Dan Sullivan vs.Dan Sullivan: GOP blasts clone candidate as lookalike enters Alaska Senate race

Newly-introduced Senate candidate Dan Sullivan, left, pictured alongside Sen.Dan Sullivan, D-Alaska, right.(Sullivan for U.S.Senate;Brandon Bell-Pool/Getty Images)

The campaignwebsiteleans into the name overlap.

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“Dan Sullivan challenges Dan Sullivan for U.S.Senate Seat, urges Alaskans to defeat incumbent, elect a Sullivan who stands up for Alaska,” it reads.

According to his biography, this second Sullivan spent his early career working blue-collar jobs like logging, construction, bartending and forestry, but decided to enter his bid for Senate after growing frustrated with government mismanagement.

“Over time, he became increasingly frustrated with what he saw as federal inefficiency and a lack of long-term thinking in government,” the biography reads.

The campaign’sInstagram pagehas no posts and just two followers.

The campaign did not immediately respond to questions if Sullivan had been asked to run, whether the campaign had made filings with the FEC, or if he intends to run as an independent.

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Both Sullivans will appear in Alaska’s open primary system, where the top four candidates advance to thegeneral election.

If selected among them, the second Sullivan may appear on the ballot in November — a development that could prove especially confusing to Alaska’s many rural communities.

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Despite the comedic nature of the thinly-veiled ploy, the filing is especially relevant in Alaska — one of only two states that have implemented ranked choicevoting.The system allows voters to select multiple candidates in order of preference.

Under this model, voters can still apply their vote to a second, sometimes even a third option if their first choice is eliminated from contention.

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Former Rep.Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, is running to unseat Republican Sen.Dan Sullivan in the 2026 midterm elections.(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

The system, sometimes called “instant runoff voting,” greatly increases the influence of candidates that may not otherwise be a voter’s first choice.

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In addition to being called a backer for Mary Peltoa, Sullivan’s Democratic challenger,by the New York Times,Lee’s consulting firm, Amber Strategies, lists a number of progressive clients, including Alaska Women Ascent.

The group aims to “train women who are pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ rights,pro-union, anti-racist and pro-racial justice” to serve as candidates and volunteers.

In the past, Alaska has historically voted Republican, but recently elected Peltola to its lone, at-large district in 2022.

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Sen.Dan Sullivan votes on the Laken Riley Act at the U.S.Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan.9, 2025.(Allison Robbert/AFP)

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Sullivan, who previously served as Alaska’sattorney general,first came to the Senate in 2015 and last won reelection in a 53.9% to 41.2% victory over nonpartisan challenger Al Gross.

Alaska will hold its primary on August 18.

He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.