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Mary Peltola: “We really have six states within a state where three…”

Featuring: Mary Peltola, Democratic | Former U.S. House Representative, Alaska At-Large

Breaking Bread, Sharing Salad & Final Four Voting: Alaska Representative Mary Peltola

Published January 19, 2024 | Video Starts at 04:36

My region is the size of Oregon, the region that I'm originally from. We have 56 villages, none of which are connected by road. And then in the larger state of Alaska, We really have six states within a state where three Californias or more than two Texas. We're just a really huge, dangerous state, and we all need each other, and being entrenched in partisan thinking just doesn't serve us. Yeah. (04:36–04:43)

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