Republican Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski dismissed the Trump administration’s attempt to block Alaska’s Senate election results over a candidate with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan — but changed her tune Wednesday after a New York Times report detailed allegations of a coordinated effort to manipulate the race.
Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign and aides from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee tried to sabotage Republican Alaska Sen. Dan S. Sullivan’s reelection chances by recruiting a candidate with the same name and getting him on the ranked-choice ballot, The New York Times (NYT) reported Wednesday. Before the report, however, Murkowski defended the scheming opponent, Dan J. Sullivan, and dismissed the Trump administration and Department of Justice’s legal challenge.
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