Alaska Governor Gives ‘Decoy Dan’ Probe Update Amid Tight Senate Race
Summary
Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy said state investigators are examining possible wrongdoing tied to Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a candidate whose name resembles that of Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. Democrat Mary Peltola led the senator by 2,517 votes in the reported count, while Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. had received 3,651 votes; the race was expected to proceed to ranked-choice tabulation on November 18.Key Facts
- Dunleavy said investigators were examining possible wrongdoing, including conduct that might resemble perjury.
- Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a retired teacher from Petersburg, received 1.7 percent of the vote, or 3,651 votes, in the count reported by the article.
- Peltola led Senator Dan Sullivan by 2,517 votes in the reported count.
- Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. denied coordinating with Peltola’s campaign, and the campaign denied involvement in recruiting him.
- Federal prosecutors are conducting a separate inquiry, and the Justice Department sued to block certification of a Peltola win if votes for Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. could have changed the outcome.
- The article says Alaska’s ranked-choice tabulation was expected on November 18; ballots for the lowest-ranked candidate are transferred according to voters’ next choices.
- Alaska voters were also deciding whether to repeal the state’s ranked-choice voting system through Ballot Measure 2.
- In the 2022 Senate race, 499 of about 266,800 counted ballots were overvoted, meaning voters marked two candidates in the same ranking.
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