# Blanche defends DOJ lawsuit over Alaska Senate race

> Alaska Senate race faces legal delay as DOJ sues to block certification after two Sullivans on ballot.
- Title: Blanche defends DOJ lawsuit over Alaska Senate race | Shortify
- Summary: Alaska Senate race faces legal delay as DOJ sues to block certification after two Sullivans on ballot. Alaska's Senate race could be delayed by federal court…
- Keywords: alaska, senate, doj, us department of justice, alaska senate race, sullivan, mari peltola, dan sullivan, election certification, federal lawsuit, news, politics
- Source: Straight Arrow — https://san.com/cc/blanche-defends-doj-lawsuit-over-alaska-senate-race-as-peltola-seeks-dismissal
- Published: 2026-10-26T11:17:24+00:00
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- Topics: alaska, senate, doj, us department of justice, alaska senate race, sullivan, mari peltola, dan sullivan, election certification, federal lawsuit, news, politics
## DOJ lawsuit targets Alaska Senate race
The Justice Department wants to prevent Alaska from certifying Senate results if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan narrowly loses.
## Two Sullivans on ballot cause confusion
Alaska's courts ruled both men can appear on ballot with state labeling the senator as Republican incumbent to reduce confusion.
## Attorney General Blanche defends lawsuit
Blanche said on CNN there could be a crime but real wrong is Alaskans being confused and not having their vote heard.

> There could be a crime. But the real wrong here is that Alaskans are going to be confused and will not have their vote heard
## Trump defends DOJ action
Trump called the Democrats' use of another Sullivan name unfair and said they were cheating.

> On his own, Dan Sullivan would win easily. But they’ve- the Democrats have put another guy named Dan Sullivan, in this case Daniel Sullivan, on the ballot. And that’s very unfair. That’s just outright cheating
## Peltola seeks lawsuit dismissal
Peltola's campaign and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee ask federal judge to dismiss DOJ lawsuit.
## Peltola criticizes DOJ focus
Peltola accused administration of distracting from voter issues like affordability and called it corruption Alaskans are tired of.

> This is the exact kind of corruption Alaskans are tired of
## Murkowski opposes DOJ lawsuit
Alaska's Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski said DOJ should never have filed lawsuit as state already distinguishes candidates.

> Alaskans don’t need any help voting. The State of Alaska has already handled this by clearly distinguishing the candidates on this year’s ballot. The Department of Justice should never have filed this lawsuit
## Key question remains
Officials cannot determine which Sullivan voter intended to support given secret ballots.
## Key takeaway

Alaska's Senate race could be delayed by federal court ruling after DOJ sued to prevent certification of results due to confusion between two candidates named Sullivan.