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sentences that state something as happening or true
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16%
3 of 19 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., declined to say whether he would accept the results of the Alaska Senate race if Democrat Mary Peltola wins following a bombshell report from The New York Times about Democrats’ alleged efforts to recruit a candidate with the same name as the Republican incumbent.
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Peltola → decline → incumbent
Asked on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” whether he would accept the election results if Peltola is certified to have won the Senate seat, Scott did not directly answer the question.
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Scott → ask → question
“Dan Sullivan is going to win, Kristen,” he told moderator Kristen Welker.
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he → go → Welker
“You know that, and that’s the only thing I’m going to tell you because it’s the truth
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it → know → you
Scott went on to criticize Democrats for allegedly working to recruit a candidate with the same name as Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, a controversy that exploded last week following a report from The New York Times.
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that → go → Times
“What I can tell you about the truth is you can’t trust Mary Peltola’s campaign and the collusion between her campaign and the DSCC,” said Scott, who also serves as the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the GOP counterpart to the DSCC.
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who → tell → DSCC
The New York Times reported Wednesday that Democrats allegedly sought to recruit a candidate named Dan J. Sullivan.
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Democrats → report → candidate
The report said the efforts allegedly involved members of the Peltola campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which works to elect Democrats to the Senate.
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which → say → Senate
Following the report, the DSCC said in a statement that it “is not involved with Dan J. Sullivan.”
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it → follow → Sullivan
Peltola, too, said she “knew nothing about any other candidates on the ballot except for me and the incumbent.”
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she → say → me
Asked a second time whether he would accept the election results, Scott dodged the question.
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Scott → ask → question
“Number one, Dan Sullivan, the real Dan Sullivan, will win,” said Scott.
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Scott → win → ?
“And number two, it actually is a federal offense to confuse voters.”
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it → confuse → voters
NBC News has previously reported that people who worked to recruit the challenger Dan J. Sullivan did not necessarily violate the law.
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who → report → law
Elisa Rios, Peltola’s former campaign manager who was fired in August, participated in interviews with The New York Times, but later said she retracted “all statements made regarding the 2026 Alaska Senate race.”
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she → fire → race
Before The New York Times report was published, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit in Alaska seeking to block the certification of the results of the Senate election if Dan S. Sullivan loses.
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Sullivan → publish → election
The DOJ cited potential voter confusion over having another candidate named Dan Sullivan on the ballot.
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candidate → cite → ballot
In the aftermath of the Times’ report, President Donald Trump has said that both Peltola and the challenger Sullivan should be removed from the ballot and prosecuted.
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Peltola → say → ballot
On Thursday, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, said he was ordering a state investigation to determine whether the alleged “scheme violated Alaska’s laws and whether criminal charges or civil action are warranted.”
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charges → say → laws
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