MAGA Senator’s Name Twin Banned From Ballot

POOL / REUTERSRepublican candidate Dan J. Sullivan will not be on the ballot in his challenge to unseat GOP Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan. Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher, announced his candidacy last month, but his name caught the ire of Sen. Sullivan, who claimed he was only running to confuse voters. But the challenger Sullivan has refuted Sen. Sullivan’s claims, saying he “met the qualification and I entered this race because I am unhappy with the 12 year record of the current Senator and I feel we need a change.” Still, Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher sent a letter to challenger Sullivan on Monday, declaring that he “filed with a purpose to confuse or mislead and to thereby compromise the ballot’s fairness or neutrality,” and said his name would not appear on the ballot. She noted that he could appeal the decision. Alaska uses ranked-choice voting, so the two who get the most votes in the primary will face off in the November midterm elections. Democrats have recruited former Congresswoman Mary Peltola, who remains popular in the state, to run for the seat. The Alaska primary is Aug. 18.Read it at The Associated PressRead more at The Daily Beast.