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Following a New York Times report, media outlets reported that Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign and allied officials helped recruit a second candidate named Dan Sullivan to run against Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan. President Donald Trump and various Republicans criticized the alleged scheme, while Peltola's campaign denied the involvement.
Outlets across the political spectrum agree that a New York Times report alleged the campaign of Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola recruited a namesake candidate named Dan Sullivan to run in the Senate race.
Right-leaning outlets such as Fox News and the Washington Examiner strongly emphasized the allegations as a confirmed scheme, with Trump demanding ballot changes. Center outlets like NewsNation and Bloomberg reported both the allegations and Peltola's denials. Left-leaning and center outlets such as The Guardian and CNBC focused on the reporting details regarding the campaign's alleged recruitment efforts to split the vote.
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Republicans rip Peltola over report her campaign recruited second Sullivan
Republicans are blasting Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola (D) over reports her campaign recruited one of her midterm opponents, Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., to counter incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan’s (R) reelection bid. The New York Times reported Wednesday Peltola’s campaign directly attempted to recruit someone with the same name as her GOP opponent —…
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Source context: President Donald Trump demanded last-minute changes to the ballot for Alaska‘s U.S. Senate seat after a bombshell report that Democrats recruited candidates with the same name as the Republican incumbent. “It has just been determined that the Democrats in Alaska illegally searche…
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Republicans have condemned the presence of two Dan Sullivans on the ballot, calling it a ploy to split votesAlaska Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign was behind an effort to recruit a challenger with almost the exact same name as Republican US senator Dan Sullivan, both of whom will appear on the ballot in next week’s midterm elections, the New York Times…
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Republicans are blasting Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola (D) over reports her campaign recruited one of her midterm opponents, Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., to counter incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan’s (R) reelection bid. The New York Times reported Wednesday Peltola’s campaign directly attempted to recruit someone with the same name as her GOP opponent —…
Alaska's ranked-choice ballot will feature Sen. Dan Sullivan, Peltola and a retired teacher whose name is also Dan Sullivan.
President Donald Trump intensified his attacks on Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola following a news report that her allies secretly recruited candidates to join the state’s US Senate race in order to dilute support for Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.
The DOJ wants a judge to temporarily block certification of the Alaska Senate election if incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan loses due to voter confusion.
President Donald Trump called for Mary Peltola to leave Alaska's Senate race and be prosecuted on Wednesday.
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President Donald Trump demanded last-minute changes to the ballot for Alaska‘s U.S. Senate seat after a bombshell report that Democrats recruited candidates with the same name as the Republican incumbent. “It has just been determined that the Democrats in Alaska illegally searched for, and recruited, a man named Dan Sullivan to run against our distinguished…
Democrat Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign has been credibly accused of engaging in a scheme to unseat Alaska Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R).Citing interviews with 12 people who were involved or told about the alleged scheme along with text messages and documents prepared for a potential lawsuit against the Peltola campaign, the New York Times reported…
The New York Times is reporting on a months-long investigation into the Alaska senate race [Gift Article Here]. Stunningly, the NYT is providing direct evidence that Democrat Senate Candidate Mary Peltola, in coordination with the DSCC and Marc Elias law firm, constructed the fraudulent Dan Sullivan candidate (pictured left) specifically to create…
The campaign of Alaska Democrat Senate candidate Mary Peltola helped recruit Dan J. Sullivan to enter the race to draw votes away from her Republican opponent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, the New York Times reported Wednesday. According to the Times, Elisa Rios, Peltola’s former campaign manager and longtime aide who was fired in August, said...
Mary Peltola's campaign allegedly ran a covert "ballot composition project" to recruit namesake candidates and split the vote against Dan Sullivan.
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Former Democrat U.S. Representative Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign has denied allegations stemming from a detailed New York Times report purportedly exposing that her campaign staff and allied operatives spent months working to recruit a namesake spoiler candidate in Alaska’s high-stakes U.S. Senate race.
Democrats in Alaska reportedly created a plan to find a second candidate, also called Dan Sullivan, as Sen. Daniel S. Sullivan (R-AK) and Alaska Democrat U.S. Senate candidate and former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) face off against each other.
Top campaign aides for Alaska Senate hopeful Mary Peltola were instructed to search for people named Dan Sullivan they could recruit for the contest, and she was "definitely aware," a bombshell report revealed.
