The New York Times published an investigation on September 24 into Mary Peltola's treatment of staff, detailing alleged angry outbursts, a shove of an aide, and profane texts about Planned Parenthood. Peltola, the Democratic candidate challenging incumbent Dan Sullivan for a toss-up Alaska Senate seat, denies a pattern of abuse and attributes some incidents to grief. The discussion has widened: four former staff members say they directly heard her use an anti-gay slur, a leaked text shows she hoped a Planned Parenthood board member dies of a botched abortion, and she fired veteran campaign aides in August, including campaign manager Elisa Rios. Peltola counters that Sullivan has not held a town hall in over a thousand days and tripled his…