Trump DOJ Sues To Block Alaska Senate Results If Dan Sullivan Loses Because Of Another Dan Sullivan
The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit Friday to block Alaska’s Senate results if Republican Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan lost because of a challenger with the same name.
A challenger with the same name entered the race in June, which raised speculation that he intentionally ran to confuse voters and help former Democratic Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola win. If Sullivan loses, the lawsuit stated that the state would “fail in its obligation to protect the integrity of its election” if they certify the votes.
“Daniel J. Sullivan decided to run for Senator in 2026 as a Republican with the intention of misleading supporters of Senator Sullivan into voting for him. The sole purpose of his candidacy is to benefit the Peltola campaign by reducing the number of votes for Senator Sullivan … Should Alaska certify any electoral results tainted by the inclusion on the ballot of Daniel J. Sullivan—whose candidacy, Defendant Beecher found, is ‘for the purpose of confusing or misleading voters and compromising the fairness of the ballot’—the State and its officers will fail in its obligation to protect the integrity of its election,” the lawsuit stated.
🚨🚨 The DOJ filed a lawsuit threatening to block Alaska’s Senate results if Dan Sullivan loses, given that a candidate with the same name entered the race.
In June, metadata showed that Amber Lee, a Democratic operative, wrote the campaign press release for the other Dan Sullivan. She was a huge supporter of Mary Peltola in the past.
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— Nicole Silverio (@NicoleMSilverio) October 23, 2026
Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher informed Sullivan in an Aug. 26 letter that his declaration of candidacy “was not filed in order to declare an actual good-faith candidacy,” but rather to confuse voters into voting for the wrong Sullivan. After Sullivan appealed the ruling, Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews ruled he could remain on the ballot for the state’s primary.
The Alaska Supreme Court overturned that ruling in a June 30 decision and allowed the other Sullivan to be on the ballot. (Read more from “Trump DOJ Sues To Block Alaska Senate Results If Dan Sullivan Loses Because Of Another Dan Sullivan” HERE)
