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The emergence of a candidate with the same name in the Alaska Senate race has caused controversy. Governor Dunleavy has called for an investigation of election manipulation alleged by The New York Times, and the Democratic Party has refused to solicit candidates.
Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Dan S. Sullivan is looking to win for the third consecutive time. In addition to Democratic challenger Mary Peltola, another independent candidate with the same name and surname, retired teacher Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. is also on the ballot, making it a special event. After a New York Times report on the 28th revealed that the Democratic Party deliberately confused voters by “creating twins with the same name”, Republican Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy ordered an investigation.
Dunleavy issued a statement on social platforms
“The evidence will determine what happens next,” Dunvale said.
He said: “Alaskans have the right to vote for the candidate they truly want to support. Intentionally misleading voters into voting for someone else is detrimental to the integrity of the election.”
The New York Times reported on the 28th that the Pertola campaign team recruited a retired teacher with the same name as the current senator Sullivan to participate in the election in an attempt to scatter Sullivan’s vote base and reduce his support, so that the Democratic Party could win the election.
Senator Sullivan said in an exclusive interview with Fox News anchor Sean Hannity on the evening of the 28th: ”This is what happens when you meet a candidate who is as left-wing as Pertola and has no political accomplishments to run for office.”
Sullivan said, “We were working on a strong record, we had a vision that Alaskans were following, and when they realized it, all they could think about was fraud.”
He said Portola has not yet apologized and is “pretending as if nothing happened.”
In a statement to The New York Times, the Pertola campaign denied soliciting any candidates to run for the U.S. Senate.
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In addition to Republican Senator Sullivan and Democratic challenger Portola, there is also an independent candidate with the same name on the ballot, raising questions about whether it was intentionally causing confusion among voters.
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Dunleavy said that if the Democratic Party intentionally used the same candidate name to confuse voters, it could harm the integrity of the election. Therefore, he has directed the state Department of Public Safety to investigate and consider whether this involves criminal or civil prosecution.
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The New York Times claimed that Pertola’s team knowingly recruited a retired teacher of the same name to run for office, but Pertola’s campaign denied that it had solicited any candidates; Sullivan merely criticized his opponent for cheating.
