挑战者丹·J·沙利文、玛丽·佩尔托拉和现任参议员丹·沙利文 合成图：美联社、彭博社、Abaca、盖蒂图片社 共和党谴责选票上出现两个丹·沙利文，称这是分裂选票的伎俩据《纽约时报》周三报道，阿拉斯加民主党人玛丽·佩尔托拉的竞选团队曾策划招募一名挑战者，其名字与共和党联邦参议员丹·沙利文几乎完全相同，两人都将出现在下周中期选举的选票上。
Dan J Sullivan, the challenger, Mary Peltola, and incumbent senator Dan Sullivan Composite: AP, Bloomberg, Abaca, Getty Images Republicans have condemned the presence of two Dan Sullivans on the ballot, calling it a ploy to split votes Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign was behind an effort to recruit a challenger with almost the exact same name as the Republican US senator Dan Sullivan, both of whom will appear on the ballot in next week’s midterm elections, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
共和党谴责竞选中出现两名叫丹·沙利文的候选人——一位是两届联邦参议员，另一位是居住在阿拉斯加东南部、几乎没有政治经验的退休人员——称这名新来者是民主党的伎俩，旨在通过分裂现任议员的支持者让他连任失败。
Republicans have condemned the presence in the race of two candidates named Dan Sullivan – one the two-term US senator, the second a retiree living in south-eastern Alaska with scant political experience – calling the newcomer a ploy by Democrats to cost the incumbent re-election by splitting his supporters.
佩尔托拉的竞选团队否认与另一位丹·沙利文有牵连，但《时报》报道称，她的官员连同民主党的竞选机构——民主党参议院竞选委员会（DSCC）——曾致力于在阿拉斯加寻找其他名为丹·沙利文的人，并鼓励他们参选。该报道基于对佩尔托拉前竞选经理及其他消息人士的采访，以及与招募行动相关的文件和短信。
Peltola’s campaign has denied involvement with the other Dan Sullivan, but the Times reports that her officials together with the party’s campaign arm, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), worked to find other people named Dan Sullivan in Alaska, and encourage them to run. Their reporting is based on interviews with Peltola’s former campaign manager and other sources, together with documents and text messages related to the recruitment effort.
“阿拉斯加选民有必要知道，”佩尔托拉于8月解雇的伊丽莎·里奥斯对《时报》表示，报纸补充说她后来试图收回对该媒体的采访。
“Alaskan voters need to know,” Elisa Rios, whom Peltola fired in August, told the Times, which added that she later tried to retract her interview with the outlet.
沙利文竞选团队发言内特·亚当斯说：“阿拉斯加人应得真相。”“参与这一行动的任何一方都没有对阿拉斯加选民表现出诚意。玛丽·佩尔托拉及其竞选团队花费数月时间对阿拉斯加人进行煤气灯效应式操控，否认他们一直在实施的阴谋。我们一直知道这是一场蓄意欺骗阿拉斯加人的协同行动，玛丽·佩尔托拉指望在选举结束前一直掩盖真相，”他补充道。
Nate Adams, a spokesperson for Sullivan’s campaign, said: “Alaskans deserve the truth.”“Not one player in this operation has acted in good faith with Alaska voters. Mary Peltola and her campaign have spent months gaslighting Alaskans, denying a scheme they were running all along. We always knew this was a concerted effort to deceive Alaskans, and Mary Peltola was hoping it would stay covered up until after the election,” he added.
唐纳德·特朗普在Truth Social上分享了《时报》文章的链接，称其为“选举舞弊”的证据。
Donald Trump shared a link to the Times’s article on Truth Social, calling it proof of “election fraud”.
“我认为玛丽·佩尔托拉在策划如此恶劣的阴谋后，不应被允许参选，”他补充道。上周，他承认曾命令司法部提起诉讼，试图阻止选举结果认证，前提是沙利文落选。
“I don’t think Mary Peltola, after perpetrating such a terrible scheme, should be allowed to run,” he added. Last week, he acknowledged ordering the justice department to file a lawsuit attempting to block the certification of the election results, if Sullivan loses.
