Alaska’s ballot confusion may prove more than a localized plot as a top Republican pointed across the Senate aisle at a Democrat he believes “schemed and colluded … to deceive the voters.”
This week, suspicion’s turned into full-blown investigations in the Land of the Midnight Sun following a report from The New York Times that allegedly tied Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola’s campaign to the Democrats’ campaign arm in a scheme to recruit a decoy candidate to run against the incumbent Republican, Sen. Dan S. Sullivan.
Now, as both Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) and the Justice Department have set out to uncover the truth of the duplicate Dan Sullivan on the ballot, Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) looked beyond the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) to accuse Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) of being in on the alleged plot “for over a year.”
Speaking with Fox News Digital, Barrasso asserted, “I mean, this is criminal behavior to steal the Alaska Senate race; it’s now been fully exposed. And there is proof that the Peltola campaign knew about it, and that Schumer schemed and colluded with them for over a year to try to search for and then coax a decoy of Dan Sullivan onto the ballot with a purpose only to deceive the voters.”
Even RINO Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who opted this week to endorse the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in her state and who arguably owes her ongoing presence in the U.S. Senate to ranked-choice voting, came out with a statement against the dual Sullivan scheme.
“While some may try to write this off as just how politics works now, ballot-stacking should have no place in our electoral process. Run and win on your merits: your views, your policy ideas, and your accomplishments,” read Murkowski’s X account. “By contrast, recruiting candidates to manipulate the field and influence voting outcomes is simply wrong. Alaskans deserve the honest truth from Mary and her campaign–what has been revealed is a pattern of lies and coverups and a culture of deception that belongs nowhere in our elections or among our elected officials.”
While some may try to write this off as just how politics works now, ballot-stacking should have no place in our electoral process. Run and win on your merits: your views, your policy ideas, and your accomplishments. By contrast, recruiting candidates to manipulate the field and influence voting outcomes is simply wrong. Alaskans deserve the honest truth from Mary and her campaign—what has been revealed is a pattern of lies and coverups and a culture of deception that belongs nowhere in our elections or among our elected officials.
— Lisa Murkowski (@LisaForSenate) October 28, 2026
During a campaign stop at the Crystal Saloon in Juneau, Alaska, Peltola, who benefited from Murkowski’s support in 2022 against former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R), claimed, “I knew nothing about any other candidates on the ballot except for me and the incumbent. That is all I have ever known about. I am not interested in tricking voters. I know I can beat Dan Sullivan.”
As neither the congresswoman’s campaign nor Schumer’s office responded to requests from Fox News Digital for comment, Barrasso went on to contend that the “Democratic campaign has secretly been making fun of Alaskan voters for being so easily tricked.”
“I mean, these people just are, you know, dirty, rotten scoundrels — cheaters,” added the whip. “I mean, how more cynical can you get than what the Democrats have done here?”
Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn't researching current events and their impacts, you'll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.
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