Democrats hope GOP health care cuts will put Alaska, and the Senate, in play
Source: Politico
03/26/2026 04:45 AM EDT
If Democrats retake the Senate in this year’s elections, Alaska’s high health care costs could be the reason. Democrats face a tough map as they look to win the four seats they need to claim the majority and will have to win some long-shot races to get there, like that of second-term GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan.
But they have reason to believe, from Sullivan’s own testimony and voting record, that Alaskans might be receptive to a message blaming rising health insurance premiums and pending Medicaid work requirements on Sullivan and his party.
“Alaskans already pay more for health care than the Lower 48, and DC politicians are making it worse — cutting care and raising costs for tens of thousands of our neighbors to cover tax breaks for their biggest donors,” said Sullivan’s Democratic opponent, former Rep. Mary Peltola, in a statement.
Sullivan told POLITICO he’s aware of ads targeting his July vote for President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which cut taxes and paid for it by reducing spending on Medicaid, the federal-state insurance program for low-income people. He sees the ads as “a bunch of bullshit” because Democrats blocked his effort to add language to the bill that would have shielded Alaskans.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/26/sullivan-peltola-medicaid-obamacare-senate-alaska-health-00844944
No it's not, you ass. You voted for that Barbaric Butcher Bill and you forced your constituents to FAFO.
Here was Peltola's initial ad when she announced she was running -