Alaska Officials Seek DOJ Suit Dismissal
Alaska election officials joined Mary Peltola in seeking dismissal of DOJ's vote-counting suit.
October 27, 2026 · Updated Oct 27, 4:36pm ET
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Pano rates the coverage Mostly Left.
What happened
Updated Oct 27, 4:36pm ETAlaska election officials asked a federal court to dismiss the Justice Department’s vote-counting lawsuit. A federal judge fast-tracked the case and indicated she intended to rule by October 28. The lawsuit, filed October 22, seeks to prevent certification of Alaska’s Senate result if incumbent Republican Dan S. Sullivan
Dan SullivanUnited States Senator from Alaska loses and votes for Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. affected the outcome. The race also includes Democratic challenger Mary Peltola
Mary PeltolaAmerican politician (born 1973), and Alaska uses ranked-choice voting. The Justice Department said the similar names could confuse voters and justify federal intervention. State officials said the ballot identifies Dan S. Sullivan as the Republican incumbent and lets voters rank both Sullivans. The election is scheduled for November 3.
How the left told it
Left-leaning outlets framed the Alaska suit as a weak legal intervention for a favored Republican and a threat to midterm trust. New York Magazine said the administration was wrong on constitutional and federal law, despite Alaska’s ballot steps and court approval. HuffPost treated the case as a warning that Trump’s Justice Department would contest Republican losses and said Vance insulted Alaskans by suggesting voters were too busy to read carefully.
How the right told it
Right-leaning outlets split between stressing legal pushback, depicting the second Sullivan candidacy as a voter-confusion risk, and airing objections to a January 6-linked TV question. The Epoch Times quoted Margaret Paton Walsh and Laura Fox casting the lawsuit as unjustified federal interference in Alaska’s election. Just the News described the Justice Department’s claim that the non-incumbent Sullivan could mislead Republicans and throw the race to Peltola. ZeroHedge quoted Andrew Kolvet criticizing Dana Bash’s question to Todd Blanche as a January 6-linked premise about whether the suit laid groundwork to overturn the election.
Alaska Senate Race
Part of the storyline · Storyline →- Oct 29Judge Allows Democrats Into Alaska LawsuitBalanced
- Oct 28Report: Democrats Recruited Dan Sullivan’s NamesakeLeans Right
- Oct 27Alaska Officials Seek DOJ Suit Dismissal (this story)Mostly Left
- Oct 26Democrats Seek Alaska Lawsuit DismissalLeans Left
- Oct 25Mary Peltola Injured In CrashBalanced
