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Judge nixes suit to probe Alaska Senate vote
Headline from The Columbian, on the newest of 3 developments
A federal judge dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit that sought to preemptively stop Alaska election officials from certifying the results of the state’s U.S. Senate contest if the Republican candidate loses by a small margin.
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This October 29, 2026, photo shows a sample election ballot in Anchorage, Alaska. Alaska’s governor has ordered a probe into allegations that the campaign of a Democratic candidate for the US Senate recruited a man with the same name as her Republican opponent to run for office in a bid to siphon of…
The scathing filing from the state's attorney general's office comes as U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason set a deadline of Saturday for arguments over whether she should dismiss the lawsuit without even a hearing.
U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason granted permission for the case to be considered on an expedited basis, raising the possibility of a ruling before Election Day.
Former Representative Mary Peltola, a Democratic from Alaska and US Senate candidate, during an “Alaska Forever” campaign event at the Alaska Aviation Museum in Anchorage, Alaska, US, on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026.
The Republican-led state government in Alaska implored a federal judge on Saturday to permanently dismiss the Trump administration’s lawsuit that seeks to block the certification of the Alaska Senate race if GOP Sen.
By Dan Berman, Tierney Sneed, Jeremy Herb, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Sunday threw out the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking to segregate ballots and delay certification of Alaska’s Senate race, the latest legal rebuke to a rash of Trump administration attempts to meddle in the 2026 midterms.
A federal judge has dismissed a highly unusual lawsuit by the Trump administration that tried to block the certification of results from Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if the Republican incumbent lost.
The lawsuit — DOJ’s second such effort against a state this month — alleged that the very presence of Daniel J. Sullivan on Alaska’s ballot could destroy the integrity of its Senate election.
A federal judge on Sunday dismissed the Trump administration’s lawsuit in Alaska that sought to block certification if the second Dan Sullivan running for Senate causes voter confusion and leads Democrats to flip the seat. U.S.
Incumbent Dan Sullivan says he will accept election results after ‘unprecedented intervention’ by Trump’s DoJ A judge has dismissed the Donald Trump-backed lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s US Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses.
Judge Sharon Gleason’s ruling was particularly critical of the feasibility of the federal government’s request to segregate all ballots showing votes for Dan J. Sullivan, the incumbent senator’s namesake challenger.
The Justice Department argued that Daniel J. Sullivan's name on the ballot potentially diverted voters, and the Democrat running in the race would benefit as a result.
A federal judge on Sunday dismissed the Department of Justice’s lawsuit seeking to delay certification of Alaska’s Senate election if incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) loses, halting its push for discovery into an alleged Democratic-backed spoiler campaign led by allies of Senate candidate Mary Pel…
A federal judge in Alaska dismissed the Trump’s civil lawsuit against the state, which sought to separate and preserve certain ballots in the state’s upcoming Senate election
Nov 1 (Reuters)—A federal judge on Sunday threw out a lawsuit by President Donald Trump’s administration seeking to block Alaska from certifying a loss by Republican Senator Dan Sullivan in Tuesday’s midterm elections if votes for a rival who shares his name could have changed the outcome.
THIS IS AN APNewsAlert. Check back for updates. AP's earlier story is below. A federal judge on Sunday dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses, the latest development in a ballot controversy that ha…
A federal judge on Sunday dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s US Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses.
A federal judge dismissed the DOJ’s Alaska Senate race lawsuit over alleged voter confusion involving two Dan Sullivans, while a criminal probe continues. The post Judge Dismisses DOJ Lawsuit Over Alaska Senate Race first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion .
