Crossfiled4 outlets · filed 28 October 2026
Bombshell report rocks Alaska Senate race
A New York Times report said in a secret plot the campaign of Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola recruited a man with the same name as Republican Senator Dan Sullivan to get on the ballot in an attempt to sabotage the Republican’s chances of winning.
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Both outlets focus on Lisa Murkowski’s cross-party endorsement of Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins in Alaska’s governor’s race. The Hill adds that she backed him over three Republican candidates and, in a campaign statement, praised his commitment, while NBC News specifically notes he was endorsed over Trump-backed Bernadette Wilson a week before Election Day.
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