INTRO: The Trump administration is ramping up its investigation into a report that Alaska Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola’s campaign allegedly worked to get a second Dan Sullivan to run in the Senate race against incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. Fox’s Madeleine Rivera has more.
ACK: Fox’s Madeleine Rivera
TAG: The non-incumbent Dan Sullivan has also said he decided to run on his own. Alaska’s Supreme Court had ruled the second Dan Sullivan was allowed to run … and both parties have backed spoiler candidates in the past. The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit to block Alaska’s election results if Senator Sullivan narrowly loses his race … but state attorneys have asked for the lawsuit to be dismissed.
KEYWORD: Politics, Legal, Election
