2026年8月19日 美国东部时间凌晨1:05 / 福克斯新闻
11月3日的四候选人大选或将有助于决定美国参议院的权力平衡
作者：利奥·布里塞尼奥，福克斯新闻
阿拉斯加的“沙利文对决”
福克斯新闻记者马特·芬恩在《特别报道》中报道了阿拉斯加竞争激烈的参议院初选。
NEW 您现在可以收听福克斯新闻文章！
blob:https://www.foxnews.com/b47663ee-7b4d-45e4-9413-41e0e646a78c
收听本文
4 分钟
周二晚间，阿拉斯加无党派丛林初选产生四名候选人，晋级11月的大选，这也是有望决定美国参议院权力平衡的竞选之一。
阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丹·沙利文与前联邦众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉，将与另外两名候选人一同进入该州四候选人的大选阶段。
此次结果符合许多人的预期，现任共和党议员将与50年来首位赢得全州公职的民主党人对决，但同时也凸显了阿拉斯加初选的独特性，以及有人试图利用该州选举规则迷惑选民的行径。
中期选举仅剩四个月：决定参议院控制权的12场关键竞选
2014年11月3日，丹·沙利文参议员在阿拉斯加安克雷奇的PenAir飞机机库内的竞选集会上向人群发表讲话。（戴维·赖德/盖蒂图片社）
阿拉斯加采用“前四晋级无党派初选+大选排序选择投票”的制度，该制度有时也被称为即时决选选举。
根据这一制度，选民会对心仪的候选人进行排序。如果选民的首选候选人被淘汰，其支持票将转移给次选的候选人。该制度的支持者认为，它扩大了选民的权力，大幅提升了原本未必能成为首选的候选人的影响力，但包括沙利文在内的批评者则认为，这一制度也会造成困惑。
“和许多2020年反对排序选择投票的人一样，我至今仍认为这套新的选举制度给选民带来了不必要的困惑，”沙利文2024年在接受阿拉斯加当地媒体采访时表示。
今年早些时候，有消息称阿拉斯加初选将出现两名姓名完全相同的候选人，这一情况加剧了人们对选举混乱的担忧。
伐木工丹·J·沙利文出现在周二晚间的16名候选人名单中，与丹·沙利文参议员同台竞选。
丹·J·沙利文的竞选公告未列出党派归属，其网站也未说明他在任何政治议题上的立场，反而主打姓名重合这一卖点。
法官裁定：与参议员丹·沙利文同名的共和党候选人可留在阿拉斯加初选选票上
新任参议院候选人丹·沙利文（左）与阿拉斯加州民主党参议员丹·沙利文（右）合影。（沙利文竞选美国参议院团队；布兰登·贝尔/彭博社/盖蒂图片社）
“丹·沙利文挑战丹·沙利文角逐美国参议院席位，呼吁阿拉斯加人击败现任议员，选举一位真正为阿拉斯加挺身而出的沙利文，”其网站写道。
根据他的个人简介，丹·J·沙利文早年从事伐木、建筑、调酒和林业等蓝领工作，在对政府管理不善感到失望后决定参选参议员。
福克斯新闻数字频道今年早些时候对其竞选活动的调查发现，进步派顾问安珀·李曾帮助撰写丹·J·沙利文的部分竞选材料。李此前曾支持前联邦众议员佩尔托拉。
共和党人对这场竞选提出批评，认为这是为了在11月的选票上出现两名“丹·沙利文”，并通过排序选择投票分流现任参议员的选票。
沙利文参议员则称这是一场“窃取选举”的企图。
“民主党总在说‘我们关心公平选举’，这简直是胡说八道，”沙利文说道，“华盛顿的民主党人和佩尔托拉的竞选团队，合谋企图欺骗阿拉斯加选民。”
佩尔托拉在2022年当选时，是自1972年以来首位赢得阿拉斯加州全州选举的民主党人。2024年她在竞选中以51.2%比48.8%的差距输给了商人众议员尼古拉斯·贝吉奇，失去了阿拉斯加州单一国会选区的席位。
尽管失去了阿拉斯加州的国会席位，但全国民主党人认为佩尔托拉的微弱失利证明，她是民主党人拿下沙利文所持参议院席位的最佳人选。
前副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯等民主党人也持这一观点。
“如果说有谁能拿下阿拉斯加的参议院席位，为民主党巩固参议院多数党地位——那一定是玛丽，”哈里斯今年早些时候在一封筹款邮件中写道。
同名候选人因被指民主党迷惑选民的阴谋 被取消关键参议院竞选资格
联邦众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉出席2024年12月3日在华盛顿特区举行的国会圣诞树点亮仪式。（内森·波斯纳/阿纳多卢通讯社）
点击此处下载福克斯新闻APP
成功通过初选后，四名候选人将在11月3日展开最终对决。
利奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字频道国会团队的政治记者，此前曾任职于《世界杂志》。
GOP senator, ex-House Dem emerge from Alaska’s ‘jungle primary’ despite far-left meddling
August 19, 2026 1:05am EDT / Fox News
The four-candidate general election on Nov 3 could help decide the balance of power in the US Senate
By Leo Briceno, Fox News
Battle of the Sullivans in Alaska
Fox News correspondent Matt Finn reports on the competitive Senate primaries in Alaska on ‘Special Report.’
