Alaska governor orders probe into Democratic campaign's alleged links to rival candidate
Summary
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy ordered the state Department of Public Safety to investigate whether an alleged effort to recruit a second Dan Sullivan into the Senate race broke state law. The order followed a New York Times report alleging links between the recruitment effort and people connected to Democratic candidate Mary Peltola; her campaign denies wrongdoing, and the BBC said it had not independently verified the report.Key Facts
- Dunleavy said he was acting after the New York Times report and findings by the state Division of Elections earlier this year.
- The newspaper reported that people connected to Peltola's campaign and senior Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee aides tried to recruit retired teacher Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.
- The report said the effort was part of a broader attempt to recruit candidates who could draw votes away from incumbent Republican Senator Dan S. Sullivan.
- Peltola's team denied wrongdoing and denied encouraging the second Sullivan to run.
- Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. has denied links to the Peltola campaign and told the New York Times he was running as a moderate Republican.
- The ballot is set to list the incumbent as Dan S. Sullivan and the retired teacher as Daniel J. Sullivan Jr.
- The Alaska Supreme Court has rejected earlier Republican efforts to remove the retired teacher from the ballot.
- Donald Trump called for Peltola to be barred from the ballot and has backed the incumbent senator.
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