Alaska’s Two Dan Sullivans Could Tilt a Close Senate Race Under Ranked-Choice Voting
TL;DR
Alaska’s U.S. Senate race features two candidates named Dan Sullivan—the incumbent Republican and a lesser-known Dan J. Sullivan—and analysts say ranked-choice voting can blunt vote-splitting, but many ballots still exhaust and won’t shift much unless the race is razor-thin or voters reliably rank backups; past elections show the effect is unpredictable, so the outcome hinges on voter education and turnout in a potentially pivotal contest.
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