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Senate candidate with same name as incumbent Dan Sullivan ineligible for ballot, official rules
A top Alaska election official has 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 primary ballot in August.
What happened
According to PBS News’s source item, Senate candidate with same name as incumbent Dan Sullivan ineligible for ballot, official rules, A top Alaska election official has 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 primary ballot in August.
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- Senate candidate with same name as incumbent Dan Sullivan ineligible for ballot, official rulesPBS News - 2026-06-15T19:42:55+00:00
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