Trump campaigns in Alaska, where a new warning underscores the state’s energy challenges

President Donald Trump held a rally in Wasilla on Tuesday to boost Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, whose reelection bid in reliably conservative Alaska is under threat three weeks before the midterms. MS NOW/Fifty Plus One polling puts Democrat Mary Peltola ahead by 3 points, and a win for her could help Democrats retake the Senate if they hold their 47 seats and gain four more. Alaska's polls close later than any other state's, so it could decide which party controls the chamber.

Trump accused Peltola of teaming up with Joe Biden to harm the state's energy sector and dismissed rising prices as the Democrats' doing. He promoted a proposed 807-mile gas pipeline from the North Slope, saying it would produce over 13,000 jobs and save households more than $2,000 annually. The project has support from both parties, Peltola included, though a senior South Korean official said Seoul's part in the $54 billion investment Trump announced last month was not finalized.

Meanwhile, Alaska's average gas price is $5. 02, up from $3. 87 a year earlier.

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