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Mary Peltola

1. US Justice Department sues to block certification of Alaska Senate race if Republican Dan Sullivan loses amid namesake candidate

   The US Justice Department asked a court on Oct 23 to bar certification of Alaska's Senate election if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses to Democrat Mary Peltola. The ranked-choice race has four candidates: Sullivan, Peltola, Gerald Heikes and a teacher also named Daniel J. Sullivan, whom the department accuses of deliberately running under the same ballot name and party as the senator, arguing the result should not be valid if the senator loses because voters picked the namesake by mistake. The Guardian said Trump repeated at a Florida rally the false claim that the other Sullivan was 'cheating'; the midterms are on Nov 3.

   Oct 24, 2026 Morning