Vice President JD Vance, meanwhile, is heading to Texas, where Republican Ken Paxton and Democrat James Talarico are locked in a highly competitive race.
\n\nU.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md, on Monday. Kent Nishimura / AFP via Getty
\n\nAlaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy, a Republican, said in an overnight post to X that he was directing the state's Department of Public Safety to investigate the Dan Sullivan saga following yesterday's report from The New York Times.
\n\nThe investigation would seek to determine "whether this scheme violated Alaska’s laws and whether criminal charges or civil action are warranted," Dunleavy said. "The evidence will determine what happens next."
\n\nThe governor referred to yesterday's report as having "disturbing new evidence" and said that "deliberately tricking voters into casting their ballots for someone else strikes at the integrity of our elections."
\n\nThe New York Times reported yesterday that Democrats worked to recruit a candidate with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, who is running for reelection in a highly competitive race. Following the report, Trump said on Truth Social that Mary Peltola, the Democratic Senate candidate, "should suffer the Legal and…
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