Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has ordered the state to investigate whether aides to U.S. Senate hopeful Mary Peltola worked with national Democrats to recruit spoiler candidates onto the ballot.
In his Oct. 29 announcement, Dunleavy cited a recent report by The New York Times alleging a months-long scheme to peel votes from Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Ala.), who is seeking reelection in the upcoming midterms.
“Today’s New York Times reporting reveals disturbing new evidence of an organized effort to manipulate Alaska’s elections by recruiting candidates—including one with the same name as an incumbent U.S. Senator—to deliberately confuse voters and misdirect their votes,” Dunleavy wrote in a post on X. …