Marine veteran and former Alaska Attorney General Daniel S. Sullivan has served in the U.S. Senate since 2015 and is now seeking re-election. The Anchorage-based Republican’s route to victory is anything but assured, especially with Democratic challenger and former Rep. Mary Peltola leading him in recent polls.
The Alaska Division of Elections appears, however, to be eliminating at least one obstacle to Sullivan’s success in the Last Frontier’s Aug. 18 nonpartisan top-four primary, namely Daniel J. Sullivan of Petersburg.
‘The preponderance of evidence does not support your eligibility.’
J. Sullivan, a 69-year-old retired teacher who was born in the Midwest, reportedly registered as a Republican earlier this year and entered the race to oust Sen. S. Sullivan on May 29, just before the deadline for filing.
The namesake challenger
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