House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) has launched an investigation into allegations that Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign attempted to recruit a candidate with a similar name as Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R-Alaska) to take votes away from the incumbent, his office announced on Thursday.
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, also said he is investigating Peltola, citing a report from the New York Times that her campaign sought to “manipulate Alaska’s elections” by allegedly finding a candidate, Dan J. Sullivan, to enter the race.
Peltola’s campaign has denied the allegations in statements to media outlets.
Comer alleged Democrats “schemed to rig the U.S. Senate election in Alaska by deliberately confusing voters.”…