Sullivan and Peltola rejected a third term.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Sen. Dan Sullivan and Mary Peltola clashed Thursday over the Iran war, prices and whether the United States should buy Russian diesel, the Associated Press reported. The debate, at Alaska Public Media, is the last scheduled meeting of the two leading candidates in a race that could help decide the Senate. Sullivan, the Republican incumbent, said the war needs to end soon, that he wants the Strait of Hormuz open, and that he wants a deal to keep Iran from a nuclear weapon. Peltola, the Democrat and former congresswoman, said an agreement is so far out of sight. “This war is driving up our energy bills and hurting Alaskans with no end in sight,” she said. She cited the deaths of 20 military personnel.

On the diesel deal, Peltola said the country should stand with Ukraine and not bolster Russia. Sullivan said he has been one of the strongest supporters of Ukraine and that he opposed buying Russian diesel. They agreed on one limit. Sullivan said a third Trump term would be unconstitutional. Peltola said the law was clear: “Two terms for every president.” Alaska last elected a Democrat to the Senate in 2008. Sullivan finished second to Peltola in the August primary.

Two terms for every president.

The photograph shows both of them at the lecterns on Thursday, Peltola with a pen, Sullivan with his hands on the podium. It is the debate, not a rally and not a portrait from another year. The States desk files Anchorage. The ad spending is the front.