U.S. Politics · Elections · 21 outlets (L 3 · C 9 · R 7 · 2 not rated)
Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola and her family suffer minor injuries in car crash
Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate for Alaska's U.S. Senate seat, and her family sustained minor injuries in a car crash Saturday night in Anchorage, her campaign said.[5, 9, 17] The campaign said another vehicle struck the car transporting Peltola and her family as they were heading to the Alaska Federation of Natives Annual Banquet.[2, 8, 17] Peltola required medical attention for the injuries, according to her campaign.[8, 17]
She is postponing or rescheduling campaign events, including stops planned for Sunday and Monday in Fairbanks and Bethel.[4, 10] The crash came in the final stretch of the Senate race, with the Washington Examiner reporting voters head to the polls nine days later.[19]
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- Left: none.
- Leans left: The New York Times (−0.70), The Guardian (−0.70), The Daily Beast (−0.64).
- Center: NBC News (−0.49), PBS NewsHour (−0.48), Newsweek (−0.30), Politico (−0.22), CBS News (−0.14), Yahoo News (+0.07), Bloomberg (+0.08), The Hill (+0.10), UPI (+0.17).
- Leans right: New York Post (+0.64).
- Right: The Washington Times (+1.27), Washington Examiner (+1.34), Fox News (+1.52), IJR (+1.52), The Daily Wire (+2.07), One America News Network (+2.69).
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