Breaking down the report alleging Mary Peltola's campaign recruited a second Dan Sullivan in Alaska
Topics: 2026 Midterm ElectionsAlaska Politics
9 outlets (CBS News, Axios, The Guardian US, The Hill, NYT, WSJ, PBS NewsHour, Fox News and BBC US) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 9 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Words most headlines share: “Alaska”, “campaign”, “Peltola's”, “governor”. Distinct wording: CBS News uses “recruited” and “alleging”; Axios uses “accuses” and “perjury”; The Guardian US uses “Democrat's”; NYT uses “Criminal”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- CBS News reports: “A New York Times report alleges that Democrats launched a scheme to confuse voters in a race that could determine the power in Washington, D.C. Democrat Mary Peltola is running against incumbent Da…”
- Axios reports: “President Trump accused Democrats and Mary Peltola's campaign of fraud and perjury Wednesday after the New York Times reported that Peltola aides helped recruit another candidate named Dan Sullivan…”
- The Guardian US reports: “Republican governor Mike Dunleavy orders the inquiry into whether Mary Peltola’s campaign recruited candidates to draw votes from the Republican incumbentSign up for the Breaking News US emailAn in…”
Read the full coverage
- CBS News: Breaking down the report alleging Mary Peltola's campaign recruited a second Dan Sullivan in Alaska
- Axios: Trump accuses Dems of perjury in Dan Sullivan race, governor orders probe
- The Guardian US: Alaska governor orders investigation into Democrat’s Senate campaign – live
- The Hill: Alaska governor orders investigation into Peltola Senate campaign
- NYT: Alaska Governor Orders Criminal Investigation Into Peltola Campaign
- WSJ: Trump called for Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola to be criminally prosecuted and removed from the ballot in the Alaska Senate race
- PBS NewsHour: Trump calls for prosecution of Alaska Senate candidate Peltola over Sullivan name controversy
- Fox News: Mary Peltola's campaign, Dems backed covert scheme to field spoiler candidates in Alaska Senate race: report
- BBC US: Alaska governor orders probe into Democratic campaign's alleged links to same-name candidate
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