All posts tagged "Dan Sullivan"

President Donald Trump's Justice Department made a last-ditch move to shield a vulnerable Republican senator, and legal experts say it's dead on arrival.

The DOJ filed a suit Thursday seeking to stop Alaska from certifying its Senate race if GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan loses, Politico reported Friday. Notre Dame law professor Derek Muller didn't mince words about the case. "The legal argument is one of the worst ones I've ever seen," he said.

Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward, the DOJ's third-ranking official, brought the case. It asks state officials to hold off on certification if Sullivan is defeated until they investigate supposed "voter confusion" stemming from a second man named Dan Sullivan appearing on the ballot. Alaska's Supreme Court already tossed out an identical challenge in June, which would ordinarily end the matter....

A conservative editorial board warned voters in one red state that defying President Donald Trump at the ballot box carries a steep price.

Kimberley Strassel, a member of The Wall Street Journal's editorial board, wrote Thursday that Alaska risks losing Trump's favor and possibly facing his retribution if voters oust Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) on November 3.

In her Potomac Watch column, Strassel cast the Senate race between Sullivan and former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola as a choice between continued federal support and what she called "political and economic suicide." She credited Trump with reversing dozens of Biden-era restrictions on drilling, mining and logging in the state and with pushing a long-stalled natural gas pipeline that Sullivan supporters chanted about at a Tuesday rally in Wasilla....

Another protester interrupted a campaign speech by President Donald Trump, which he has been dealing with constantly amid his blitz ahead of the midterms.

During his appearance in Wasilla, Alaska, to stump for Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Trump was talking about former Vice President Kamala Harris before he appeared to notice a protester. "Sounds like we have a spoiled child," Trump said before going silent to wait out the protester.

Protesters have heckled him during stops in red states like Texas and Tennessee as he tries to boost Republican candidates. In Texas, multiple protesters have interrupted him, and MAGA supporters have even gotten violent in response....

Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) spent thousands on luxury dining and events with money from donors to his re-election campaign, new reporting revealed.

According to a Saturday article by The Daily Mail, Sullivan has steered campaign cash into pricey out-of-state dining as he closes in on a competitive general election. The Daily Mail reported the splurging after reviewing his Federal Election Commission filings.

Since the start of March, Sullivan's campaign has run up close to $35,000 at restaurants outside of Alaska, according to The Daily Mail. More than $7,000 went to Lucille's Modern Chophouse, a Washington steakhouse. The Daily Mail noted that the chophouse has yet to open. Sullivan has reportedly spent over $13,000 at the venue since September 2025....

A candidate running against a Republican senator has to face an investigation from the lieutenant governor's office, all because of his name, according to local reports.

Dan Sullivan Jr., a former U.S. Forest Service employee and elementary school teacher, is running against incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK).

Alaska Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom (R) wrote in a letter to Sullivan Jr. that the state's Elections Division has to investigate whether he's using his name as an advantage, according to reporting by a local TV station. She brought up allegations that he's running as part of an effort to confuse voters....

Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan is raising alarms about an 11th-hour Republican challenger who shares his exact name, accusing Democrats of orchestrating a scheme to confuse voters and hand the seat to Democrat Mary Peltola.

Sullivan, speaking exclusively with CNN's Manu Raju on Inside Politics, said the challenger — Dan Jay Sullivan — is not a genuine Republican but a plant designed to split his vote in Alaska's open primary, where the top four finishers advance to November regardless of party.

"They are trying to cheat," Sullivan told Raju. "There is no plausible explanation what this guy is doing."...