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Could the “Last Frontier” turn blue?

Alaska’s shifting rules and demographics could give Democrats a foothold in a state previously seen as untouchable.

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Halina Bennet
Oct 10, 2025
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Mary Peltola, a Democrat, won Alaska’s only House seat in 2022. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/Getty Images)

In this morning’s mailbag, Matt predicted which state hasn’t turned blue yet but could land on the Democrats’ radar by the 2040s:

The answer is Alaska and the way to “not blow it” is for Democrats to commit themselves to the proposition that while env…

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