Alaska's top U.S. Senate candidates, Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola, clashed over the Iran war, high prices and each other's honesty in a televised debate Thursday in Anchorage, the AP and Fox News reported.

Sullivan said the war needs to end soon and that he wants the Strait of Hormuz reopened and a deal that keeps Iran from getting nuclear weapons, the AP reported. Peltola, a former congresswoman, said a deal is "so far out of sight." "This war is driving up our energy bills and hurting Alaskans with no end in sight," she said. Sullivan said the best way to cut energy costs "is to produce more Alaskan energy by and for Alaskans."

"I think that Alaskans have had it up to here with the lying and the dishonesty," Peltola said, according to the AP. Sullivan repeatedly accused her of lying and said "it's revealed character challenges."

Peltola appeared to read from note cards during several answers, the outlets reported. At one point Sullivan asked, "We weren't supposed to get these questions beforehand, were we?" Moderators said they were not, Fox News reported. Peltola said she was better "prepared," according to Fox News. Sullivan posted on X, "You can't cue-card your way through the Senate."

Sullivan also raised a New York Times report in which former Peltola staffers accused her of mistreatment, Fox News reported. Peltola called many of the claims "outright fabrications or mass exaggerations," according to debate host Alaska Public Media.

The two briefly agreed that a third Trump term would be unconstitutional, the AP said. The race could help decide control of the closely divided Senate, and Alaska last elected a Democrat to the Senate in 2008, the AP reported.

What we know: The candidates clashed over Iran, prices and honesty, and both accused the other of lying.
What we don't: Whether the debate changed the race before Election Day on Nov. 3.