Peltola Denies Knowing 'Decoy Dan' Scheme as Sullivan Says She Is Still Lying
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 30
Peltola Denies Knowing 'Decoy Dan' Scheme as Sullivan Says She Is Still Lying
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 30
Summary
Mary Peltola told supporters in Juneau she "knew nothing" about any effort to place another Dan Sullivan on Alaska’s Senate ballot and said she was not trying to trick voters.
The denial followed a New York Times report that Peltola’s campaign and senior Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee aides backed a plan to recruit Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. to confuse voters and siphon support from incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan.
Dan Sullivan responded in a Fox News interview by calling the effort corrupt, saying it was a yearlong secret project and accusing Peltola, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand of lying to Alaskans.
The Justice Department is already seeking to delay certification of the Senate race because the ballot lists both "Sullivan, Dan S." and "Sullivan, Daniel J. Jr.," widening the political and legal fallout.