佩尔托拉竞选团队的一位发言人表示：“‘支持玛丽的阿拉斯加人’竞选团队与沙利文的任何一方竞选团队都没有牵连。就像玛丽一样，我们的竞选团队专注于降低成本和修复华盛顿特区被操纵的体制。”沙利文争取连任第三届美国参议员，对手是前联邦众议员佩尔托拉，这是下周中期选举中最重要的竞争之一。阿拉斯加是今年民主党为夺回参议院多数席位而重点争取的少数几个州之一，目前民主党在参议院占据47个席位，共和党占据53个席位，最近的民调显示佩尔托拉领先。
A spokesperson for Peltola’s campaign said: “The Alaskans for Mary campaign has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign. Like Mary, our campaign is focused on lowering costs and fixing the rigged system in DC.”Sullivan’s bid for a third term in the US Senate against Peltola, a former US congresswoman, is one of the most important contests of next week’s midterm elections. Alaska is one of a handful of states with Senate races this year that Democrats are targeting in order to win back a majority in the chamber, where they hold 47 seats to the GOP’s 53, and recent polls have shown Peltola in the lead.
该州选举机构曾试图在8月初选前取消另一位丹·沙利文的资格，但州最高法院裁定他可以出现在选票上。这位挑战者与沙利文和佩尔托拉一起，是无党派初选中得票数排名前四的候选人。
Election authorities in the state attempted to disqualify the other Dan Sullivan before the August primary, but the state supreme court ruled that he can appear on the ballot. Together with Sullivan and Peltola, the challenger was one of the top four vote-getters in the nonpartisan primary.
在大选选票上，现任参议员将被列为“沙利文，丹·S.（注册共和党人）现任”，挑战者则列为“沙利文，小丹尼尔·J.”。本月在阿拉斯加的一次集会上，特朗普敦促参议员的支持者投票给“真正的”丹·沙利文，并警告说，误投给挑战者的选票可能导致参议员连选失败。
On the general election ballot, the senator will be listed as “Sullivan, Dan S. (Registered Republican) Incumbent” and the challenger “Sullivan, Daniel J. Jr.” At a rally in Alaska this month, Trump urged the senator’s supporters to vote for the “real” Dan Sullivan and warned that errant votes for the challenger could cost the senator re-election.
“民主党参议院竞选委员会与丹·J·沙利文没有牵连，”民主党参议院竞选机构的一位发言人表示。他们补充说：“共和党有招募和扶持候选人以试图提振自身竞选活动的悠久历史”，包括今年阿拉斯加和俄亥俄州的参议院竞选，以及此前北卡罗来纳州和蒙大拿州的选举。
“The DSCC is not involved with Dan J. Sullivan,” a spokesperson for the Democratic Senate campaign arm said. They added that “Republicans have a long history of recruiting and propping up candidates in an attempt to boost their own campaigns”, including in Alaska’s and Ohio’s Senate races this year, and in previous elections in North Carolina and Montana.
《泰晤士报》报道称，民主党人于2025年夏天开始考虑如何让一名搅局候选人进入中期选举选票。民主党参议院竞选委员会将佩尔托拉的竞选团队介绍给了一位政治操盘手、俄亥俄州本地人杰里德·库尔茨，此人专门从事这类通常合法的活动。据《泰晤士报》报道，这名助手曾试图接触另一名潜在候选人但未成功，该候选人与那位参议员并不同名，最终招募了另一位丹·沙利文。
The Times reports that Democrats began considering ways to get a spoiler candidate onto the midterm ballot in the summer of 2025. The DSCC introduced the Peltola campaign to a political operative and Ohio native named Jerid Kurtz, who specialized in such activities, which are typically legal. The aide unsuccessfully approached another potential candidate, who did not share a name with the senator, and ultimately recruited the other Dan Sullivan, the Times reports.
据《泰晤士报》报道，佩尔托拉竞选团队的官员还与民主党参议院竞选委员会讨论过组建一个右翼政党，以便在某场竞选中推出一名候选人，但这一计划未能实现。在第二名民主党人于8月初选中晋级后，这名操盘手与他会面并说服他退出。接替他出现在选票上的是另一位共和党人杰拉尔德·海克斯，他告诉《泰晤士报》，自己是被“一个中西部人”招募参选的，但此人长相并不像那位来自俄亥俄州的民主党操盘手。
Peltola campaign officials also discussed with the DSCC creating a rightwing party to field a candidate in a race, but that did not pan out, according to the Times. After a second Democrat advanced through the August primary, the operative met with him and convinced him to drop out. He was replaced on the ballot by another Republican, Gerald Heikes, who told the Times he was recruited to run “by a guy from the midwest”, though the person did not resemble the Democratic operative from Ohio.
海克斯是一名常年参选的候选人，此前曾竞选州长、美国参议员和众议员，均未成功。
Heikes is a perennial candidate, who has previously run unsuccessfully for governor, US senator and House representative.