Justice Department Moves to Block Alaska Senate Certification as Peltola Challenges Sullivan
Photo: The Guardian USThe Justice Department on Thursday sued Alaska, its elections director and election boards to stop certification of the US Senate result if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses to Democrat Mary Peltola and votes for a second candidate named Dan Sullivan could have changed the outcome. The complaint alleges that Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a retired teacher, entered the race to draw votes from the incumbent. President Donald Trump, who endorsed the senator, has made the same claim. The election is 3 November. Peltola, who lost her House seat to Nick Begich in 2024, is campaigning on living costs and joined Holland & Hart in March 2025.
Left-leaning coverage leads with Peltola's campaign, rural prices and Democratic hopes of flipping the seat. Alternative coverage leads with the DOJ filing and Trump's statements. Right-leaning coverage examines Peltola's lobbying-firm job after she cosponsored a mining bill. The sides cover different angles and do not directly contradict each other.
How the sides differ Left sources emphasize Peltola's cost-of-living campaign; alternative sources stress the DOJ's same-name candidate challenge; right sources focus on her lobbying-firm job and a mining bill.
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The Guardian US leads with Peltola's trips through rural Alaska, high prices and diesel costs, and Democrats' belief that conditions favor them in the midterms.
Newsweek leads with the DOJ complaint and Trump's claim that the same-name candidate was planted, citing the legal filing and his social media post.
The Washington Free Beacon reviews records on Peltola's cosponsored mining bill and her later lobbying-firm job, contrasting them with her campaign message against self-dealing.