Challenger with same name as US Sen. Dan Sullivan is ineligible for Alaska ballot, official says
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A top Alaska elections official on Monday ruled that a U. S. Senate candidate with the same name and party affiliation as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan is ineligible to appear on the state’s August primary ballot. Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher, in a letter sent to the challenger Sullivan, said she concluded that his declaration of candidacy “was not filed in order to declare an actual good-faith candidacy for the office of United States Senator, a...
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