2026-09-24T20:08:47.836Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
共和党联邦参议员丹·沙利文批评其民主党对手、前联邦众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉被指控存在虐待员工行为，称此举“令人非常不安”。
但沙利文的共和党同僚丽莎·穆尔科斯基参议员却为佩尔托拉进行了引人注目的辩护。
《纽约时报》周三详细披露了佩尔托拉多名前助手提出的指控，这些助手因担心遭到报复或职业影响而要求匿名。时报报道称，助手们表示这位前众议员曾情绪失控、使用粗俗言辞，有时还会使用不当语言，包括用来形容同性恋者或智力障碍人士的贬损性词汇。
报道还描述了一次紧张的筹备会议，当时佩尔托拉情绪受挫，据称当众斥责了一名工作人员。报道中提到的另一起事件称，佩尔托拉因找不到某次会议的备忘录，曾将一名男员工推到胸口。时报还表示，佩尔托拉曾要求“助手们为她家的宠物变色龙喂食活蟋蟀”。
佩尔托拉的竞选团队否认了时报报道中的部分指控，但承认了另一些内容，称她在2023年短时间内接连失去母亲和丈夫，当时担任国会议员的她一度难以应对悲痛情绪。
“在亲人离世那段时间，玛丽既要抚养孩子、帮助他们走出悲痛，还要远赴数千公里之外全职任职于美国众议院，同时还要参与竞争激烈的连任竞选——所有这些都压在她肩上，还要承受巨大的 grief（悲痛）负担，”佩尔托拉竞选团队发言人哈里·蔡尔德说道。“就像任何在短短几个月内经历多起个人悲剧的人一样，玛丽有时难以应对自己的悲痛情绪。”
“夸大甚至公然编造她人生最艰难时期的经历，并 falsely 将其描绘成一种行为模式，这是错误的，”他补充道。
佩尔托拉于2022年的特别选举中首次当选国会议员，填补共和党籍众议员唐·扬去世后留下的空缺。她在竞选中击败了前共和党州长萨拉·佩林，并于同年当选完整任期的国会议员。她在2024年的连任竞选中失利。
周四在国会山，沙利文将佩尔托拉被指控的行为描述为“性格问题”，并称他不认同这位前众议员对自己行为的解释。
“我认为这非常可悲，非常令人不安，如此多阿拉斯加民众不得不经历这种严重的虐待，这非常令人不安，但也并不意外，”他说道。
当被CNN问及时报的报道是否准确描述了佩尔托拉时，阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丽莎·穆尔科斯基表示：“我认为报道中有很多内容让我觉得带有煽动性。”
穆尔科斯基曾在佩尔托拉过往的竞选活动中为其背书，但在此次参议员选举中却支持沙利文。她还谈到了这位前众议员在失去至亲后所面临的艰难处境。玛丽·佩尔托拉的丈夫尤金·“巴兹”·小佩尔托亚于2023年在阿拉斯加州的一场飞机失事事故中遇难。
“我确实承认，在她第一任期任职期间，她不仅立刻陷入竞选的艰巨挑战中，随后又在飞机失事中失去了丈夫，还要应对这一切。这是任何人都难以承受的压力，”她说道。
据当地媒体报道，周三在安克雷奇举行的市政厅会议结束后，佩尔托拉回避了记者就此事提出的提问。
目前尚不清楚这些指控会对该州选民产生何种影响，但阿拉斯加州联邦参议员竞选的结果可能会决定明年哪个政党控制参议院多数席位。民主党将阿拉斯加视为今年11月选举的潜在夺席机会。
民主党领导层将佩尔托拉视为顶级候选人，希望选民因经济和其他问题对唐纳德·特朗普总统产生不满情绪，从而对民主党有利。
但民主党也面临艰难的政治处境。曾暗示今年将为沙利文助选的特朗普在2024年的阿拉斯加州选举中以13个百分点的优势获胜，该州自2008年以来从未选出过民主党籍参议员。
在上个月的无党派初选中，佩尔托拉以49.5%的得票率位居榜首，而沙利文参议员以41.4%的得票率紧随其后。但这未必能预测11月大选的结果。在2024年她的众议院席位初选中，佩尔托拉获得了51%的选票，但仍在同年晚些时候的大选中失利。
除佩尔托拉和沙利文参议员外，将于11月举行的大选将采用排序选择投票制，参选者还包括以共和党身份参选的前教师丹·J·沙利文，以及另一位共和党人格拉德·海克斯。共和党内部有人担忧，选票上出现两位同名的沙利文可能会造成选民混淆，进而在这场竞争激烈的选举中分散共和党选票。
CNN的马努·拉朱、泰德·巴雷特和洛根·斯基恰诺为本报道撰稿。
A key Republican defends Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola after reports of abusive behavior
2026-09-24T20:08:47.836Z / CNN
Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan criticized his Democratic opponent Mary Peltola, a former congresswoman, over allegations of abusive behavior toward members of her staff, which he described as “very disturbing.”
