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Alaska US Rep. Peltola and Republican opponent Begich face off in wide-ranging debate

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Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola of Alaska and Republican Nick Begich face off in wide-ranging debate.

The candidates touched on topics including support for Ukraine , abortion and guns.

Begich has been endorsed in this race by former President Donald Trump .

Both candidates make their pitch to voters with just weeks until the Nov. 5 election.

Peltola and Begich are the most prominent candidates in the race, which also includes Alaskan Independence Party candidate John Wayne Howe and Eric Hafner , a Democrat with no apparent ties to the state who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for threatening authorities and others in New Jersey . The debate audience was told that only candidates who got at least 5% of the vote in the primary were invited to Thursday 's debate. Neither Howe nor Hafner met that threshold..

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English

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