Dan Sullivan Timeline: How Trump’s Posts Tracked DOJ’s Alaska Senate Fight
Summary
Alaska’s Senate race remained uncalled on November 12, with Democrat Mary Peltola leading Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in first-choice votes. President Donald Trump criticized the state’s ranked-choice system and urged voters to support Sullivan; the Justice Department later sued Alaska over certification, and Trump said he had directed the lawsuit.Key Facts
- Unofficial results at 10:59 p.m. Eastern on November 12 showed Peltola with 125,157 first-choice votes and Dan Sullivan with 119,357.
- The Associated Press estimated that 88 percent of the vote had been counted and had not called the race as of 11:01 p.m. Eastern on November 12.
- Alaska accepts domestic absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day through November 13 and overseas ballots through November 18; certification was targeted for November 25.
- Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a retired teacher from Petersburg, entered the race around May 29; Alaska courts restored him to the ballot after the elections director tried to remove him.
- The Justice Department investigation into Sullivan Jr.’s campaign began by July, before most of Trump’s posts about the race.
- On October 21, Trump said his administration was weighing legal options to remove Sullivan Jr. from the ballot; the Justice Department sued Alaska later that week over certification.
- Trump told reporters on Friday that he had directed the Justice Department to file the lawsuit.
- Attorney General Todd Blanche said the lawsuit was written by Justice Department attorneys and relied solely on federal law.
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