The Mary Peltola campaign engaged in illegal activities by deliberately tricking voters into casting ballots for a different candidate.

Alaska governor orders investigation into Peltola campaign claims An investigation has been launched in Alaska into whether Democratic candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign for Senate should face criminal charges or civil penalties. Republican governor Mike Dunleavy ordered the inquiry into whether Peltola’s campaign recruited candidates to draw votes from the state’s Republican incumbent. It follows a New York Times report claiming the Democratic candidate’s campaign was involved in recruiting a retiree named Dan J Sullivan to enter the race against senator Dan S Sullivan. “Deliberately tricking voters into casting their ballots for someone else strikes at the integrity of our elections,” he said in a post on X. “Anyone or any organization found to have broken the law must be held accountable.” Republicans condemned the presence in the race of two candidates named Dan Sullivan – one the two-term US senator, the second a retiree living in south-eastern Alaska with scant political experience – calling the newcomer a ploy by Democrats to cost the incumbent re-election by splitting his supporters. Peltola’s campaign has denied involvement with the other Dan Sullivan, but the NYT reports that her officials together with the party’s campaign arm, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), worked to find other people named Dan Sullivan in Alaska, and encourage them to run. Their reporting is based on interviews with Peltola’s former campaign manager and other sources, together with documents and text messages related to the recruitment effort https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/oct/29/midterm-elections-politics-trump-obama-california-alaska-latest-news-updates?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Alaska Gov. Dunleavy orders investigation into Peltola campaign https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2026/10/29/alaksa-governor-dunleavy-mary-peltola-dan-sullivan/2021793281264/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon