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Hours before polls closed on Election Day, Alaska Republican Senator Dan Sullivan sharply denounced what he termed an “election cheating” scheme by Democrats, escalating a scandal that has gripped the state’s tight Senate race.
Sullivan accused the campaign of his Democratic rival, Mary Peltola, of recruiting a man with the identical name to act as a “decoy” candidate and siphon votes away from the incumbent.
“My opponent’s campaign is literally focused on misleading Alaskans, lying, and cheating,” Sullivan told reporters after casting his ballot in Anchorage.
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“We are witnessing the biggest election cheating scandal in the history of the state of Alaska — maybe one of the biggest in the US Senate’s history.”
Peltola denied any involvement in the plot, telling supporters at a campaign event, “They are running scared. They got nothing.”
The scandal erupted following a media report detailing how Peltola’s campaign allegedly helped orchestrate the enrolment of retired schoolteacher Daniel J. Sullivan, whose name remains on the ballot.
Federal authorities have launched a criminal probe into the matter, issuing roughly 20 target letters to individuals tied to the operation.
Despite expressing concern that “thousands, likely, of Alaskans are going to mistakenly throw away their vote,” Sullivan noted that public outrage over the scheme “drives turnout” and confirmed he would accept the certified results once every legal vote is counted.
