Man with same name as US Sen. Dan Sullivan is eligible for Alaska's primary ballot, judge rules

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8. I expect that happens in the lower level races

at the state, County and municipal level. The issue in Alaska is the ranked choice system that could impact their rank.

But in a straight primary, there have been candidates with the same name that could boggle GOP voters and was a parallel to what is happening in AK. Found an example -

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/400859-ron-estes-defeats-opponent-also-named-ron-estes-in-gop-primary/

Alternately, the GOP candidate won't designate their party affiliation anywhere in their ads, mailers or other campaign materials to obfuscate that they are a Republican, which is a common tactic.

What seems to be happening recently is this sort of thing -

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/politics/local-politics/ghost-candidate-says-he-was-offered-50k-to-run-for-office/3423228/

https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2026/03/24/nebraska-dem-senate-candidate-burbank-paid-third-party-candidates-filing-fee/