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Breaking down the report alleging Mary Peltola's campaign recruited a second Dan Sullivan in Alaska

A New York Times report alleges that Democrats launched a scheme to confuse voters in a race that could determine the power in Washington, D.C. Democrat Mary Peltola is running against incumbent Dan Sullivan. But there is a second Dan Sullivan on the ballot, and the report finds that Peltola's campa

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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 11 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.

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