前众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉（阿拉斯加州民主党）推出了一则新的竞选广告，显著地与民主党拉开距离，告诉选民“忘掉党派，忘掉政治”。
Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) launched a new campaign ad that notably distances herself from the Democratic party, telling voters to “forget party, forget politics.”
“对我来说，阿拉斯加优先，”佩尔托拉在广告中说，随后吹嘘她获得了全国步枪协会（NRA）的“A级”评级。“我挑战了乔·拜登，以确保边境安全，并推动阿拉斯加数十年来最大的石油项目。”“这就是为什么我对任何利用公职致富的政客零容忍，”她总结道。
“With me, Alaska comes first,” Peltola said in the ad, before touting her “A rating” from the National Rifle Association (NRA). “I took on Joe Biden to secure the border and push through Alaska’s largest oil project in decades.”“It’s why I’ve got no tolerance for any politician who uses their office to get rich,” she concluded.
佩尔托拉是挑战现任参议员丹·S·沙利文（阿拉斯加州共和党）的一位不太可能的挑战者。她温和的、阿拉斯加优先的竞选主张在“最后的边疆”赢得了广泛支持，助长了民主党翻转该席位的希望。
Peltola is an unlikely challenger against incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R-Alaska). Her moderate, Alaska-first bid has drawn widespread support in the Last Frontier, fueling Democrats’ hopes of flipping the seat.
阿拉斯加在特朗普总统的三次总统竞选中都支持了他。2024年，佩尔托拉将阿拉斯加的唯一众议院席位输给了共和党众议员尼克·贝吉奇。过去50年间，该州仅有一次将民主党人选入参议院。
Alaska has sided with President Trump in each of his three presidential races. In 2024, Peltola lost Alaska’s at-large House seat to Republican Rep. Nick Begich. The state has also elected a Democrat to the Senate just once in the past 50 years.
《库克政治报告》将今年的选情评为“胜负难料”，并在选情摘要中写道，佩尔托拉“处于有利位置”。由民调机构法布里齐奥·沃德和影响研究公司为AARP进行的一项民调发现，佩尔托拉以46%的支持率领先沙利文的41%，另有7%的受访者尚未决定。
Cook Political Report rates this year’s race as a “toss-up,” writing in its race summary, Peltola is “well-positioned.”An AARP poll conducted by pollsters Fabrizio Ward and Impact Research found Peltola ahead of S. Sullivan at 46 percent support to his 41 percent, with 7 percent of respondents undecided.
当她将竞选重点围绕反对大规模拖网捕捞时，她获得了重大进展。大规模拖网捕捞被认为是该州关键地区鲑鱼、螃蟹和大比目鱼种群数量偏低的主要原因。
She found major ground when she focused her campaign around opposition to large-scale trawling which has been credited as a major reason for stocks of salmon, crab and halibut running low in critical regions of the state.
9月，佩尔托拉的竞选团队因《纽约时报》的一篇报道而面临争议，该报道详细描述了竞选活动及其前国会办公室中出现的粗口爆发和愤怒表现，援引了多位要求匿名的佩尔托拉前助手。
In September, Peltola’s campaign faced controversy for a New York Times report that detailed profane outbursts and displays of anger throughout the campaign and her former congressional office, citing several former Peltola aides who requested anonymity.
她的竞选团队否认了有关工作环境的指控，但承认她在2023年母亲和丈夫相继去世后，“有时难以应对悲痛”。竞选团队还向《泰晤士报》透露，佩尔托拉曾使用过涉嫌歧视残疾人的污蔑性词汇并对此感到后悔，但否认了有关她曾使用同性恋侮辱性词汇的指控。
Her campaign denied the allegations concerning the workplace environment but did acknowledge that she “sometimes struggled to deal with her grief” after the 2023 deaths of her mother and husband. The campaign also told The Times that Peltola had used an ableist slur and regretted doing so, but it denied allegations that she had used a homophobic slur.