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Alaska Primary Ballot Will List a Dan Sullivan and a Dan J. Sullivan, Both Running for U.S. Senate.

Dan Sullivan will share Alaska’s Republican Senate primary ballot with another candidate named Dan Sullivan.

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This article1 analysis · Oct 6, 2026
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Alaska’s U.S. Senate primary ballot will list incumbent Dan Sullivan and another Republican candidate named Dan J. Sullivan. The article uses past ballot-access disputes to discuss the potential for confusion when candidates share a name.

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Incumbent U.S. senator and candidate in Alaska’s Senate primary

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ALSO MENTIONED  Dan J. Sullivan, Candidate for U.S. Senate in Alaska; George Norris, U.S. senator who faced a same-name challenger in a 1930 Republican primary; William Burger, Chief Justice who discussed the George Norris episode during oral argument

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Sen. Dan Sullivan Alleges Democrats Backed Late-Entry Challenger

Outlets agree that a second candidate named Dan Sullivan entered Alaska’s Senate race against incumbent Dan Sullivan. The senator accused Democrats of backing the candidacy to confuse voters. Left-leaning outlets highlight uncertainty around whether Democrats recruited the challenger and, in one account, whether he had formally filed. Center outlets pair Sullivan’s accusation and threatened lawsuit with denials and other responses. Right-leaning outlets foreground Republican claims that the same-name candidacy is a deliberate effort to confuse voters, with some coverage presenting that claim more definitively.

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