贝基·博赫尔 安克雷奇，阿拉斯加 — — 阿拉斯加州激烈的美国参议院选举中的两位主要候选人将于周四在全州范围内进行辩论，就在唐纳德·特朗普总统几天前访问该州以帮助两届共和党现任参议员丹·沙利文争取支持之后。
BECKY BOHRER ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The two major candidates in Alaska’s competitive U.S. Senate race are set to debate before a statewide audience Thursday, just days after President Donald Trump visited the state to help rally support for two-term Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.
沙利文在11月3日大选中的主要挑战者是民主党人玛丽·佩尔托拉，她是一名前众议员。此次辩论不是候选人之间的首次交锋，但或许将是规模最高的一次。
Sullivan’s main challenger in the Nov. 3 election is Democrat Mary Peltola , a former congresswoman. The debate isn’t the first between the candidates but will perhaps be the highest-profile.
特朗普周二访问保守派城市瓦西拉，而副总统JD·万斯在上周访问了费尔班克斯 — — 沙利文妻子的故乡 — — 这凸显了双方争夺参议院控制权所涉及的利害关系。阿拉斯加上次在2008年选出民主党参议员。
Visits by Trump Tuesday to conservative Wasilla and by Vice President JD Vance the week before to Fairbanks — the hometown of Sullivan’s wife — underscore the stakes involved as both parties seek control of the chamber. Alaska last elected a Democrat to the Senate in 2008.
此次选举还包括两位几乎没有开展竞选活动的共和党人，其中包括另一位丹·沙利文。为了参加周四的辩论，候选人必须在8月的公开初选中获得至少5%的票数。
The race also includes two Republicans who have done virtually no campaigning, including another Dan Sullivan . To participate in Thursday’s debate, candidates had to win at least 5% of the vote in August’s open primary.
丹·J·沙利文是一名退休教师，他在初选前就备受关注，并被参议员及其盟友（包括特朗普）称为“假候选人”，最终以约2.5%的票数排名第三。丹·J·沙利文表示，他未收到任何候选人论坛的邀请。
Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher who dominated attention ahead of the primary and was called a sham candidate by the senator and his allies, including Trump, finished third with about 2.5% of the vote. Dan J. Sullivan said he received no invitations to any candidate forums.
现任参议员沙利文，特朗普多次称其为“真正的丹·沙利文”，他说，集会所激发的能量和热情在动员选民方面可能很重要。
The incumbent, whom Trump repeatedly called the “real Dan Sullivan,” said the energy and enthusiasm generated by the rallies can be important in turning out his voters.
沙利文在8月的初选中排名第二，佩尔托拉排名第一。在此次初选中，无论党派归属，得票前四的候选人均晋级采用排名投票制的大选。沙利文是一名退役海军陆战队员，他说，此次选举的关键在于记录、愿景和品格。
Sullivan finished second to Peltola in the August primary, in which the top four vote-getters, regardless of party affiliation, advanced to the ranked vote general election. Sullivan, a retired Marine, said the race comes down to record, vision and character.
他说佩尔托拉在国会任职期间表现无效。但她在周三的一次采访中表示，她与苏利文在阿拉斯加三人国会代表团中合作得很好，并称他正在进行“某种修正主义历史”。她说：“我们代表团在我任职的两年里合作得非常好”，并以国家石油储备-阿拉斯加地区威洛大型石油项目的批准作为成就。佩尔托拉在2022年赢得了该州唯一众议院席位的特别选举和常规选举，但在2024年连败。
He said Peltola was ineffective during her time in Congress. But in an interview Wednesday, Peltola said she worked well with Sullivan as part of Alaska’s three-member congressional delegation and said he was engaging in “kind of revisionist history.”“Our delegation worked so well together the two years that I was there,” she said, citing as accomplishments the approval of the major Willow oil project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. Peltola won special and regular elections for the state’s only House seat in 2022 before losing reelection in 2024 .
苏利文还试图将佩尔托拉与反对扩大石油和天然气开发的“下48州自由派”联系起来。石油是阿拉斯加经济的重要组成部分，苏利文曾表示，佩尔托拉将“赋能”试图收回可租赁土地的民主党人。
Sullivan also has sought to align Peltola with “Lower 48 liberals” who oppose expanded oil and gas development. Oil is a crucial part of Alaska’s economy, and Sullivan has said Peltola would “empower” Democrats seeking to roll back lands available for leasing.
佩尔托拉称这一说法是对伊朗战争、高燃料及其他成本等问题的转移。她表示自己不受党派利益左右，并愿与特朗普合作推进更多石油和天然气项目。
Peltola called that claim a diversion from issues such as the war in Iran and high fuel and other costs. Peltola has said she is not beholden to party interests and would work with Trump to advance more oil and gas projects.
她说：“我们负担不起这场伊朗战争，还在谈论无稽之谈、虚假内容、恐吓策略、制造恐惧——这些都解决不了我们的问题。”她补充道：“我们需要合作共事，共同寻找解决我们实际问题的办法。”
“We can’t afford this war in Iran and talking about nonsense things, fake things, fear tactics, fear-mongering — that doesn’t solve our problems,” she said. “We need to be cooperating and working together and finding solutions to our actual problems.”