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There are two Dan Sullivans running for Senate in Alaska. The New York Times found out why.

Poynter · Tom Jones · last updated

A Times investigation found that Mary Peltola’s campaign worked with people trying to recruit spoiler candidates in the crucial Alaska race

The New York Times published a bombshell report on Wednesday that could affect a key Senate race in Alaska and has President Donald Trump demanding the Democratic candidate there “suffer the Legal and Political consequences.”

The Times’ Kellen Browning reported that the campaign of Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate for Senate, wanted to track down and convince people named Dan Sullivan to run for Senate in an effort to confuse voters and draw votes away from the Republican candidate, also named Dan Sullivan.

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