Crossfiled15 outlets · filed 27 October 2026
DOJ issues subpoenas in Alaska Senate race: Reports
The Department of Justice (DOJ) issued dozens of subpoenas in connection with the ballot-stacking allegations against Alaska’s Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola. On Wednesday, The New York Times reported that Peltola’s campaign was directly involved in recruiting someone with the same name as
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What the coverage shows
The coverage converges on a four-state Senate picture centered on Maine and Kansas, with Fox News and The Hill both saying the races there are extremely close and CNN’s poll shows Democrats ahead. Fox News alone folds in Texas and Michigan as places where Democrats lead, while CNN’s extract similarly groups Maine, Michigan, Texas and Kansas as states that could decide control. NBC News is the outlier, narrowing to a Maine race breakdown rather than the broader poll framing.
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