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9 stories on Alaska Senate Race. For each one: what the left says, what the right says, and what both agree on. RSS feed
- Did Peltola's Campaign Recruit a Fake 'Decoy Dan' to Confuse Voters?
Oct 31, 2026
Left: Peltola's campaign has flatly denied recruiting or coordinating with Daniel J. Sullivan, and no evidence has established that any law was actually broken.
Right: Alaska's own Republican-led Division of Elections determined months ago that Daniel J. Sullivan's candidacy was 'filed with a purpose to confuse or mislead' voters.
- DOJ Probes Alaska 'Decoy Candidate' Days Before Election
Oct 31, 2026
Left: The timing of DOJ's subpoenas and lawsuits, landing just days before the election, raises concerns about using federal law enforcement to cast doubt on results before any crime has been established.
Right: Recruiting a candidate who shares the exact name of the Republican incumbent appears designed to confuse voters and siphon votes in a race that could decide Senate control.
- Did Peltola's Campaign Rig Alaska Ballot With a 'Decoy Dan'?
Oct 30, 2026
Left: Peltola has directly and repeatedly denied any personal knowledge of or involvement in recruiting Dan J. Sullivan, stating she only ever knew about herself and the incumbent as candidates.
Right: A former Peltola campaign manager provided interviews, text messages, and documents indicating senior campaign aides and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee staff worked for over a year to find and recruit a same-named spoiler candidate.
- Did Peltola's Campaign Rig Alaska's Senate Ballot With a Fake Sullivan?
Oct 29, 2026
Left: The Trump DOJ lawsuit seeking to delay certification of a legitimate election result represents a far graver threat to democracy than a campaign recruiting an extra candidate, since federal intervention to potentially overturn voters' choices is unprecedented and sets a dangerous precedent for contesting future races Republicans lose.
Right: A detailed New York Times investigation drawing on 12 sources, text messages, and internal documents substantiates what Alaska Republicans have alleged for months: that Democratic operatives deliberately engineered voter confusion to help Peltola win a seat she could not otherwise capture.
- NYT: Peltola Campaign Secretly Recruited Spoiler Named 'Dan Sullivan'
Oct 29, 2026
Left: The Peltola campaign and DSCC have categorically denied recruiting either Sullivan or coordinating the alleged scheme, and no court filing has established their direct involvement.
Right: A detailed New York Times investigation, based on 12 sources, text messages, and internal documents, describes a coordinated 'ballot composition project' involving Peltola's lawyers, campaign aides, and DSCC staff to recruit namesake and spoiler candidates.
- Trump Admin Sues to Block Alaska Election Results Before They Happen
Oct 27, 2026
Left: The lawsuit asks a court to delay certifying an election before any results exist, effectively preparing a legal mechanism to contest the outcome only if the Republican incumbent loses, not if he wins.
Right: Alaska's own Division of Elections reportedly determined that Daniel J. Sullivan's candidacy was intended to mislead voters, giving the DOJ grounds to argue the ballot itself risks distorting the true outcome.
- Peltola Hurt in Crash Days Before Election, Pauses Tour
Oct 26, 2026
Left: Peltola and her family were the victims of a crash caused by another driver, and her campaign has emphasized there is no reason to believe it was politically motivated.
Right: The crash is being reported as a personal, non-political event, and Republicans have not sought to make it a campaign issue.
- Third Dan Sullivan Enters Alaska's Bizarre Three-Way Senate Namesake Race
Aug 24, 2026
Left: Alaska's ranked-choice, top-four primary system allows any registered candidate to appear on the ballot, and the courts affirmed Dan J. Sullivan's right to run despite challenges to his eligibility.
Right: Dan J. Sullivan switched his party registration to Republican only moments before filing to run, and requested a ballot listing that closely mirrors the incumbent's name, actions Republicans see as a deliberate attempt to confuse voters and siphon votes from Sen. Dan S. Sullivan.
- DOJ Sues to Block Alaska Election Results If Sullivan Loses
Oct 27, 2026
Left: The lawsuit demands certification be blocked only if Peltola wins, revealing it as a one-sided mechanism to preserve a Republican seat rather than a neutral concern about voter confusion.
Right: The head of Alaska's own Election Commission has raised concerns that the second Dan Sullivan's candidacy exists solely to confuse voters and siphon votes from the sitting senator.