Alaska’s governor accuses Dem Peltola’s campaign for ‘deliberately’ tricking voters after recruiting candidate ‘with the same name’ as her opponent
Source: Fortune ·
The situation in Alaska is not unusual. Political parties often support extra candidates on ballots to try to pull votes from their rivals.
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Republican Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has ordered an investigation into the Democratic candidate running for the U.S. Senate in the state after revelations that her campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting another candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan. Dunleavy’s order, posted overnight on social media, comes a day after President Donald Trump called for the criminal prosecution of Mary Peltola and her campaign. In a race that’s among a handful of Senate contests this year expected to determine control of the chamber, the Republican president had previously directed his Department of Justice to sue to block certification of it, demanding that Alaska be prevented from certifying a win by Peltola if Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. remains on the state’s ballots. Dunleavy wrote that reporting by The New York Times “reveals disturbing new evidence of an organized effort to manipulate Alaska’s elections by recruiting candidates — including one with the same name as…