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Heller, V. (2026, October 28). Democrats' secret sabotage plot to seize Alaska Senate seat exposed: Operatives hunted for another Dan Sullivan to trick voters and even plotted to create a MAGA party. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16246691/Democrats-sabotage-plot-Alaska-Senate.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
Heller, Victor. “Democrats' secret sabotage plot to seize Alaska Senate seat exposed: Operatives hunted for another Dan Sullivan to trick voters and even plotted to create a MAGA party.” Daily Mail, 28 Oct. 2026, https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16246691/Democrats-sabotage-plot-Alaska-Senate.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490.
Heller, Victor. “Democrats' secret sabotage plot to seize Alaska Senate seat exposed: Operatives hunted for another Dan Sullivan to trick voters and even plotted to create a MAGA party.” Daily Mail, October 28, 2026. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16246691/Democrats-sabotage-plot-Alaska-Senate.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490.
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As of October 28, 2026, the New York Times reported that Mary Peltola's campaign, running for the Democratic nomination in Alaska's Senate race against Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan, and senior officials from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) were involved in recruiting spoiler candidates with similar names to confuse voters. The effort included finding another candidate named Dan J. Sullivan who is not actively campaigning but whose name could lead to voter confusion on ballots.
The FBI has since intensified its investigation following these revelations, deploying additional law enforcement resources to Alaska as of October 30, 2026. This probe includes allegations that the Peltola campaign and DSCC advisors considered creating a third-party "MAGA party" to siphon votes from Dan Sullivan, though this idea was eventually abandoned.
Republican officials have strongly condemned these actions, alleging they constitute an illegal scheme to manipulate voter behavior and election outcomes. The criminal investigation into Decoy Dan Sullivan's campaign is ongoing under the supervision of US Attorney Michael Heyman, with multiple prosecutors assigned to the case as of October 31, 2026.
A staffer for Democratic hopeful Peltola reportedly was instructed to find as many people with the name Dan Sullivan as possible, the Times reported.
The project ran under the title Ballot Composition Project and included a 'mysterious Midwestern operative,' who travelled across the Last Frontier to recruit people by drinking with them in pubs.
The investigation further uncovered that the Democrats even considered establishing a new political party to swing Republican voters.
