Republican Dan Sullivan confident he kept his Senate seat in Alaska despite alleged cheating

Republican Senator Dan S. Sullivan remains confident that he has fended off Democrat challenger Mary Peltola in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race despite the alleged “Decoy Dan” scheme.

As of Thursday morning, Sullivan is trailing the volatile Democrat candidate by 637 votes with 75% of the vote counted, according to the Associated Press. Dan J. Sullivan, the spoiler candidate whom Peltola’s campaign allegedly recruited, has secured 1.7% of the vote.

‘We are witnessing the biggest election cheating scandal in the history of the state of Alaska.’

Since neither Sen. Sullivan nor Peltola has met the 50% threshold — Sullivan has 47.9% and Peltola has 48.2% — it appears that the ranked-choice voting process will continue.

Sullivan’s campaign expressed optimism about the Republican’s chances in RCV, stating in a press email