Republican Dan Sullivan blasts Democrat Mary Peltola in last push to midterm Alaska election voters

Days after a New York Times report suggested Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign was involved in recruiting a second Dan Sullivan to run the race in Alaska, Republican Dan Sullivan blasted his Democratic opponents in a final pitch to midterm Alaska election voters.

Peltola's campaign denied the Times report but Alaska U.S. Attorney Michael J. Heyman said Oct. 30 the DOJ is a conducting civil and criminal investigations. Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy has also ordered an investigation.

The presence of two "Dan Sullivans" on Alaska's Senate ballot has spurred questions about whether the state's election results could get messy and mired in litigation as Republicans and Democrats vie for control of Congress, despite one Sullivan being listed as a Republican and the other not having party affiliation.

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