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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)

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 environmental pr…

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