Alaska's governor orders investigation after NYT report on alleged Dem-linked Senate election scheme

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has ordered a state investigation into claims that Rep. Mary Peltola's Senate campaign helped place a near namesake of Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan on the ballot, Fox News and CNN report. The order followed a New York Times account of the alleged scheme. Fox News says Dunleavy directed the Department of Public Safety to determine whether state law was broken and whether criminal charges or civil action are warranted; CNN calls the probe criminal. "The evidence will determine what happens next," the Republican governor wrote on X, according to Fox News · CNN.

Dunleavy said the Times reporting indicates an organized effort to confuse voters by recruiting candidates, one sharing an incumbent senator's name. He noted that the Alaska Division of Elections examined similar concerns in June and that the new reporting substantially supports its findings.

Fox News adds that the other candidate is Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., a retired teacher listed without party affiliation in Alaska's ranked-choice Senate contest. It also says Sullivan, a Republican, discussed the allegations on Hannity, accusing Peltola of working with operatives. CNN's coverage characterizes the matter as alleged ballot stacking.

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