Only one Dan Sullivan is left standing in Alaska’s Senate race

2026 ElectionOnly one Dan Sullivan is left standing in Alaska’s Senate raceAn elections official Monday disqualified a Republican candidate who shares the same name as GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan. The ineligible candidate can appeal the official’s ruling.Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00Alaska Senate candidate Dan Sullivan, one of the challengers to the incumbent senator, also named Dan Sullivan, during a hike on Kupreanof Island, near Petersburg, Alaska.Karen Dillman via APShareAdd NBC News to GoogleJune 15, 2026, 5:10 PM EDTBy Rebecca ShabadA Republican candidate named Dan Sullivan who’s challenging GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan for a Senate seat in Alaska has been deemed ineligible for this year’s primary by a top state elections official.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.In a letter Monday, Alaska’s Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher told the challenger that his candidacy “was not filed in good faith for the purpose of genuinely pursuing election as Alaska’s U.S. Senator.”Beecher added that his declaration to run for the office was “filed with a purpose to confuse or mislead and to thereby compromise the ballot’s fairness or neutrality.”The Division of Elections received two complaints from the chairman of the Alaska Republican Party, Beecher said, about Sullivan’s eligibility to run for senator. She said she gave the candidate until the evening of June 11 to respond to the complaints and defend himself but did not receive additional information or evidence.Beecher went on to say that Sullivan had requested ballot access under the name “Dan Sullivan” even though he’s only registered to vote under the name “Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr.” She said that the move suggested he was seeking to create confusion “with another candidate in the race, the incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan, rather than distinguish yourself from him.”“Indeed, you yourself appeared to be confused when you initially emailed...