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Incumbent Dan Sullivan Says He'll Accept Election Result

Alaska senator distances himself from DOJ challenge

(Newser) - Sen. Dan Sullivan said Sunday that he's putting no conditions on his recognition of the upcoming Senate election's outcome in Alaska. Pressed on CNN's State of the Union about whether he'll only recognize Tuesday's official count if he wins, per the Hill , the Republican incumbent...

Peltola Speaks: 'I Just Want to Clear the Air'

Senate hopeful denies knowing about Alaska spoiler candidate as DOJ escalates investigation

(Newser) - Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola denied Thursday that she knew 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. "I just want to clear the...

DOJ Issues Subpoenas in Its Dan Sullivans Case

Federal investigators target alleged scheme to confuse Alaska Senate voters

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors began issuing a new round of subpoenas on Thursday in connection with their investigation of a supposed Democratic effort to recruit a second "Dan Sullivan" for the Alaska Senate election, ABC News reports. A retired teacher, Daniel J. Sullivan, is on the ballot alongside Republican Sen. Dan...

Alaska Governor Orders Probe Into Alleged Peltola Scheme

Republican brings investigation after Trump calls for prosecution

(Newser) - Alaska's Senate race just morphed into a criminal probe. Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Wednesday ordered an investigation into whether Democrat Mary Peltola's Senate campaign broke the law by helping recruit a little-known independent candidate, retiree Dan J. Sullivan, who shares a name with fellow candidate GOP Sen....

Dems Quietly Backed Spoilers in Alaska's Senate Race: NYT

Investigation finds that another Dan Sullivan ending up on the ballot was no accident

(Newser) - Alaska's Senate race didn't just get weird on its own, the New York Times reports—it got help from Democrats. The paper details what insiders called a "ballot composition project," an operation allegedly backed by Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola's Senate campaign and the Democratic Senatorial...

DOJ Sues to Block Democrats From Possible Alaska Win

Trump administration wants to prevent certification of a Peltola win while 2 Dan Sullivans are on ballot

(Newser) - The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block certification of the Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses the contest while another candidate with the same name is on the ballot, reports the AP . The move kicks off what many fear could become a lengthy battle...

At Alaska Rally, Trump Hands Out 2 Pardons

President publicly challenges men's Biden-era Clean Air Act prosecutions

(Newser) - In a made-for-TV move in Alaska, President Trump pulled two men onstage at a Wasilla rally Tuesday night and pardoned them on the spot. The recipients: Zachary Czubak and Patrick Fleming, auto shop co-owners who pleaded guilty in 2022 to conspiracy to violate the Clean Air Act by stripping emissions...

Alaska Democrat Hit With Claims of Abuse

Former aides say Mary Peltola pushed staffer, used slurs, per NYT report

(Newser) - Mary Peltola's Senate bid in Alaska is facing turbulence, emerging from her own campaign. The New York Times reports that behind the Democrat's popular public image, nine former staffers describe a boss prone to sudden, profane blowups, slurs, and unusual demands—including ordering aides to feed live crickets to her...

Dan Sullivan Brings GOP 'Headache' in Alaska

Retired teacher advances from primary to challenge incumbent

(Newser) - Alaska voters just locked in a political oddity: a Senate race with two Dan Sullivans on the November ballot. Incumbent Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan will face retired teacher Dan J. Sullivan, plus Democrat Mary Peltola, after the latter Sullivan advanced from the state's top-four primary . That result was...

Alaska Senate Race Just Got More Dan Sullivan-y

Dan Sullivan, ex-mayor of Anchorage, picks incumbent Dan Sullivan over upstart Dan Sullivan

(Newser) - In Alaska's Senate race, the Dan Sullivan backing Dan Sullivan is not the one on the ballot. As NBC News reports, Dan A. Sullivan, a Republican and former Anchorage mayor, has publicly urged voters to support GOP Sen. Dan S. Sullivan over Democratic ex-Rep. Mary Peltola and retired teacher...

