Alaska's Senate Ballot Lists Two Dan Sullivans. The Trump Administration Is Trying to Block Certification if the Senator Loses.
PBS NewsHour reports that the Trump administration has taken its first step to block the results of a midterm election, and that the fight centers on Alaska's Senate ballot, which lists two Dan Sullivans. One is a Republican senator and an ally of the president; the other is a retired schoolteacher whom Republicans accuse of being a Democratic plant meant to siphon away votes.
The administration is filing in federal court to try to block certification of the election if the senator loses.
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PBS NewsHour calls the suit essentially a placeholder: it only becomes an issue after Election Day, and only if the incumbent loses.
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A placeholder can still be the point. What is new is the Justice Department trying to block an election result.