距离高风险的中期选举还有不到一周的时间，候选人正在向选民进行最后的游说。
有几场关键的众议院和参议院竞选可能决定国会的权力平衡，以及全国各地的州长竞选。选举可能最终决定唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统在第二任期后半段的议程有多有效。
“这只是另一个干扰”：玛丽·佩尔托拉对竞选争议的反应
民主党阿拉斯加州参议员候选人玛丽·佩尔托拉（Mary Peltola）对《纽约时报》的报道做出回应，该报道称，她的竞选团队的一些成员试图招募一名与共和党现任参议员丹·沙利文（Dan Sullivan）同名的候选人。
“这只是另一种干扰。这是另一种转移。佩尔托拉在周三的一次竞选活动中说：“每天都有一些新的‘看这里’的时刻。
“这些都是用来订阅的东西。《纽约时报》没有人关心阿拉斯加的可负担性，”佩尔托拉后来补充道。
《纽约时报》的报道称，它依赖于12个消息来源、短信和文件，据称这些消息显示，佩尔托拉的竞选团队成员、佩尔托拉的律师以及民主党参议员竞选委员会（DSCC）的高级助手正在努力寻找一位搅局者候选人，这位候选人可能会从参议员沙利文那里拉走选票，并使佩尔托拉受益。
佩尔托拉的竞选团队表示，他们“与沙利文的任何一个竞选团队都没有关系。”
特朗普在爱荷华州和堪萨斯州的周末集会取消了
共和党全国委员会（Republican National Committee）周四证实，计划于周六在爱荷华州举行的与唐纳德·特朗普（Donald Trump）总统的集会将不再举行，总统“预计将通过电话参加”大量远程集会。
爱荷华州和堪萨斯州都在举办州长和参议员的竞争。特朗普上个月在这两个州亲自集会。
特朗普表示，他取消了堪萨斯州的集会，因为现任共和党参议员罗杰·马歇尔“做得很好”，并表示他将改为远程竞选参议员。
拉马斯瓦米说，有争议的阿克顿广告已经“运行完成”
俄亥俄州共和党州长候选人维韦克·拉马斯瓦米（Vivek Ramaswamy）周四表示，他的有争议的竞选广告不再播出，他的民主党对手艾米·阿克顿（Amy Acton）分居的母亲称她为骗子，并称该广告已经“播出完毕”
拉马斯瓦米对记者说：“它已经完成了，我们还贴了另外四个广告。”。“但我要说的是，对于围绕三十秒广告的所有讨论，我希望，即使在最后结束时，这场竞选真正是关于政策，关于我们将为俄亥俄州人而战。”
该广告发布后引起了两党的强烈反对。阿克顿说，她的母亲站在那个被指控在她小时候对她进行性侵犯的男人身边。阿克顿说，她从12岁起就没见过母亲。
阿克顿的竞选团队在一份声明中说，“维韦克·拉马斯瓦米本来就不应该播放他的卑鄙广告，他以最懦弱的方式停播广告，甚至没有向阿克顿医生、她的家人或俄亥俄州人民道歉，这完全不奇怪。”
中期选举前，高涨的电费引发了强烈的不满
距离中期选举还有不到一周的时间，飞涨的电费已经成为竞选中的热门话题。
根据美国能源情报署（u ． s ． Energy Information Administration）的数据，过去一年，全国范围内的住宅电费上涨了约5%。
美国广播公司新闻分析发现，在电费增加最多的前10个州中，有5个州是美国参议院竞争激烈的州。
Midterm elections live updates： Trump cancels weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas
The high-stakes midterm elections are less than a week away， and candidates are making their final pitches to voters．
There are several key House and Senate races that could determine the balance of power in Congress as well as significant races for governor around the country． The elections could ultimately determine how effective President Donald Trump＇s agenda is in the back half of his second term．
＇This is just another distraction＇： Mary Peltola reacts to campaign controversy
Democratic Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola is reacting to the New York Times story that reported alleged efforts by some members of her campaign to recruit a candidate with thesame nameas Republican incumbent Sen． Dan Sullivan．
＂This is just another distraction． It＇s another diversion． Every day， it＇s some new， you know， ＇look over here＇ moment，＂ Peltola said at a campaign event on Wednesday．
＂This is all stuff to get subscriptions． Nobody at the New York Times cares about affordability in Alaska，＂ Peltola added later．
The Times report said it relied on 12 sources， text messages and documents that allegedly showed members of Peltola＇s campaign， lawyers for Peltola， and senior aides at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee （DSCC） pushing to find a spoiler candidate who could potentially siphon votes from Sen． Sullivan and benefit Peltola．
Peltola＇s campaign said it ＂has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign．＂
Trump’s weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas canceled
The Republican National Committee confirmed Thursday that planned rallies in Kansas on Saturday Iowa on Sunday with President Donald Trump will no longer be happening， with the president instead ＂expected to participate＂ in a large number of tele-rallies by phone．
Both Iowa and Kansas are hosting competitive races for governor and Senate． Trump has rallied in person in both states in the last month．
Trump said he canceled the Kansas rally because incumbent GOP Sen． Roger Marshall is “doing very well，” and said that he would instead campaign for the senator remotely．
Ramaswamy says controversial Acton ad has ‘ran to completion’
Ohio Republican governor candidate Vivek Ramaswamy indicated Thursday that his controversial campaign ad featuring his Democratic opponent Amy Acton＇s estranged mother calling her a liar is no longer running， saying it had ＂ran to completion．＂
＂It ran to completion， and we＇ve put up four other ads，＂ Ramaswamy told reporters． ＂But what I will say is， for all of the discussion around thirty-second ads， I would love， even for this final close， for this campaign to really be about policy， about are we going to do to fight for Ohioans．＂
The ad drew bipartisan backlash after its release． Acton says her mother stood by the man who was criminally charged with sexually abusing her as a child． Acton said she hasn＇t seen her mother since she was 12 years old．
In a statement， Acton＇s campaign said， ＂Vivek Ramaswamy should never have run his despicable ad in the first place， and it＇s totally unsurprising that he took it off the air in the most cowardly way possible， without even the hint of an apology to Dr． Acton， her family， or to the people of Ohio．＂
Ahead of midterms， backlash grows over soaring electricity bills
With less than one week to go before themidterm elections， soaring electricity bills have become a hot topic on the campaign trail．
Over the past year， residential electricity costs have spiked approximately 5% nationwide，according tothe U．S． Energy Information Administration．
An ABC News analysis found that in the top 10 states where electric bills have increased the most， five are home tocompetitive racesfor the U．S． Senate．
