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沙利文质疑候选人是否提前拿到考题，称“我只是在观察我的对手”
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阿拉斯加参议院竞选：玛丽·佩尔托拉因幕僚指控面临审查
中期选举战况升级，政治专家团就竞争激烈的阿拉斯加参议院竞选和能源负担能力展开辩论。民主党战略家梅利莎·德罗萨与CRC顾问公司高级副总裁马特·惠特洛克就玛丽·佩尔托拉相关指控展开讨论，她正在挑战现任参议员丹·沙利文。
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阿拉斯加民主党参议院候选人玛丽·佩尔托拉周四晚间遭到嘲讽，因其在与共和党籍参议员丹·沙利文的辩论中使用提示卡，遭到共和党批评者的嘲弄——包括其现任对手的尖锐抨击。
沙利文与前众议员佩尔托拉的选战异常胶着，而另一位同名但中间名缩写不同的候选人进一步 complicate 了局势，当前共和党正努力保住其微弱的参议院多数席位。
“说真的，玛丽？照着稿子念？你没法靠提示卡在参议院混下去，”沙利文在X平台上写道，此前佩尔托拉在回答前期问题时，低头看了几秒一张类似提示卡大小的带 bullet 点纸张。
共和党参议员、前众议院民主党人在阿拉斯加“丛林初选”中胜出，无惧极左势力干预
阿拉斯加州前众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉（民主党，阿拉斯加）在照片中微笑。（斯宾塞·普拉特/盖蒂图片社）
这场批评很快成为辩论当晚双方交锋的热点，共和党评论员纷纷抓住佩尔托拉明显使用准备好的笔记一事大做文章。
“玛丽，如果你没事就眨眨眼。看起来没有本土48州幕僚给你写的发言稿，你连一句话都连不起来，”参院共和党竞选委员会官员乔安娜·罗德里格斯在X平台上发帖称。
另一位社交媒体用户则针对佩尔托拉即便在谈论个人细节时也依赖笔记一事进行抨击。
“玛丽·佩尔托拉连自己的名字或者自己是祖母这件事，都需要提示卡才能念出来，”该用户写道，并附上了一个大笑表情符号。
在佩尔托拉再次低头看卡后，沙利文打断并向辩论主持人提问。
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“我们本不该提前拿到考题的，对吧？”他向辩论主持人问道。
“没错，先生，”阿拉斯加新闻台记者威尔·考特尼回应道。“绝对没有，”阿拉斯加公共媒体总编辑洛里·汤森补充道。
“好吧，”沙利文说。“我只是在观察我的对手。”
佩尔托拉为自己辩护，插话称自己只是做了更好的“准备”。
共和党研究部门在X平台上反击，贴出了一段佩尔托拉似乎在看提示卡的视频片段：
“玛丽·佩尔托拉——在她的国会首任期内，从未提出过一项帮助阿拉斯加渔民的法案——在谈论阿拉斯加渔业时，竟然需要照着稿子念，”该共和党账号在推文中写道。
辩论还升级为个人攻击，沙利文就佩尔托拉虐待前幕僚的指控对其发难，援引《纽约时报》的报道，称其任职期间有25名员工辞职。
佩尔托拉驳斥这些指控是“彻头彻尾的捏造或对事实的大规模夸大”，认为选举不应聚焦于她“最糟糕的一天”。
这场激烈交锋促使主持人呼吁双方保持礼貌，并警告如果候选人继续互相打断，将关闭麦克风。沙利文坚称这些指控反映了一种行为模式，而佩尔托拉则指责对手利用这场争议谋取政治利益。
两位候选人还被问及阿拉斯加长期讨论的液化天然气管道项目，主持人表示，尽管唐纳德·特朗普总统公开推动了一项潜在协议，但韩国尚未承诺对该项目投资。
沙利文为政府的努力辩护，称首尔已通过一项更广泛的贸易协议承诺提供资金，同时承认具体投资金额仍在谈判中。
民主党参议院候选人承诺放开阿拉斯加石油产能——但她的记录却并非如此
阿拉斯加州参议员丹·沙利文（共和党，阿拉斯加）2026年4月30日在华盛顿特区德克森参议院办公楼出席参议院军事委员会听证会。（安娜·莫尼梅克/盖蒂图片社）
佩尔托拉也对该管道项目表示支持，但警告在获得坚定承诺前不要抱有过高期望，称阿拉斯加不应“宣扬毫无实质内容的虚假言论”。
两位候选人都强调了该项目的经济潜力，但这场交锋也暴露出外界对承诺的外国投资能否落实存在不确定性。
佩尔托拉此前在共和党众议员唐·杨去世后，成为数十年来首位代表阿拉斯加进入众议院的民主党人，此次参选参议院再次可能带来波及全州乃至全国的重大影响。
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玛丽·佩尔托拉在辩论中发言。（贝基·博勒/美联社）
此次对决正值共和党努力捍卫其微弱的参议院多数席位之际，沙利文的席位成为民主党在特朗普2024年获胜的州拿下席位的重大机会。库克政治报告将这场竞选评为势均力敌，使阿拉斯加成为可能决定哪个政党在明年1月掌控参议院的几个战场州之一。
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Democrat’s debate ‘cue cards’ steal spotlight in high-stakes Senate clash
2026-10-16 01:13:10 EDT / Fox News
Sullivan questioned whether candidates received questions beforehand, saying ‘I’m just watching my opponent’
By Charles Creitz, Fox News
Published October 16, 2026 1:13am EDT
Mary Peltola faces scrutiny following staff allegations in Alaska Senate race
Midterm battles intensify as a political panel debates the competitive Alaska Senate race and energy affordability. Democratic strategist Melissa DeRosa and CRC Advisors Senior Vice President Matt Whitlock discuss allegations involving Mary Peltola as she challenges incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan.
