Sullivan, NM

A federal judge has dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses. The race is among the country’s most closely watched and is among a handful that is expected to determine control of the chamber. Sullivan’s main challenger in Tuesday’s ranked-choice general election is Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. The race includes two other candidates who have done almost no campaigning, one of

PETERSBURG, Alaska (AP) — In the sleepy Alaskan fishing community of Petersburg, nobody has seen Dan J. Sullivan for weeks. His rustic home stood dark a day after FBI agents visited friends who donated to his quixotic campaign to unseat the Republican senator with the same first and last name — Dan S. Sullivan. The […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan said Sunday that he doubted claims by his Democratic opponent that she had no idea her top political aides were involved in recruiting a retired schoolteacher also named Dan Sullivan onto the ballot to confuse voters in a race that could determine which party controls the Senate. Republicans […]

By Jeremy Herb, Ted Barrett, CNN (CNN) — After Election Day, all eyes in the political world could turn to Alaska.Alaska has already been at the center of a roiling political controversy this week over how the second Dan Sullivan ended up on the state’s Senate ballot, which has sparked lawsuits, criminal investigations and threats The post Why the Alaska Senate race could be so slow — and controversial — to decide appeared first on KVIA.

The U.S. Department of Justice is pushing for a court order to isolate certain Alaska ballots to investigate potential voter confusion, while federal officials confirmed the existence of a criminal probe over a Senate candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent. The dueling developments came days before Tuesday’s ranked choice general election, in a race headlined by two-term Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. The race is among a handful na

Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola has denied knowing anything about an effort to put another candidate on the Alaska ballot with the same name as the Republican incumbent, as the Justice Department escalated a criminal investigation with new grand jury subpoenas. President Donald Trump on Thursday canceled weekend rallies in Iowa and Kansas, opting instead […]

By Hannah Rabinowitz, Evan Perez, Tierney Sneed, CNN The Justice Department has dramatically accelerated a criminal probe into whether Alaska Democrats sought to confuse voters by recruiting a Senate candidate intended to siphon votes from the Republican, issuing dozens of new grand jury subpoenas and homing in on new potential charges, according to people familiar The post Justice Department’s Dan Sullivan criminal probe accelerates after Alaska campaign revelations appeared first on KVIA.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has ordered an investigation into the Democratic candidate running for the U.S. Senate in the state after revelations that her campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting another candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan. Dunleavy’s order, posted overnight on social media, comes a […]

Análisis por Stephen Collinson, CNN Los demócratas de Alaska le dieron a Donald Trump exactamente lo que quería.El presidente aprovechó la polémica desatada por un informe que indica que los demócratas aliados con la candidata al Senado Mary Peltola intentaron confundir a los votantes en su lucha contra el republicano Dan Sullivan, quien busca la The post Demócratas le siguen el juego a Trump con una maniobra para incluir a otro Dan Sullivan en la boleta appeared first on KVIA.

Tierney Sneed, Patrick Svitek y Tori B. Powell Funcionarios de Alaska declararon que las nuevas revelaciones de The New York Times sobre los esfuerzos de los demócratas para reclutar a un candidato al Senado con el mismo nombre que el actual senador republicano Dan S. Sullivan no modifican la oposición del estado a la demanda The post Funcionarios electorales de Alaska se oponen a intervención del Departamento de Justicia de Trump en contienda por el Senado appeared first on KVIA.