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Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, points to a passing motorist during morning rush hour traffic in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Alaska primary voters set stage for races down the stretch

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

Dan Sullivan, a candidate in Alaska's U.S. Senate race who shares a name with the incumbent seeking reelection, talks in front of a welcome sign near downtown Petersburg, Alaska, Friday, July 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Seeing double? Candidates with the same name face off in Alaska Senate race

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola, a Democrat, speaks during a campaign rally on May 14, 2026, in Juneau, Alaska. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer, file)

New GOP campaign ad hits Democratic Senate hopefuls for trying to raise taxes on seniors

By George Caldwell - The Washington Times

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, June 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Man with same name as U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan is eligible for Alaska’s primary ballot, judge rules

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

Anjuli Grantham, left, and Ben Muse protest with others outside the Alaska Division of Elections office on Friday, June 12, 2026, in Juneau, Alaska, opposing efforts to block from the ballot a U.S. Senate candidate who shares the same name and party affiliation as the incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Challenger with same name as Alaska U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan sues to stay on ballot

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump's choice to be Defense secretary, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan prepares legal fight against primary challenger named Dan Sullivan

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

People waiting to vote Monday, Nov. 4, 2024, stand in a long line that wrapped around the Alaska Division of Elections regional office in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen) **FILE**

Ranked choice voting add wrinkle for GOP in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

This photo combination shows Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, Oct. 10, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska and Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, Feb. 8, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Bill Roth, Mariam Zuhaib/Anchorage Daily News via AP/AP, file)

Mary Peltola, barrier-breaking ex-Alaska congresswoman, is challenging Dan Sullivan in Senate race

By Becky Bohrer and Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich answers a question during a debate on live television with incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola at Alaska Public Media, Oct. 10, 2024, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP, File)

Trump-backed Nick Begich beats Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola for Alaska’s only House seat

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Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola answers a question next to Republican U.S. House candidate Nick Begich on live television at Alaska Public Media, in Anchorage, Alaska, Oct. 10, 2024. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP) **FILE**

Spoiler alert: New York inmate threatens to cost Democrats the House

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - Nick Begich, a Republican seeking the sole U.S. House seat in Alaska, speaks during a forum for candidates, May 12, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska.(AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Alaska’s top 4 open primary to set stage for a ranked vote in key U.S. House race

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

Alaska U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, speaks to reporters after giving an address to state lawmakers, Feb. 17, 2023, in Juneau, Alaska. As candidates for the U.S. House vie for election in the few dozen districts that are likely to determine political control of the chamber, they are leaning into local issues. Yet they are also wrestling with how to talk about the two men at the top of the ballot this year, President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrerm File)

Alaska congresswoman takes break to stock up on fish

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, administers the House oath of office to Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, standing next to her husband Eugene "Buzzy" Peltola Jr., center, during a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. The small plane that crashed in rural Alaska earlier this month, killing the Peltola's husband Eugene, was carrying over 500 pounds of moose meat and antlers from a remote hunting camp when it crashed shortly after takeoff, a National Transportation Safety Board investigation report released Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, says. AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Plane that crashed, killing Rep. Peltola’s husband, had over 500 pounds of meat and antlers on board

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, administers the House oath of office to Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, standing next to her husband Eugene "Buzzy" Peltola Jr., center, during a ceremonial swearing-in on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. Peltola's husband Eugene has died in an airplane crash in Alaska, her office said Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Rep. Mary Peltola’s husband dies in plane crash in Alaska

By Mark Thiessen - Associated Press

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a Republican candidate for Alaska's sole seat in the U.S. House, meets with supporters waving her signs on Nov. 8, 2022, on a street corner in Anchorage, Alaska. Palin re-emerged in Alaska politics over a decade after resigning as governor with hopes of winning the state's U.S. House seat. But she struggled to catch fire with voters and ran what critics saw as a lackluster campaign against a breakout Democrat who pitched herself as a regular Alaskan and a Republican backed by state GOP leaders. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen, File)

Next act for Palin unclear after Alaska House losses

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, is shown before a debate for Alaska's sole U.S. House seat Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Peltola faces Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich and Libertarian Chris Bye in the November general election. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Democrat Mary Peltola, 1st Alaska Native in Congress, wins full term

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

Democrat Mary Peltola smiles at supporters after delivering remarks at a fundraiser on Aug. 12, 2022, in Juneau, Alaska. Peltola is in two races on the Aug. 16, 2022, ballot in Alaska. One is the U.S. House special election, a ranked choice election in which she is competing against Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich. The winner of that race will serve the remainder of the late U.S. Rep. Don Young's term, which ends early next year. The other race she is in is the U.S. House primary. (AP Photo/Becky Bohrer)

Mary Peltola beats Sarah Palin, wins Alaska House special election

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press

U.S. Senate candidate Kelly Tshibaka joins Donald Trump on stage during a rally at the Alaska Airlines Center on July 9, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. Tshibaka is seeking to become one of four candidates to advance in the U.S. Senate race during Alaska's primary election Tuesday, Aug. 16. (Bill Roth/Anchorage Daily News via AP, File)

Palin, Murkowski highlight Alaska’s 2 elections on Tuesday

By Becky Bohrer - Associated Press