ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – Former Vice President and 2024 Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris sent an email to Peltola supporters Wednesday, urging support for Democratic challenger Mary Peltola in the toss-up Alaska U.S. Senate race.The Peltola campaign says it doesn’t need the help.“Mary isn’t seeking endorsements from anyone from the Lower 48 – her focus is and always will be Alaska,” a Peltola spokesperson said in a statement. “That’s why she’s proud to have the endorsement of AFGE, the Alaska AFL-CIO, Alaska IBEW Local 1547, and more than 10,000 Alaskans who have signed up to volunteer with the campaign.” In the 2024 election, Peltola did not endorse Harris.“Looking at this presidential race, my position is whoever the president is, that is the person that I am interested in working with to help Alaska move forward,” Peltola said July 23, 2024, according to Alaska Public Media reporting. “Whether that president is Donald Trump, or if that president happens to be Kamala Harris … there will be a lot of common ground. There will be a lot of things that we collectively agree on.”The email from Harris, which never said she endorses Peltola, encourages recipients to back the challenger running against incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska.“If you understand how Alaska puts control of the Senate in play for Democrats and are ready to help Mary Peltola get the support she needs, use this link to split a donation between her campaign and my Fight for the People PAC today,” it reads.The Fight for the People PAC, or political action committee, has not donated any funds to Mary Peltola in 2026, according to FEC records.Harris has not committed to running for the 2028 presidential election, but said she was “thinking about” another run.“Listen, I might, I might. I’m thinking about it, I’m thinking about it,” Harris said in April, ABC News reports.The Sullivan campaign called Harris’s message a union between the two.“Kamala Harris supported the Biden administration’s disastrous anti-Alaska agenda, which is why Alaskans rejected her by double digits,” Sullivan spokesperson Nate Adams said in a statement. “Alaskans can see exactly whose team Mary Peltola and Kamala Harris are on, and it isn’t Alaska’s.”Sullivan has been endorsed by President Donald Trump.“Dan is a GREAT man, has ALWAYS delivered for Alaska (which I won three times by BIG margins in 2016, 2020, and 2024!), and will continue doing so in the U.S. Senate,” Trump said on July 21, 2025. Donald J. Trump Truth Social 07.21.25 12:55 PM ESTSenator Dan Sullivan is doing a fantastic job representing the Great People of Alaska! Prior to becoming a very distinguished and Highly Respected Senator, Dan served as State Attorney General and the Commissioner of the Alaska…— Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) July 21, 2025
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