2 Dan Sullivans face off in Alaska's US Senate primary, which also features a former congresswoman

2 Dan Sullivans face off in Alaska's US Senate primary, which also features a former congresswoman  Toronto Star

A U.S. Senate contest featuring a former congresswoman and a challenger with the same name as the incumbent headlines Alaska's primary

Ms. Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate, fired a longtime senior aide and named a new campaign manager.

Polls show a close race in Alaska, a state that backed Donald Trump by double digits in the 2024 presidential election.

Alaska voters will deliver the first statewide verdict Tuesday in one of the most closely watched Senate contests of the midterm elections, offering an early measure of Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola before their expected showdown this fall. Sullivan and Peltola are the clea

Democrat Mary Peltola, who won the red state’s House seat twice, is also running to unseat the incumbent senator Dan J Sullivan is a retired schoolteacher and US Forest Service employee living in the town of Petersburg in south-eastern Alaska, who is running as a Republican for the US Senate. Dan S Sullivan is a Republ

President Donald Trump is weighing in on the unusual Republican primary in Alaska, where a challenger with the same name as sitting senator Dan Sullivan is on the ballot.

Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) is distancing herself from an endorsement from former Vice President Kamala Harris as she looks to win the Alaska Senate race. Harris threw her support behind Peltola in a fundraising email on Wednesday from her Fight for the People PAC, urging supporters to donate to Peltola’s campa

“Mary isn’t seeking endorsements from anyone from the Lower 48 — her focus is and always will be Alaska,” a Mary Peltola campaign spokeswoman said.