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State of Alaska says DOJ lawsuit over Senate race ‘has no legal basis’ alaskapublic.org/news/politi…
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New: Alaska moves to dismiss DOJ’s election lawsuit “immediately, with prejudice, because the complaint has no legal basis.”
Amid questions over how vigorously the Dunleavy admin would oppose Trump, the Department of Law comes out swinging. #akleg
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How is the Alaska Early and Absentee Vote going? Comparing 10/26/2026 to the equivalent day, 10/31/2022:
1) Absentee votes are 74% of 2022 (15,668 vs 21,086).
2) Early votes are 181% of 2022 (30,536 vs 16,825).
3) Overall vote is 122% of 2022 (46,204 vs 37,911).
HD map:
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"Alaska once had a proud Dan tradition. A sample from the 1930 Census showed the territory was home to twice as many Dans as the national average rate" washingtonsun.com/national/d…
Anchorage Police report on @MaryPeltola ‘s accident. Says the vehicle she was in was stopped at a light in South Anchorage and was rear-ended.
Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola and her family suffer minor injuries in car crash alaskapublic.org/news/politi…
“Alaskans, apparently, must elect Senator Dan S. Sullivan or the President will not let them elect anyone at all,” attorneys for Peltola say.
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Candidate @MaryPeltola addresses the Trump election lawsuit: “This is just flagrant, flagrant corruption”
A brief mention of it during “candidate forum” at AFN. (Sen. Sullivan did not attend.)
Alaskans, legal experts condemn federal lawsuit as attempt to invalidate the vote in U.S. Senate race alaskapublic.org/news/politi…
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Peltola and Sullivan are “running multimillion-dollar campaigns and don’t see the need to talk to reporters as much,” @lruskin tells @ErikWemple. tinyurl.com/y9357yjs
Alaska Democrats lead in other statewide races, but not for U.S. House. Indy Bill Hill, endorsed by Ds, is experiencing a downside to avoiding party labels.
Among other oddities, he's running negative ads on the only D in the race, an inmate in NY.
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After the debate, @SenDanSullivan clarified that he did NOT believe we provided anyone questions in advance.
Lotta excitement outside Alaska Public Media rn, 45 mins ahead of our debate between @MaryPeltola and @DanSullivan_AK
He remembers getting a call on Jan. 6, 2021, asking him to try to keep the kids away from the TV. “She didn’t want them to see what was happening and worry about her.”
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Trump’s Alaska rally brings pardons, promises and endorsements to Wasilla alaskapublic.org/news/politi…
Alaska poll suggests ranked choice voting will survive the recall attempt
