10 outlets · filed 28 October 2026
Alaska gov. orders probe into Peltola over 2nd Dan Sullivan on ballot
A report alleged that people aligned with Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign helped recruit a candidate with the same first and last name as Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. Peltola denied the allegations.
NBC News
What the coverage shows
Most outlets center the New York Times report and describe it as an effort to get a second Dan Sullivan onto Alaska’s Senate ballot, with CBS News, 60 Minutes, Fox News, Reason and the Associated Press all framing it as an allegation involving Mary Peltola’s campaign. The New York Times’ own headlines vary from “secret effort” to a more explanatory “How Democrats Manipulated Alaska’s Ballot,” while The Hill is the main outlet focusing on the ballot dispute and DOJ lawsuit rather than the recruitment story itself. PBS NewsHour is the outlier, foregrounding Donald Trump’s call for Peltola to drop out, and Ben Shapiro adds its own “decoy” framing.
Written by Crossfiled from the 13 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
How it broke
In this story
Get the 5 stories every outlet is covering, every morning. Free.
One email a day. Unsubscribe in one click. We host no journalism and never sell your address.
More on US Politics
- Alaska gov. orders probe into Peltola over 2nd Dan Sullivan on ballot 9 outlets
- Obama laughs off Trump’s response to ‘Cheesecake Factory’ jibe 8 outlets
- Flávio Bolsonaro calls himself the ‘leader of Brazil’ after fleeing to Miami 8 outlets
- Netanyahu Leads With Most Votes Counted in Israeli Election 7 outlets
- Ukraine-Russia war latest: At least 14 dead after Russian drone strikes crowded train station in Dnipro 5 outlets
- Alaska governor orders investigation into Peltola Senate campaign 5 outlets