Dan Sullivan Embraces Trump in Tight Alaska Senate Race as Polls Show 1-Point Deficit
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Updated · POLITICO · Oct 17
Dan Sullivan Embraces Trump in Tight Alaska Senate Race as Polls Show 1-Point Deficit
3 articles · Updated · POLITICO · Oct 17
Summary
Dan Sullivan is leaning into Donald Trump rather than distancing himself, arguing the president’s rallies and high-profile surrogates can energize Alaska Republicans in a Senate race that could help decide chamber control.
Polls show Sullivan tied with or slightly behind former Rep. Mary Peltola, an unexpectedly close contest in a state Trump carried by 13 points two years ago and that has not elected a Democratic senator in more than a decade.
Sullivan refused to break with Trump on issues including the Iran war’s economic fallout and a proposed $5,000 dividend, though he highlighted his White House access after opposing a plan to livestream the Fort Hood shooter’s execution.
Peltola has focused on high energy and goods costs, especially in remote communities, while some voters and strategists say Trump’s prominence is both Sullivan’s base-turnout asset and a liability with swing voters.