Sen. Dan Sullivan’s (R-AK) challenger who has the same name as the incumbent has been deemed ineligible for the Senate primary race.
On Monday, Alaska Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher determined on Monday that Dan J. Sullivan’s declaration of candidacy “was not filed in order to declare an actual good-faith candidacy for the office of United States Senator, but was instead filed with a purpose to confuse or mislead and to thereby compromise the ballot’s fairness or neutrality.”
Dan J. Sullivan, who was previously unknown, recently announced he was running to challenge the senator. His entry in the race quickly alarmed Republicans.
“The preponderance of the evidence is that you chose this new nickname and party affiliation because that name and party affiliation happen to be the name and party affiliation of another candidate in the race,” Beecher wrote in a letter.
NRSC REFERS CHALLENGER DAN SULLIVAN TO FEC OVER CAMPAIGN ‘SCHEME’ TO OUST SENATOR WITH SAME NAME
