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Although the Democrat in the race, Mary Peltola, has denied any involvement, new reporting details an alleged secret effort to help recruit the second Dan Sullivan

October 29, 2026

CBS News reports that and although the Democrat in the race, Mary Peltola, has denied any involvement, new reporting from The New York Times details an alleged secret effort by people aligned with her campaign to help recruit the second Dan Sullivan.

CBS News reports that the race between Sullivan and Peltola has appeared closer than initially expected in a state that President Trump won by double digits in 2024. Alaska's US Senate race is embroiled in an emotional fight over fish, NPR reports. Somewhere in Alaska, a Democratic political operative reportedly went looking for a man named Dan Sullivan, Newsweek reports.

CBS News reports that and although the Democrat in the race, Mary Peltola, has denied any involvement, new reporting from The New York Times details an alleged secret effort by people aligned with her campaign to help recruit the second Dan Sullivan. According to The Guardian, on Wednesday, the New York Times reported that Peltola’s campaign engaged in an effort to recruit Dan J Sullivan, and other potential candidates with the name Dan Sullivan, to run against Dan S Sullivan. The reported recruitment by Democrats of a second "Dan Sullivan" to allegedly confuse voters in Alaska’s Senate race drew a rare public rebuke from Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, who appeared to break four years of silence on her personal X account, Fox News reports.

CBS News reports that the process continues until one candidate wins a majority. A campaign cannot easily condemn political manipulation in principle while benefiting from voters mistaking one candidate for another, Newsweek reports.

According to Fox News, Murkowski said, "While some may try to write this off as just how politics works now, ballot-stacking should have no place in our electoral process". Ballot stacking is not illegal and common in US politics, The Guardian reports.

CBS News reports that the race between Sullivan and Peltola has appeared closer than initially expected in a state that President Trump won by double digits in 2024. Alaska's US Senate race is embroiled in an emotional fight over fish, NPR reports. Somewhere in Alaska, a Democratic political operative reportedly went looking for a man named Dan Sullivan, Newsweek reports. Any Dan Sullivan would do, provided Dan Sullivan could be persuaded to run for the United States Senate against another man named Dan Sullivan. But the second Sullivan has added a wrinkle, CBS News reports. President Trump is trying to preemptively block election results in Alaska if the Republican incumbent loses, NPR reports. NPR reports that but in that state, the big issue in the Senate race has been an emotional fight over fish. According to AP News and AP, 1 of 4 | Alaska pollster Ivan Moore says the closely contested US Senate race between Republican Senator Dan Sullivan and former Democratic Congresswoman Mary Peltola is deeply polarized, with disaffected Trump voters and turnout potentially deciding the outcome. Daniel J. Sullivan is a retired teacher from rural Alaska, CBS News reports. According to CBS News, Nate Adams said, "Mary Peltola and her campaign have spent months gaslighting Alaskans, denying a scheme they were running all along". Murkowski was also a champion of the ranked-choice system that produced four-person general election ballots, Fox News reports.

Still developing

CBS News reports that the race between Sullivan and Peltola has appeared closer than initially expected in a state that President Trump won by double digits in 2024. But the second Sullivan has added a wrinkle. CBS News reports that Daniel J. Sullivan is a retired teacher from rural Alaska.

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