Miles Parks

I'm so excited to have you here in studio with us.

Ahead of this year's midterm elections, we are looking at interesting races.

So you all probably guessed it today.

We are focusing on Alaska, a red state that Democrats are hoping to pull off an upset in in the Senate race this November.

So let's just start there, Liz.

This is a race, the Senate race that has an incumbent.

What can you tell us about Republican Senator Dan Sullivan?

What issues, I guess, are important to him or that do you think that he's going to campaign on this year?

Yeah, right.

Fish is a huge part of Mary Peltola's initial campaign.

But let's start with her, I guess, bigger picture.

I feel like Mary Peltola is somebody we've been talking about on the podcast for years.

Am I crazy?

Got it.

And then she ran in 2024 again and lost that election.

Is that right?

That's right.

Gotcha.

And then she Democrats basically convinced her in 2026 now to run for this Senate seat.

It feels like Democrats are optimistic about their chances in Alaska, but this is a state that Donald Trump has won by more than 10 percentage points every time he's run in a presidential election.