Alaska Allows Candidate With Senator's Own Name to Run Against Him

Alaska's election officials approved a candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan to run against the sitting senator—who has the same name—on June 15, 2026. In Alaska's primary system, all candidates appear on one ballot and voters rank them. The worry: voters mix up the two Sullivans and vote for the wrong one by mistake. The sitting senator's team thinks this is intentional sabotage. A court could still intervene before voting begins.