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Republican Senator Dan Sullivan and Democratic challenger Mary Peltola sparred over issues including consumer prices, Iran, and fisheries during a televised debate hosted by Alaska Public Media. The candidates exchanged personal attacks and clashed on various policy matters in the high-stakes contest. Reports from across the political spectrum detailed the tense exchanges and key moments from the final debate.
Outlets across the spectrum agree that Senator Dan Sullivan and Democratic challenger Mary Peltola participated in a testy and fiery final debate hosted by Alaska Public Media, where they discussed economic issues, foreign policy, and each other's records.
Right-leaning outlets such as the Daily Mail and the New York Post focused heavily on dramatic debate moments, such as Sullivan accusing the media of giving his opponent questions in advance or mocking Peltola for using cue cards. Left-leaning outlets like The New York Times and Politico framed the event through the broader context of political corruption, economic challenges, and Sullivan's complex alignment with Donald Trump. Center outlets like The Hill and ABC News provided straightforward recaps of the policy clashes over Iran, inflation, and fisheries without leaning heavily into partisan framing.
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Peltola, Sullivan spar in fiery final Alaska Senate debate: ‘Let’s have some decorum’
Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D) and Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) sparred Wednesday in a fiery final debate for Senate in Alaska. They tackled the Iran war, economic woes and fisheries in an hourlong debate hosted by Alaska Public Media in partnership with Alaska’s News Source and KTOO. Sullivan, who’s seeking a third term, and Peltola,…
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Source context: The debate hosted at Alaska Public Media studio Thursday was interrupted by senator Dan Sullivan asking: 'We weren't supposed to get these questions beforehand, were we?'
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The Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan, and his Democratic challenger, Mary Peltola, veered from serious discussion of high prices and economic challenges to blistering personal attacks.
Sen. Dan Sullivan in an interview with POLITICO declined to put distance between himself and President Donald Trump.
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Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D) and Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) sparred Wednesday in a fiery final debate for Senate in Alaska. They tackled the Iran war, economic woes and fisheries in an hourlong debate hosted by Alaska Public Media in partnership with Alaska’s News Source and KTOO. Sullivan, who’s seeking a third term, and Peltola,…
Alaska’s major U.S. Senate candidates clashed over Iran and consumer prices during a televised debate in the high-stakes contest that could play into control of the chamber
In Alaska, Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is set to face off against his Democratic challenger, former Rep. Mary Peltola, on Thursday as he bids for reelection.
Republican Senator Dan Sullivan emphasized where he differs from Donald Trump, just days after the president headlined an Alaska rally for his embattled reelection campaign.
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Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and former Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, exchanged jabs in the final televised debate between the top two Senate candidates in the 2026 cycle, with two weeks until the general election. The debate touched on topics from Iran and affordability to President Donald Trump and attacks on character. While neither landed…
The debate hosted at Alaska Public Media studio Thursday was interrupted by senator Dan Sullivan asking: 'We weren't supposed to get these questions beforehand, were we?'
"You can't cue-card your way through the Senate," Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan wrote.
