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Alaska's Senate race, in which Trump-backed incumbent Dan Sullivan is running against Democrat Mary Peltola and a name double Dan Sullivan, has become a bizarre battleground for political power.
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Sullivan → sign → power
Republicans complain the doppelganger is a liberal plant and have dubbed him 'Decoy Dan' – and a bombshell report from The New York Times now revealed that the allegations are true.
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allegations → complain → Times
A staffer for Democratic hopeful Peltola reportedly was instructed to find as many people with the name Dan Sullivan as possible, the Times reported.
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Times → instruct → name
And the scheme turned reality.
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scheme → turn → ?
In spring, a retired teacher from tiny fishing village announced that he is running for Senate under the name Dan Sullivan.
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he → announce → name
The 'real' Dan Sullivan as Trump calls the incumbent goes by Dan S Sullivan, while 'Decoy Dan's full name is Dan J Sullivan.
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name → call → Sullivan
The Peltola campaign so far denied any involvement in his candidacy.
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campaign → deny → candidacy
But the Times investigation found interviews, text messages and documents revealing that Peltola's team actively tried to recruit not only one but several fake Dan Sullivans in a large-scale effort to boost her chances of winning.
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team → find → chances
The project ran under the title Ballot Composition Project and included a 'mysterious Midwestern operative,' who travelled across the Last Frontier to recruit people by drinking with them in pubs.
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who → run → pubs
Trump ordered a lawsuit against Alaska last week if the 'real' Dan Sullivan does not win the Senate race
A new investigation from The New York Times uncovered a scheme from the Democratic Party that actually tried to recruit people in Alaska who are named Dan Sullivan
Democratic hopeful Mary Peltola is challenging the incumbent Dan Sullivan
Lawyers from the Peltola campaign and senior staffers from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) were reportedly part of the scheme as well.
The investigation further uncovered that the Democrats even considered establishing a new political party to swing Republican voters.
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The new findings come after President Trump personally ordered the Justice Department to sue Alaska in an extraordinary bid to block certification of its Senate election results if the incumbent loses.
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incumbent → come → results
I'm the one that said do it,' Trump told reporters Friday as he arrived in Florida for a campaign rally, confirming his role in the lawsuit filed by his administration last Thursday.
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he → say → administration
Trump has repeatedly accused Democrats of putting forward a rival named Daniel J Sullivan Jr to sway votes away from the sitting senator.
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Trump → accuse → senator
On Tuesday, Vice President JD Vance doubled down on the accusations: 'When you put a person on the ballot explicitly to try to confuse voters, I think that's the definition of electoral fraud.
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that → double → fraud
And I don't think that we should endorse it,' he told reporters.
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he → think → reporters
The Daily Mail contacted Peltola's campaign and the DSCC for comment.
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Mail → contact → comment
A sample election ballot is displayed in Anchorage, Alaska, showing both of the Daniel Sullivan candidates
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