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U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola’s office has announced that the congresswoman’s husband died in an airplane crash in Alaska. The National Transportation Safety Board says it is investigating the crash of a Piper PA 18-150 Super Cub in western Alaska Tuesday night. 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 Alaska Native to serve in the U.S. House.

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