{"id":376,"date":"2026-06-11T16:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alaskamovingnetwork.com\/?p=376"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:40:15","slug":"petersburg-dan-sullivan-condemns-chilling-state-investigation-into-his-u-s-senate-candidacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alaskamovingnetwork.com\/?p=376","title":{"rendered":"Petersburg Dan Sullivan condemns \u2018chilling\u2019 state investigation into his U.S. Senate candidacy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan from Petersburg says a state investigation into his bid for office is baseless and inappropriate.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s a little bit chilling in a way, in some ways, that they would go after somebody like me,\u201d he said in an interview Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The candidate shares a name and Republican party designation with Alaska\u2019s incumbent senator, whom he\u2019s running against. That kicked off a lot of Republican complaints and the state\u2019s investigation.<\/p>\n

Sen. Dan Sullivan has accused the challenger of colluding with Democrats to intentionally confuse voters. Last week, the National Republican Senatorial Committee sent a letter to the state asking that Petersburg Sullivan be taken off the ballot.<\/p>\n

Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom, the state\u2019s top election official, announced Monday that the state was opening an investigation into the candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m troubled by the allegation that you filed for office in coordination with another campaign with the intention of confusing Alaskan voters in a way that will benefit one candidate over another,\u201d she said in a letter addressed to the challenger. \u201cIf true, it suggests that your declaration of candidacy, which was submitted under penalty of perjury, was not genuine and not properly filed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The candidate responded forcefully by on Wednesday, saying Dahlstrom had provided \u201cno evidence whatsoever\u201d to back up her allegation, which he says is false.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe law forbids your office from denying me access to the ballot just because Senator Sullivan and the NRSC would prefer I not be allowed to run,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

He called the investigation \u201can unprecedented affront to my rights as a candidate and the rights of Alaska voters to select their own representation in the U.S. Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dahlstrom asked Sullivan to answer a list of seven questions about his name, campaign, and party affiliation. His letter does not reply directly to each one in list form.<\/p>\n

In an interview Wednesday afternoon with KFSK, he reiterated that he\u2019s running to provide an alternative to the senator.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think I\u2019ve been pretty emblematic of what a good citizen should be in a community,\u201d Sullivan said. \u201cIf that doesn\u2019t give me the right to stand up and pursue this goal that I\u2019m after, then I mean, I don\u2019t know who is eligible to do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NRSC complaint says the challenger is intentionally copying Sen. Sullivan\u2019s campaign materials to confuse voters.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he filed his campaign logo, his campaign letterhead, his fundraising letterhead, it stole my campaign logo,\u201d Sen. Sullivan said in a Newsmax interview. \u201cIt\u2019s a clear violation of not only intellectual property, but just again, trying to confuse Alaskans on who he is.\u201d<\/p>\n

Petersburg Sullivan said he chose his blue-and-gold branding based on the Alaska flag. His photo is prominently displayed on his website\u2019s homepage. He said he does not look like the incumbent and voters should be able to tell them apart.<\/p>\n

\u201cI followed every rule, every procedure. There was nothing on there about how your website design has to look like this or it can\u2019t look like that,\u201d he said. \u201cSo it really is from out of left field that I have to kind of document this kind of stuff, and no other candidate seems to have to document their websites.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Republican challenger has also defended his relationship with Amber Lee, a political consultant who has worked for Democrats and nonpartisans and who agreed to help him launch his campaign.<\/p>\n

Republicans point to her as a link to the senator\u2019s Democratic rival, Mary Peltola. Petersburg Sullivan said Lee is not working for Peltola\u2019s campaign. He said he sought advice when he decided to run.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer name came up,\u201d he said. \u201cI googled her, and I made a connection because she writes middle school literature, and I taught middle school literature for many years, reading and writing.\u201d<\/p>\n

He figured she\u2019d be a good fit for his campaign. He plans to begin raising money to operate his campaign but so far, she\u2019s worked for free.<\/p>\n

Petersburg Sullivan said he\u2019ll continue to run for Senate. If the state tries to strike him from the primary election ballot, he said he will look into \u201clegal options.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sen. Dan Sullivan has accused the challenger of colluding with Democrats to intentionally confuse voters. 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