Dems' dire warnings about threats to democracy face an uncomfortable reckoning after Alaska election report

Dozens of Democratic officials who backed Mary Peltola's Alaska Senate bid are staying silent about allegations that her side engineered voter confusion against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. Fox News Digital put the same question to 42 Democratic lawmakers and governors who had endorsed her: would they condemn the alleged effort? By the time of publication, nobody had answered. Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, known for occasionally parting ways with his party, has likewise said nothing.

The controversy stems from a Wednesday New York Times investigation, built on text messages and conversations with former campaign staff. It says people working for Peltola, a Democrat, helped persuade a man also named Dan Sullivan to enter the race, with the aim of pulling votes away from the incumbent. Peltola denies it, stating her campaign has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign.

Fox News contrasts the silence with earlier democracy-focused remarks by Democratic senators. Richard Blumenthal condemned voter suppression in 2022, Chris Murphy urged in April 2025 that those alarmed about democracy should act accordingly, and Cory Booker said in December 2016 that defending democracy outranks partisanship.

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