GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan, Mary Peltola Advance In Alaska Primary (CORRECTION)
Unfortunately for the Republican senator, it’s looking like another guy named Dan Sullivan will also advance.
In Alaska, the top four vote getters in the primary advance to the general election.
Unfortunately for the Republican senator, it’s looking like another guy named Dan Sullivan will also advance.
NBC News projects GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola to advance to the general election for Alaska's U.S. Senate seat in November. NBC News’ Nikki Battiste breaks down the primary election results in Alaska, Florida and Wyoming, and a special election in California to replace Democratic former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned this year.
Both parties see Alaska as key to winning the Senate. The state’s nonpartisan primary put Mary Peltola, a Democratic former congresswoman, on the same ballot as Dan Sullivan, the incumbent Republican she hopes to unseat. Both advanced to the general election.
Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola advanced from Alaska’s crowded primary Tuesday, setting up the next phase of one of the most closely watched Senate battles of the midterm elections. Sullivan and Peltola emerged from a 16-candidate field under Alaska’s nonpartisan primary system, in which candidates from all parties compete on […]