{"id":46118,"date":"2026-08-15T06:47:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T01:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46118"},"modified":"2026-08-15T06:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T01:47:37","slug":"democratic-senate-candidate-rejects-kamala-harris-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46118","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Senate Candidate Rejects Kamala Harris Endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5751320\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5751320\" class=\"wp-image-5751320 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/am13.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-14-at-9-04-19-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Kamala Harris Mary Peltola\" width=\"1608\" height=\"872\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5751320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LEFT: Screenshot via @mary_peltola on YouTube RIGHT: AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Former Rep. <strong>Mary Peltola<\/strong> (D-AK) is distancing herself from an endorsement by former Vice President <strong>Kamala Harris<\/strong> as she looks to flip a Senate seat in Alaska, according to a Friday <em>New York Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/08\/14\/us\/politics\/kamala-harris-mary-peltola-endorsement.html\">report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/politicalemails.org\/messages\/2364092\">fundraising email<\/a> from Harris&#8217;s Fight for the People PAC, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\">former vice president<\/a> encouraged supporters to &#8220;contribute $10 or whatever you can afford,&#8221; adding, &#8220;If there\u2019s anyone who can flip Alaska and secure the Senate majority for Democrats \u2013 it\u2019s Mary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the <em>Times <\/em>noted, Harris lost Alaska by 14 percentage points to President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans quickly seized on the endorsement, with the outlet citing a statement from <strong>Nick Puglia<\/strong>, a spokesman for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, in which he accused the former congresswoman of having worked \u201chand in hand with Kamala Harris to put Alaska last, so it\u2019s no surprise that Harris is backing Peltola.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peltola\u2019s campaign, however, rejected the association, telling the <em>Times<\/em> that it had not approved Harris\u2019s fundraising email and had no knowledge of it before it was sent. Not to mention, the then-congresswoman chose not to endorse Harris in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMary isn\u2019t seeking endorsements from anyone from the Lower 48 \u2014 her focus is and always will be Alaska,\u201d the campaign said, pointing instead to the support Peltola has received from labor groups in the state.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nate Adams<\/strong>, a spokesman for Sen. <strong>Dan Sullivan<\/strong> (R-AK), whom Peltola is running to unseat, also sought to saddle Peltola with Harris\u2019s support, telling the\u00a0<em>Times<\/em> in a statement, \u201cNo matter how hard Mary Peltola tries to hide from the endorsement, Alaskans can see exactly whose team she and Kamala Harris are on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Yet independent Alaska state Rep. <strong>Rebecca Himschoot<\/strong> defended the Democratic candidate, describing Harris&#8217;s email as \u201creally dumb.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s riding Mary Peltola\u2019s coattails,\u201d Himschoot told the <em>Times<\/em>. \u201cAnd she\u2019s not even running for anything that anyone knows of yet, and didn\u2019t do well here to begin with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/democratic-senate-candidate-rejects-kamala-harris-endorsement\/\">Democratic Senate Candidate Rejects Kamala Harris Endorsement<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEFT: Screenshot via @mary_peltola on YouTube RIGHT: AP Photo\/Jae C. Hong Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) is distancing herself from an endorsement by former Vice President Kamala Harris as she looks to flip a Senate seat in Alaska, according to a Friday New York Times report. 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