But Sullivan’s Republican colleague, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, offered a notable defense of Peltola.
The New York Times on Wednesday detailed allegations made by several former Peltola aides, who requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation or professional repercussions. The Times reported the aides said the former congresswoman engaged in angry and profane outbursts and at times used inappropriate language, including slurs used to describe gay people or individuals with intellectual disabilities.
The report also described one tense prep session when Peltola grew frustrated and allegedly berated one of the staff members. Another moment described in the reports alleged Peltola shoved a male employee in the chest when she could not find a memo for a meeting. The Times also said Peltola required “aides to feed live crickets to her family’s pet chameleon.”
Peltola’s campaign denied some of the allegations in the Times story but acknowledged others, saying she at times struggled to deal with the grief of losing her mother and her husband over a short time period in 2023 while serving in Congress.
“At the time of their passing, Mary was parenting kids through their own grief, serving full-time in the U.S. House of Representatives thousands of miles from home, and running a competitive re-election campaign – all while shouldering the enormous burden of grief,” said Peltola campaign spokesperson Harry Child. “Like any person who has gone through multiple personal tragedies in the span of a few months, Mary sometimes struggled to deal with her grief.”
“Exaggerating and outright lying about moments from the hardest period of her life, and falsely presenting them as a pattern of behavior, is wrong,” he added.
Peltola was first elected to Congress in a 2022 special election to complete the term of GOP Rep. Don Young following his death. She beat former GOP Gov. Sarah Palin in the race and then was elected to a full term in Congress that year. She lost her re-election bid in 2024.
On Capitol Hill Thursday, Sullivan described Peltola’s alleged behavior as a “character issue” and said he did not buy the former congresswoman’s explanation for her behavior.
“I think it’s very sad, very disturbing that so many Alaskans had to get put through that kind of severe abuse, which is very disturbing, but not surprising,” he said.
Asked by CNN if she felt the Times report accurately described Peltola, Alaska GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski said, “I think there are many parts of it that I find inflammatory.”
Murkowski, who supported Peltola in a past campaign but is siding with Sullivan in this race, also described the difficult situation the former congresswoman faced following the loss of her close family members. Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr., Mary Peltola’s husband, died in a 2023 plane crash in Alaska.
“I do acknowledge that while she was here in her first term, she was not only thrown into a very challenging situation immediately running for campaign, but then to lose her husband in that airplane crash and to deal with all of that. That’s pressure that is hard for anybody to bear,” she said.
On Wednesday, Peltola ignored questions from reporters about the matter following a town hall in Anchorage, according to a local report.
It’s unclear how these allegations will play with voters in the state, but the outcome of Alaska’s Senate race could determine which party controls the upper chamber next year. Democrats have eyed Alaska as a potential pick-up opportunity heading into November.
Democratic Party leaders view Peltola as a top recruit and are hoping souring voter sentiment toward President Donald Trump over the economy and other issues will work in their favor.
But Democrats are also operating in difficult political terrain. Trump, who has floated campaigning for Sullivan this year, won Alaska in 2024 by 13 points, and the state has not elected a Democratic senator since 2008.
In last month’s all-party primary, Peltola emerged at the top of the pack earning 49.5% of the vote while Sen. Sullivan trailed behind her at 41.4%. But that’s not necessarily predictive of an outcome in November. In the 2024 primary for her House seat, Peltola earned 51% of the vote but still lost the general election later that year.
In addition to Peltola and Sen. Sullivan, the general election in November, which will use a ranked-choice voting system, will also feature Dan J. Sullivan, a former schoolteacher who filed to run as a Republican, and Gerald Heikes, another Republican. There is some GOP concern having two same-named Sullivans on the ticket could lead to confusion and split the vote in the highly competitive race.
CNN’s Manu Raju, Ted Barrett and Logan Schiciano contributed to this report.
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