Alaska Senate primary is round one of heavyweight Sullivan-Peltola fight

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

Observers call Peltola, who won the red state’s House seat twice and is running to unseat Dan Sullivan, ‘a unicorn’ 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 Rep

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.

As Republicans look to hold on to their Senate majority in November, one state that is usually safely red is heating up as a former Democratic congresswoman makes a comeback bid to return to Washington.  Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) is facing a challenge from former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), and while polls are som

“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.