Peltola’s campaign involved in effort to recruit second Dan Sullivan for Alaska Senate race: NYT
The Times says campaign aides and DSCC staff helped recruit a namesake candidate to split votes from incumbent Dan S. Sullivan.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump accused Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola of "election fraud," claiming her campaign recruited a "FAKE Dan Sullivan" to spoil the Senate race for incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan.
- Trump's comments followed a New York Times report alleging that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Peltola's campaign staff secretly recruited Dan J. Sullivan to confuse voters and oust the incumbent Republican.
- The Justice Department filed a lawsuit last week seeking to block election certification, while the Peltola campaign and the DSCC denied any involvement in recruiting spoiler candidates.
- Claiming Democrats "perjured themselves," Trump posted on Truth Social that they should face consequences, though conspiracy theory analyst Mike Rothschild wrote that the actions constitute neither "election fraud" nor "perjury."
- These accusations emerged while Trump campaigned in Corpus Christi, Texas, though reports indicate both parties have historically utilized ballot-stacking tactics, including an effort by the state Republican Party in 2024 to keep a Democrat on the ballot.
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