DOJ sues to block Alaska Senate certification if Sullivan loses

What the coverage shows

Politico and CNBC both frame the story around Republicans’ anxiety over the Alaska Senate race, but they emphasize different reasons for that concern. Politico focuses on the four-way ballot, ranked-choice tabulation, and a same-name rival as the unusual features affecting Sen. Dan Sullivan’s reelection bid. CNBC instead foregrounds the race’s wider Senate majority implications and, in its headline, the Justice Department’s lawsuit to block Alaska from certifying a winner under a narrow-loss scenario.

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