Sullivan to Accept Alaska Vote; Judge Rejects DOJ Suit — SkimNews
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- Dan S. Sullivan told CNN on Sunday "I'm going to accept the election results," days after the DOJ sued to decertify Alaska's Senate race if the Republican incumbent — a Trump ally — loses; he said he was confident of winning.
- Sharon Gleason dismissed the DOJ lawsuit as "infeasible" because early ballots are now commingled and voter identity cannot be determined, and the United States offered no workable plan to segregate Daniel J Sullivan Jr's votes without compromising voter secrecy.
- Mary Peltola says she knows nothing about recruiting retired teacher Dan J Sullivan Jr as a spoiler candidate — "I honestly have no idea" to KTUU — and calls the claims a "distraction" from the high prices Alaskans face because of the US-Israel war on Iran.
- New York Times reported Wednesday that members of Peltola's campaign helped recruit Dan J Sullivan Jr to draw votes from Sullivan; the incumbent dismissed her denial, saying "There is no way this went on for a year that they weren't informing her."
- Alaska's Senate race is one of seven key toss-ups likely to decide whether Republicans keep their majority in the upper chamber, with the vote set for Nov. 3.
- Daniel J Sullivan Jr is listed on the ballot as Daniel J Sullivan Jr while the senator is listed as Dan S Sullivan and marked as the Republican incumbent; at a trunk-or-treat north of Anchorage the senator quipped that his costume was "the real Dan Sullivan."
Why it matters: Judge Gleason's dismissal left the administration's decertification bid without a workable legal route before the Nov. 3 vote: no plan existed to separate the two Sullivans' ballots while preserving voter secrecy. With Sullivan publicly promising to accept defeat, the remaining contest turns on the credibility of the Peltola campaign's denials.
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