Alaska’s U.S. Senate race was already one of the closest in the country. Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is fighting for a third term against former Rep. Mary Peltola, and the RCP poll average shows Peltola narrowly ahead. Control of the Senate could depend on the result.
The race also has an unusual complication. A second candidate, a former teacher and Forest Service employee from the remote southern Alaska town of Petersburg, is also named Dan Sullivan. Republicans called him a sham candidate, and state election officials tried to remove him from the ballot. The Alaska Supreme Court put him… Read More in Real Clear Politics