Alaska rules Dan Sullivan cannot run against Dan Sullivan in key Senate race
Elections chief says bid by e teacher to challenge senator with same name was filed ‘to confuse or mislead’ voters There will still be one
Elections chief says bid by e teacher to challenge senator with same name was filed ‘to confuse or mislead’ voters There will still be one Dan Sullivan on the ballot, but election officials in Alaska determined a second man by the same name cannot run against him in the high-stakes Senate race.
A man named Dan Sullivan, or Daniel J Sullivan Jr, filed to run as a Republican against incumbent Alaska senator Dan S Sullivan, also a Republican.
Republicans filed complaints against the other Dan Sullivan, saying the candidate had coordinated with a Democratic campaign to confuse voters. Continue reading...
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