NEW You can now listen to Fox News articles!
blob:https://www.foxnews.com/b47663ee-7b4d-45e4-9413-41e0e646a78c
Listen to this article
4 min
Four candidates advanced out of Alaska’s nonpartisan jungle primary on Tuesday evening in one of the races that could decide the balance of power in the U.S. Senate come November.
Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska and former Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, will advance alongside two other candidates in the state’s four-candidate general election.
The outcome, which pits an incumbent Republican against the only Democrat to win statewide office in Alaska in 50 years, is in line with what many had expected, but it also highlights the unique nature of Alaska’s primary as well as attempts to use its process to confuse voters.
FOUR MONTHS TO MIDTERMS: 12 RACES THAT WILL DETERMINE THE SENATE MAJORITY
Sen. Dan Sullivan addresses the crowd during a campaign rally at a PenAir airplane hangar on Nov. 3, 2014, in Anchorage, Alaska.(David Ryder/Getty Images)
Alaska uses a top-four nonpartisan primary followed by ranked choice voting in the general election, a system also sometimes referred to as an instant runoff election.
Under this system, voters rank their preferred candidates. If their top choice is eliminated, their support passes on to their next-ranked option. While supporters of the process argue it expands the power of voters and greatly increases the influence of candidates that may not otherwise be a top choice, its critics — like Sullivan — believe it also introduces confusion.
“Like many others who did not support ranked choice voting in 2020, I still believe that this new election system has created unnecessary confusion among voters,” Sullivan told local Alaskan media in 2024.
Fears of that confusion rose earlier this year when news broke that Alaska’s primary would feature two candidates with the exact same first and last names.
Dan J. Sullivan, a logger, appeared among the 16 candidates on the ballot on Tuesday evening, running against Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Dan J. Sullivan’s campaign announcement did not list a party affiliation. His website does not state his position on any political issues. Instead, it leaned into the name overlap.
JUDGE RULES REPUBLICAN WITH SAME NAME AS SEN DAN SULLIVAN CAN STAY ON ALASKA PRIMARY BALLOT
Newly-introduced Senate candidate Dan Sullivan, left, pictured alongside Sen. Dan Sullivan, D-Alaska, right.(Sullivan for U.S. Senate; Brandon Bell-Pool/Getty Images)
“Dan Sullivan challenges Dan Sullivan for U.S. Senate Seat, urges Alaskans to defeat incumbent, elect a Sullivan who stands up for Alaska,” it read.
According to his biography, Dan J. Sullivan spent his early career working blue-collar jobs like logging, construction, bartending and forestry but decided to enter his bid for Senate after growing frustrated with government mismanagement.
A Fox News Digital review of the campaign earlier this year uncovered that Amber Lee, a progressive consultant, had helped author some of Dan J. Sullivan’s campaign materials. Lee previously supported Peltola, the former congresswoman.
The campaign has drawn criticism from Republicans who believe it’s an effort to put two “Dan Sullivans” on the ballot in November and, through ranked choice voting, draw away votes from the senator.
Sen. Sullivan, for his part, called it an effort to “steal an election.”
“The Democratic Party is talking about ‘we care about fair elections.’ It’s bulls—,” Sullivan said. “The Democrats in D.C., the Peltola campaign, are complicit in trying to trick Alaskans.”
Peltola, at the time when she was elected in 2022, was the only Democrat to win a statewide election in Alaska since 1972. She lost re-election in 2024 in a 51.2% to 48.8% race against Rep. Nicholas Begich, a businessman.
Despite losing control of Alaska’s at-large district, Democrats nationally view her narrow loss as evidence that Peltola is the party’s best chance at flipping Sullivan’s seat.
That’s the view of Democrats like former Vice President Kamala Harris.
“If there’s anyone who can flip Alaska and secure the Senate majority for Democrats — it’s Mary,” Harris wrote in a fundraising email earlier this year.
SAME-NAME CANDIDATE DISQUALIFIED FROM KEY SENATE RACE OVER ALLEGED DEM SCHEME TO CONFUSE VOTERS
Rep. Mary Peltola speaks during the Capitol Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 3, 2024.(Nathan Posner/Anadolu)
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP
Having cleared the primary, the four candidates will face off again on Nov. 3.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
