Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Former Rep. Mary Peltola announced Monday she's running to represent Alaska in the U.S. Senate, looking to unseat Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
The first Alaskan Native elected to Congress, Peltola said she's focused on putting Alaska first and working against self-dealing in Washington, D.C. She said Alaska was once a place of abundance, but, "now, we have scarcity."
"The salmon, large game and migratory birds that used to fill our freezers are harder to find," she said in a video announcing her campaign. "So we buy more groceries, with crushing prices.
"It's not just that politicians in D.C. don't care that we're paying $17 a gallon for milk in rural Alaska; they don't even believe us."
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