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Alaska Democratic Senate hopeful Mary Peltola faced ridicule Thursday night after her use of notecards during a debate with Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan drew mocking responses from GOP critics — including a pointed jab from her incumbent opponent.
Sullivan is in an unusually close race with Peltola, a former congresswoman, that is further complicated by another candidate with his same name but a different middle initial, as Republicans fight to hold their narrow Senate majority.
“Really, Mary? Reading off a script? You can’t cue-card your way through the Senate,” Sullivan wrote on X after Peltola appeared to have a notecard-sized paper with bullet points that she looked down at for several seconds while responding to earlier questions.
GOP SENATOR, EX-HOUSE DEM EMERGE FROM ALASKA’S ‘JUNGLE PRIMARY’ DESPITE FAR-LEFT MEDDLING
Then-Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, smiles in a photo.(Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
The criticism quickly became a flashpoint in the candidates’ debate-night exchanges, with Republican commentators seizing on Peltola’s apparent use of prepared notes.
“Mary, blink twice if you are okay. It seems you can’t string a sentence together without reading from the talking points your Lower 48 handlers wrote you,” NRSC official Joanna Rodriguez posted on X.
Another social media user took aim at Peltola’s apparent reliance on notes even while discussing personal details.
“Mary Peltola can’t read her name or that she’s a grandmother without needing a cue card,” the user wrote, adding a laughing emoji.
After Peltola appeared to read from her card another time, Sullivan cut in that he had a question for the moderators.
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“We weren’t supposed to get these questions beforehand, were we?” he asked the debate moderators.
“No sir,” Alaska’s News Source reporter Wil Courtney replied. “Absolutely not,” added Alaska Public Media chief editor Lori Townsend.
“OK,” Sullivan said. “I’m just watching my opponent.”
Peltola defended herself, interjecting that she was better “prepared.”
The Republican Party’s research arm hit back on X, highlighting a clip of Peltola appearing to read from her card:
“Mary Peltola — who did not introduce a single bill to help Alaska fisherman during her first term in Congress — has to read off of a script when talking about Alaska’s fishing industry,” the party tweeted.
The debate also turned personal when Sullivan confronted Peltola over allegations that she mistreated former staffers, citing reporting by The New York Times and claiming that 25 employees had quit while working for her.
Peltola rejected the allegations as “outright fabrications or mass exaggerations of the truth,” arguing that the election should not be about her “worst day.”
The heated exchange prompted moderators to call for decorum and warn that microphones could be shut off if the candidates continued interrupting one another. Sullivan maintained that the allegations reflected a pattern of behavior, while Peltola accused her opponent of exploiting the controversy for political gain.
The candidates also faced questions over Alaska’s long-discussed liquefied natural gas pipeline after moderators reported South Korea had not committed to investing in the project despite President Donald Trump’s public promotion of a potential deal.
Sullivan defended the administration’s efforts, arguing Seoul had committed funding through a broader trade agreement while acknowledging that the specific investment amount remained under negotiation.
DEM SENATE HOPEFUL VOWS TO UNLEASH ALASKA OIL — BUT HER RECORD TELLS A DIFFERENT STORY
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) speaks during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 30, 2026 in Washington, DC.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Peltola also expressed support for the pipeline but cautioned against raising expectations without firm commitments, saying Alaska should not be “promoting falsehoods that just have no substance.”
Both candidates emphasized the project’s economic potential, although the exchange exposed uncertainty over whether promised foreign investment would materialize.
Peltola previously became the first Democrat in decades to represent Alaska in the House after the death of Republican Rep. Don Young, and her Senate candidacy again carries potentially sweeping statewide and national repercussions.
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Mary Peltola speaks at a debate.(Becky Bohrer/Associated Press)
The showdown comes as Republicans fight to defend their narrow Senate majority, with Sullivan’s seat emerging as a major Democratic pickup opportunity in a state President Donald Trump carried in 2024. The Cook Political Report rates the contest a toss-up, making Alaska one of several battlegrounds that could determine which party controls the chamber in January.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Peltola’s campaign for comment.
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