Mary Peltola on being the first Alaska Native elected to Congress, the limits of Sarah Palin, and the virtues of ranked-choice ballots

I think that it reveals that there is an appetite for middle-of-the-road candidates. I think moving away from closed partisan primaries will help us elect fewer ideologues, who are less entrenched and more capable of compromising, reaching consensus, and building coalitions. I think it shows that such candidates are more palatable, even among those who may not have picked someone else as