Husband Of U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola Dies In Plane Crash In Alaska
September 13, 2023 12:23PM CDT
FILE - Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, administers the House oath of office to Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, standing next to her husband Eugene "Buzzy" Peltola Jr., center, during a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. Peltola's husband Eugene has died in an airplane crash in Alaska, her office said Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s office has announced that the congresswoman’s husband died in an airplane crash in Alaska.
No further details have been made immediately available about the crash.
Her husband Eugene Peltola Jr. also went by the name “Buzzy.”
Peltola’s chief of staff says she was returning to Alaska from Washington, D.C., to be with family.
Peltola is an Alaska Democrat who was elected to a full term in the U.S. House months last November.
She won a special election following the death of U.S. Rep. Don Young.
Peltola is Yup’ik and the first Alsaka Native to serve in the U.S. House.
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