Dan Sullivan vs. Dan Sullivan: GOP blasts clone candidate as lookalike enters Alaska Senate race A Democratic strategist has reportedly created a second candidate named Dan Sullivan to run against incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan in Alaska. Republicans claim this is a deceptive tactic to confuse voters, especially within Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system. The campaign website for the second Sullivan intentionally highlights the name overlap, aiming to unseat the incumbent.

• A Democratic strategist allegedly deployed a candidate look-alike named Dan Sullivan to run against incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska.
• Republicans accuse Democrats of using deceitful tactics to confuse voters and win a Senate seat.
• The second ‘Dan Sullivan’s’ campaign website emphasizes the name overlap and urges voters to elect a Sullivan who ‘stands up for Alaska’.
• Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system could amplify the impact of this decoy candidate.
• The incumbent Dan Sullivan previously won reelection with 53.9% of the vote.