阿肯色州州长选举三方辩论在康威举行 桑德斯与两名挑战者交锋教育券与医保议题
据《阿肯色倡导报》（Arkansas Advocate）报道，阿肯色州州长选举三名候选人10月13日晚在康威的阿肯色电视台演播室举行本选举周期首次同台辩论。现任共和党州长萨拉·赫卡比·桑德斯（Sarah Huckabee Sanders）在辩论中为其政府的减税与教育记录辩护，民主党州参议员弗雷德·洛夫（Fred Love）与自由意志党候选人科尔特·谢尔比（Colt Shelby）则批评州政府在教育券、医疗与支出方面的优先次序。
洛夫重申，若当选将通过行政令结束该州「教育自由账户」教育券计划，并主张暂停州汽油税以应对高油价。谢尔比批评2023年桑德斯签署的LEARNS教育法，称教育券计划应缩减规模并加强问责。桑德斯则以该法为挣扎学校配备读写教练、提高教师工资为例回应，并表示家庭在孩子就读薄弱学校时应有选择。
辩论还涉及该州医疗补助扩张计划与新晋母亲保障等医疗议题，以及监狱建设计划。桑德斯2022年以62%的得票率当选，阿肯色州自2010年以来未选出过民主党全州公职人员；多家选举分析机构将本次州长选举评为共和党稳固占优。
资料来源：据《阿肯色倡导报》报道
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Arkansas Governor's Race: Sanders and Two Challengers Clash Over School Vouchers and Health Care in Conway Debate
Arkansas's three gubernatorial candidates met on October 13 in Conway for their first joint debate of the 2026 election cycle, hosted by Arkansas TV, according to the Arkansas Advocate. Republican Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders defended her administration's record on taxes and education, while Democratic state Senator Fred Love of Little Rock and Libertarian candidate Colt Shelby criticized her approach to school vouchers, health care and state spending.
Love repeated his pledge to end the state's Educational Freedom Account school voucher program by executive order if elected, and called for suspending the state gasoline tax amid high fuel prices. Shelby criticized the LEARNS Act, the education law Sanders signed in 2023, and said the voucher program should be scaled back with more accountability. Sanders cited literacy coaches assigned to struggling schools and teacher pay increases under the law, and argued families should have options when their children attend struggling schools.
The debate also covered the future of Arkansas's Medicaid expansion and coverage for new mothers, as well as prison plans. Sanders won 62 percent of the vote in 2022, and Arkansas has not elected a Democrat to a statewide seat since 2010; election forecasters rate the race as safely Republican.
Source: Reporting by the Arkansas Advocate
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