Trump administration renews bid to block Alaska election results

The updated lawsuit cites a new report that Democratic operatives recruited a competitor to confuse voters. The updated lawsuit cites a new report that Democratic operatives recruited a competitor to confuse voters and unseat a Republican incumbent. The United States Department of Justice has filed a revised lawsuit seeking to decertify the results of a Senate race in the state of Alaska if Republican incumbent Dan S Sullivan loses narrowly. The updated lawsuit on Thursday comes just days before the November 3 midterm election, which will determine control of Congress. The complaint accuses Democrats of trying to confuse voters by placing a candidate with the same name as Sullivan on the ballot.

Alaska’s Senate race is one of seven key toss-ups that will likely decide whether Republicans keep their majority in Congress’s upper chamber. Democratic challenger Mary Peltola is seeking to unseat Sullivan, a Republican ally of US President Donald Trump. But a New York Times report on Wednesday alleged that members of Peltola’s campaign helped recruit a retired teacher, Dan J Sullivan Jr, to run for the Senate seat as a spoiler candidate, designed to draw votes away from the incumbent. The Times report prompted a renewed legal push under the Trump administration to bar Alaska from certifying its election results, should Senator Sullivan lose. The Department of Justice