AK-SEN: Dan Sullivan (I) Can Join Dan Sullivan on Alaska Senate Ballot, Judge Says
Alaska voters may have two Dan Sullivans to choose from on the state’s primary ballot for the U.S. Senate after all.
A state judge ordered late Friday local time that Dan J. Sullivan be allowed to join the Republican Senator Dan S. Sullivan on the ballot, reversing a state elections official’s finding that Dan J. Sullivan was ineligible.
The ruling, by Judge Thomas A. Matthews of the Alaska Superior Court in Anchorage, was appealed on Saturday to the Alaska Supreme Court, and a hearing was set for Monday morning, according to Ryan Montgomery-Sythe, the chief deputy clerk for the appellate courts. But the decision, at least for now, figures to please Democrats and frustrate Republicans, who believe Dan J. Sullivan’s candidacy could hamper Senator Sullivan’s efforts to win re-election.
Judge Matthews wrote that the removal of Dan J. Sullivan did not have a basis in the U.S. Constitution, Alaska state law or any regulations laid out by the Alaska Division of Elections.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/us/politics/dan-sullivan-alaska-senate.html