Two Dan Sullivans Reach Alaska Senate Primary Ballot as GOP Warns 600,000 Voters Could Be Confused
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Updated · The New York Times · Aug 18
Two Dan Sullivans Reach Alaska Senate Primary Ballot as GOP Warns 600,000 Voters Could Be Confused
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Aug 18
Summary
Tuesday’s Alaska Senate primary ballot will list both incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan and another Republican candidate with the same name after court challenges by national and state Republicans failed.
The dispute centers on fears that even a small share of Alaska’s roughly 600,000 registered voters could mistakenly back the lesser-known Dan Sullivan and weaken the incumbent in a tight race.
Mary Peltola, the former Democratic House member, is the main challenger in a contest Democrats see as critical to winning Senate control.
Under Alaska’s election system, the top four finishers in the all-candidate primary advance to November, raising the stakes of any ballot-name confusion in a race already crowded with more than a dozen candidates.