<p>Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign allegedly collaborated with party operatives to confuse voters in midterms</p><p>The US justice department on Thursday is reported to have issued subpoenas in response to a report that the Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign collaborated with party operatives to get a challenger with the same name as the Republican senator Dan Sullivan on the midterm ballot.</p><p>ABC News <a href="https://abcnews.com/Politics/alaska-governor-orders-probe-alleged-effort-confuse-senate/story?id=137667167">reported</a> the subpoenas, citing sources familiar with the matter. The federal investigation comes a day after <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/mary-peltola-dan-sullivan-alaska-senate">the New York Times found</a> that the effort to recruit a second candidate named Dan Sullivan in the Senate race set to be decided on Tuesday was led by Peltola’s campaign, which had for months denied involvement.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/29/alaska-senate-race-subpoenas">Continue reading...</a>