Who Is Gerald Heikes? Trump Wants Alaska Votes Given to Dan Sullivan
Trump says votes for two minor candidates should be transferred to Sen. Dan Sullivan as the Justice Department fights Alaska’s ranked-choice tabulation.
- President Donald Trump demanded on Thursday that vote totals for the "Fake Dan Sullivan" and another candidate be transferred to Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, claiming this would immediately end Alaska's Senate race.
- Alaska uses ranked-choice voting, where lowest finishers are eliminated if no candidate wins a majority; Democrat Mary Peltola leads Sullivan by 626 votes, 48% to 47.7%, with more than 98% of precincts reporting.
- On Nov. 1, District Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed a lawsuit seeking to block election certification, finding the government failed to explain how it could set aside ballots while protecting voter secrecy.
- Trump's reference to "the other slug" refers to Gerald Heikes, the race's fourth candidate; tabulation for final ranked-choice results is scheduled for Nov. 18, which will determine the winner.
- Trump has insisted for weeks that having two candidates named Sullivan on the ballot caused voter confusion, arguing that many voters do not understand what "incumbent" means.
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Two Senate races remained undecided Thursday as lawyers requested ballots be preserved in one race while President Donald Trump demanded the other race be called. In Alaska, Democrat former Rep. Mary Peltola led Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan by fewer than 700 votes Thursday morning with 70% of the vote in, according to Decision Desk;...
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President Donald Trump said the votes cast for two other candidates in the Alaska Senate race should be awarded to incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. "There is no other fair solution."
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