Dan Sullivan No. 2 Stays on Ballot: Alaska High Court

Details of listing are up to state election officials

(Newser) - The Alaska Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a man with the same name and party affiliation as US Sen. Dan Sullivan is qualified to run for the seat and ordered elections officials to place him on the August primary ballot. The brief decision affirmed a lower-court ruling but delegated...

Official: Alaska Will Have Just One Dan Sullivan on Ballot

Candidate with the same name as senator had filed

(Newser) - A top Alaska elections official on Monday ruled that a US Senate candidate with the same name and party affiliation as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan is ineligible to appear on the state's August primary ballot. Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher wrote to the challenger that she found that...

Murkowski Reelected in Alaska
Murkowski
Beats Trump
Candidate
Nov 23, 2022 7:55 PM CST

Murkowski Beats Trump Candidate

Incumbent was the only Senate Republican on the 2022 ballot who voted guilty in impeachment trial

(Newser) - Alaska Republican US Sen. Lisa Murkowski has won reelection, defeating Donald Trump-endorsed GOP rival Kelly Tshibaka. Murkowski beat Tshibaka in the Nov. 8 ranked choice election. The results were announced Wednesday, the AP reports, when elections officials tabulated the ranked choice results after neither candidate won more than 50% of...

Murkowski and Palin Advance in Alaska Primary

This year marks the state's first use of ranked-choice voting

(Newser) - Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski advanced from her primary along with Kelly Tshibaka, her GOP rival endorsed by former President Trump, while another Trump-backed Republican, Sarah Palin, was among the candidates bound for the November general election in the race for Alaska's only House seat. Per the AP , Murkowski...

Governor Takes Trump's Conditional Endorsement

Offer is good as long as Dunleavy doesn't back Murkowski

(Newser) - Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy told former President Donald Trump just what he wanted to hear on Thursday, as the two cut a political deal in the open. "Please tell the President thank you for the endorsement," the Republican governor said in a statement, CNN reports. "With regard...

Palin: I'll Run For Senate If God Wants Me To

The former VP candidate and governor was speaking at a Christian conference

(Newser) - Lisa Murkowski, one of two Republican senators in Alaska, is facing some primary challengers after coming out in favor of impeaching the previous president. Murkowski has been in office since succeeding her father in 2002 and would be up for re-election next year. Kelly Tshibaka announced her campaign months ago,...

Alaska GOP Makes Big Move Against Murkowski

They say they don't want her to run as a Republican in next year's election

(Newser) - The Alaska Republican Party previously censured Sen. Lisa Murkowski for voting to convict former President Trump after his impeachment trial and now doesn't want her to identity as a GOP candidate in next year’s election, a member of the party’s State Central Committee said Tuesday. "The...

GOP Wave Rolls On: Alaska Dumps Begich

Republican Dan Sullivan defeats first-term senator

(Newser) - Mark Begich couldn't pull off another election surprise as Republican Dan Sullivan, a Marine Corps reservist and assistant secretary of state under President George W. Bush, defeated the first-term incumbent as part of a wave in which Republicans regained control of the Senate. Another Senate race is yet to...

Palin Eyes 2014 Senate Bid
 Palin Eyes 2014 Senate Bid 
Jul 10, 2013 12:58 AM CDT

Palin Eyes 2014 Senate Bid

But pundits have their doubts about Begich challenge

(Newser) - Is Sarah Palin thinking about reviving her political career? Asked by Sean Hannity if she might run for the Senate in Alaska next year, Palin said she had considered it—at other people's request—but she is waiting to see who else steps up and whether "there will...

Miller Concedes in Alaska
Miller Concedes in Alaska
Jan 1, 2011 9:30 AM CST

Miller Concedes in Alaska

No more lawsuits, Alaskan says

(Newser) - Joe Miller's fight to keep Alaska's Senate race alive ended with 2010. After nearly 2 months of working full-time on legal challenges to Lisa Murkowski's write-in victory, the Republican nominee told supporters yesterday that he plans no further action, Politico reports. Murkowski had been officially certified as winner the day...

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