Mike Dunleavy
Republican Governor of Alaska, term-limited, who says investigators are examining a namesake Senate candidacy.
Dunleavy said on 10 November that investigators were examining whether there was wrongdoing over Dan J. Sullivan's Senate candidacy, whose 4,027 first choices move in Alaska's 18 November ranked-choice tabulation. He gave no detail, and no charge has been brought.
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Dunleavy, a Republican, has been Governor of Alaska since December 2018 and won re-election in 2022. A former teacher and state senator, he is term-limited, and his successor takes office in December 2026.
In his final weeks he has stepped into the Senate count. On 10 November he said investigators were examining the candidacy of Dan J. Sullivan, the senator's namesake, without giving detail.
Mary Peltola led Senator Dan S. Sullivan by 0.3 points on polling night and by 4,250 first choices on 10 November, ahead of the ranked-choice tabulation on 18 November. Alaska plans to certify the result on 25 November.
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On 10 November Dunleavy said investigations were under way to determine whether there was any wrongdoing over the candidacy of Dan J. Sullivan, a retired Petersburg teacher who shares Senator Dan S. Sullivan's name. He gave no detail, Fox News reported, and no charge has been brought.
He spoke on the night the state released a count putting Mary Peltola 4,250 first choices ahead of the senator, 118,926 to 114,676. The namesake holds 4,027 first choices. If no candidate passes half, the 18 November tabulation moves those ballots to each voter's next choice, so the governor's statement bears on votes the senator needs to close the gap.
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