Alaska Senate candidate Decoy Dan Sullivan has intimate ties to Mary Peltola donor
WASHINGTON — “Decoy Dan” is in bed with the opposition.Elusive Alaska Senate candidate Daniel J.Sullivan, who ran in the midterms as a Republican against an incumbent who shares his name, is married to a woman who donates to Democrats — including his main opponent in the US Senate race, Mary Peltola, according to campaign finance filings.Federal and state records reviewed by The Post show that Karen Dillman, a Peace Corps volunteer and US Forest Service worker, is her husband Dan J.
Sullivan’s campaign treasurer.Over the years, Dillman has given small-dollar donations to Democratic campaigns for former President Joe Biden, Georgia Sen.Raphael Warnock, failed Texas Senate hopeful and Rep.
Jasmine Crockett as well as the now-senator-elect from the Lone Star State, James Talarico.But she’s also been a donor for years to her spouse’s current opponent in the 2026 Senate race: Democrat Mary Peltola.In 2022, she contributed $25 in September of that year to Peltola after the House candidate won a special election the month before to succeed the late Rep.Don Young (R-Alaska).
She also gave another $25 in January 2024.And Dillman donated $50 to Peltola’s principal campaign committee in August 2026, one day after the Democrat won the most votes state’s non-partisan Senate primary race.Both she and her husband served stints in the Forest Service, though a rep for the agency said Thursday that Dillman has since retired.A candidate biography for Sullivan said the same.Incumbent Republican Sen.
Daniel S.Sullivan came in second place in that contest, with more than 68,000 votes.
Daniel J.Sullivan, running as a Republican as well, came in third with 4,098 votes.Democratic officials and Daniel J.
Sullivan have denied he intentionally ran as a spoiler candidate — despite revelations about his ties to party members sparking federal and state probes, as well as a multi-state manhunt, as the candidate hasn’t been seen since before the election.Half of the mone...