wikimedia Commons portrait; person avatar reused as fact cover, land-pack1 pattern).

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On 31 August 2022 Alaska's ranked-choice tabulation showed Democrat Mary Peltola, a former state lawmaker, defeating Sarah Palin in the special election for the state's only U.S. House seat. Peltola won the final round by about 51.5% to 48.5% and became the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, denying the former governor a return to office.

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  • Sarah Palin

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    Palin loses Alaska's special U.S. House election to Mary Peltola. Actor role on this event; contribution size permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction). Contribution size is permanently_blocked (no sourced fraction); provisional 0.4 stored because contributions.size is NOT NULL.

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  1. 1.npr.org — sourcenpr.org · verified
  2. 2.adn.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: palin+peltola · verified
  3. 3.alaskasnewssource.comchecked 2026-10-15 GET 200, final URL = original (no non-trivial redirect), claim in text: palin+peltola · verified

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Factrail. (2026). Palin loses Alaska's special U.S. House election to Mary Peltola. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/palin-loses-alaska-house-special-election-2022-08-31

https://factrail.ai/facts/palin-loses-alaska-house-special-election-2022-08-31

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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