The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday rejected the Justice Department’s request for California to set aside disputed ballots received in the midterm election. The panel’s 2-1 ruling is the latest setback for the Trump administration’s efforts to assert control over state-run elections. The administration has alleged California sent ballots to some 20,000 people…
Daniel J. Sullivan, the independent candidate running for Senate in Alaska whose name is almost identical to the Republican senator running for reelection, left his hometown of Petersburg earlier this week, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News. One resident and former student of Sullivan’s said she saw Sullivan on a flight to Anchorage on Monday…
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Washington — The raid of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home. The indictment of a prominent Virginia state senator for drug and bribery offenses. The charging of two ex-FBI officials with lying about their roles in the investigation of Hunter Biden. The overt investigative steps that the Justice Department took on these three criminal cases just…
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The Justice Department has issued subpoenas into allegations that people associated with the Alaska Senate campaign of Democrat Mary Peltola launched an effort to confuse Republican voters by recruiting a spoiler candidate who shared the Republican incumbent’s name. Jonah Kaplan reports from Petersburg, Alaska. Source link
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Juneau, Alaska — Democratic Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola told supporters Thursday she is “not interested in tricking voters,” after two days of intense questions about how a man with the same first and last name as her Republican opponent ended up on the ballot. The state’s toss-up Senate contest has drawn nationwide scrutiny since…
The Justice Department has begun issuing a new wave of subpoenas stemming from an ongoing criminal investigation into Alaska’s Senate race, including the alleged efforts by Democrats to recruit a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, multiple sources familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News. The subpoenas are targeting…
Washington — A candidate bearing nearly the same name as sitting Sen. Dan Sullivan has drawn scrutiny in Alaska’s Senate race, as Republicans and the Trump administration raise the alarm bells over the possibility of confusing voters. And although the Democrat in the race, Mary Peltola, has denied any involvement, new reporting from The New…
