US midterm campaign enters final weekend as Alaska, California ballot fights heat up
Federal prosecutors in Alaska and the Justice Department in California are escalating election fights that could shape control of Congress, officials said.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump's administration pressed a criminal investigation into Alaska's pivotal Senate race and announced it would likely take its fight over California mail-in ballots to the Supreme Court as the midterm campaign entered its final weekend.
- Federal prosecutors are investigating whether aides to Democratic challenger Mary Peltola helped recruit Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. to run in Alaska because he shares a name with Republican incumbent Senator Dan S. Sullivan.
- U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman said at a Friday press conference that a recent New York Times report drove a "surge" of FBI resources onto the case, calling Sullivan Jr. a "sham candidate."
- California Governor Gavin Newsom warned federal judges on Friday that the Justice Department may seek warrants to seize ballots, citing grave concerns about interference in the "lawful counting of ballots and certifying the results of the election."
- These closely contested races are crucial to Democrats' hopes of taking the Senate in Tuesday's vote, as 35 Senate races and all 435 House seats will decide whether Republicans keep control of Congress for the final two years.
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