Former Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan is taking sides in Alaska’s unusual same-name Senate fight, endorsing incumbent Republican Sen.Dan Sullivan over a third Dan Sullivan, whose candidacy has already triggered legal challenges and allegations of an effort to confuse voters.The intervention from Dan A.
Sullivan adds another twist to a potentially competitive race in which Sen.Dan S.
Sullivan and his Republican allies have accused teacher Dan J.Sullivan of running as a GOP candidate to siphon votes from the incumbent.
Dan J.Sullivan has denied those accusations and says he is a legitimate moderate Republican challenger."As the OG Dan Sullivan, I urge Alaskans to vote for Sen.
Dan S.Sullivan.
He’s been great for Alaska," the former mayor wrote on social media.DAN SULLIVAN ACCUSES SAME-NAME CHALLENGER OF TRYING TO 'RIG' ALASKA SENATE RACEFormer Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan, teacher Dan Sullivan and Sen.Dan Sullivan.
(REUTERS/Mark Meyer | AP Photo/Becky Bohrer | Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Republicans have attempted to use legal mechanisms to remove Dan J.Sullivan, who is himself running as a Republican, from the ballot.
They point to the fact that he has worked with a Democratic-aligned consultant as evidence that he is part of a liberal plot to mislead voters.Dan J.Sullivan has defended himself from the accusations by arguing that he is genuinely a moderate Republican that has real dissatisfactions with Dan S.
Sullivan’s representation of the state.It is unclear how many Dan Sullivans live in Alaska.Alaska has a unique electoral system, something Republicans have argued could further contribute to confusion when voters head to the polls in November.GOP SENATOR, EX-HOUSE DEM EMERGE FROM ALASKA’S ‘JUNGLE PRIMARY’ DESPITE FAR-LEFT MEDDLINGDan J.Sullivan, who has filed to run for U.S.
Senate in Alaska, poses for a photo in Petersburg, Alaska, on June 26, 2026.(Katie Holmlund/Associated Press)The state holds a nonpartisan primary where the top four vot...