US Senate challenger, incumbent with same name to appear on Alaska ballot
Key takeaways
- Republican Senator Dan Sullivan has sought to have a namesake primary challenger removed, citing the potential for confusion in the midterms.
- The decision means that both Republican Senator Dan Sullivan and his namesake opponent, former US Forest Service worker and retired teacher Dan Sullivan, are both eligible in the August 18 primary.
- “Mr Dan Sullivan is declared to be an eligible candidate,” Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews said in the ruling, referring to the challenger.
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Republican Senator Dan Sullivan has sought to have a namesake primary challenger removed, citing the potential for confusion in the midterms.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Dan Sullivan, a former Forest Service worker who is running for the US Senate, poses for a photo in his home of Petersburg, Alaska [File: Katie Holmlund/The Associated Press]By Al Jazeera Staff and The Associated Press Published On 27 Jun 202627 Jun 2026A judge in Alaska has ruled that an incumbent United States senator and a challenger with the same name can both appear on a midterm primary ballot.
The decision means that both Republican Senator Dan Sullivan and his namesake opponent, former US Forest Service worker and retired teacher Dan Sullivan, are both eligible in the August 18 primary.