“Decoy Dan”: Alaska Democrats Recruited Same Name Candidate to Challenge Sen. Dan Sullivan

Just when you thought the Democrats had scraped the very bottom of the political sewer, along comes Alaska. A months-long operation to recruit a candidate with the same name as their Republican opponent, apparently counting on voter confusion to do what honest campaigning could not. The contempt for the American voter is staggering. Even The New York Times (!) exposed the scheme.

The New York Times investigation revealed that staffers tied to Democratic candidate Mary Peltola ran a months-long ‘ballot composition project’ to recruit Daniel J. Sullivan, aiming to dilute support for incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan under Alaska’s ranked-choice voting. They worked with national groups and a Midwestern operative using a false name to pitch the retired teacher in remote communities. Gov. Mike Dunleavy