Crossfiled8 outlets · filed 29 October 2026
Judge tosses DOJ’s lawsuit over Alaska Senate race
A federal judge on Sunday dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit in Alaska that sought to block certification if the second Dan Sullivan running for Senate causes voter confusion and leads Democrats to flip the seat. U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason ruled the administration hadn’t shown how
What the coverage shows
Most outlets frame the story as a widening legal and investigative fight over allegations that a second Dan Sullivan was recruited to affect the Alaska Senate race, with the DOJ, state officials, and subpoenas recurring across the coverage. NBC News, CBS News, CNN, Axios, and The Guardian all foreground the probe itself, while Fox News, Ben Shapiro, and The Independent emphasize the allegations more sharply as a Democratic or Trump-targeted ballot scheme. The New York Times is alone here in highlighting “ballot stacking” language, and NPR’s extract is the least focused on the Alaska dispute, mentioning it only indirectly in a broader Senate-race roundup.
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