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  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "path": "/2026/02/04/u-s-senate-confirms-aaron-peterson-as-alaskas-newest-federal-judge/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-05T01:31:44.000Z",
  "site": "https://alaskabeacon.com",
  "tags": [
    "Government & Politics",
    "Justice",
    "Aaron Peterson",
    "Dan Sullivan",
    "Dick Durbin",
    "Donald Trump",
    "Lisa Murkowski",
    "U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska",
    "U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary"
  ],
  "textContent": "One of Alaska’s two federal judge vacancies has been filled. The U.S. Senate voted 58-39 on Wednesday to confirm state natural resources attorney Aaron Peterson to serve as the state’s newest federal judge. In a legal notice published soon after the vote, Peterson said he would be resigning immediately from the Alaska Department of Law. […]",
  "title": "U.S. Senate confirms Aaron Peterson as Alaska’s newest federal judge"
}