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Neighbors of Alaska's second Dan Sullivan can't agree on if he's "a nice guy" or "a hoaxer"
The New York Times alleges that the campaign of Alaska Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola recruited a man with the same name as her opponent Sen. Dan Sullivan to run for the seat. Peltola denies the report. Jonah Kaplan traveled to Alaska and spoke with neighbors of the second Dan Sullivan.
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Most outlets frame the story as an escalating Alaska Senate controversy centered on reports that Democrats or Mary Peltola’s campaign helped recruit a second Dan Sullivan, with several noting the DOJ’s new subpoenas or broader federal probe. NBC News, CBS News, ABC News, 60 Minutes and The Guardian foreground the Justice Department’s escalation, while PBS NewsHour, Fox News, and BBC highlight the governor’s separate investigation or accusations that the effort was meant to confuse voters. Axios and the New York Times emphasize the race’s political fallout, and only Ben Shapiro’s piece is wrapped into a broader, unrelated roundup.
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