Alaska blocks near-identical-name challenger from Senate ballot
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Alaska’s top elections official ruled that Dan J. Sullivan filed his candidacy to confuse voters with the incumbent Dan Sullivan, barring him from the August primary ballot. The decision removes a same-name challenger in a top-four, ranked-choice race; Dan J. Sullivan has 30 days to appeal as ballots are set to print on June 28. GOP groups and scrutiny over the race were already in focus.
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- One Dan Sullivan Is Kicked Off the Ballot in Alaska. One Dan Sullivan Remains. The New York Times
- GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan’s same-name challenger is ineligible for ballot, official rules CNN
- Only one Dan Sullivan is left standing in Alaska’s Senate race NBC News
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