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Dazed and Confused in Wasilla. WSJ columnist says Alaskans were baffled by the Sullivans

Confusion now reigns in the Wasilla branch office of the Wall Street Journal.

“The Beltway refrain has been that Alaska did enough distinguishing to make the ballot clear. That’s a hoot,” Kimberley Strassel hooted Tuesday.

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Dermot ColeNovember 4, 2026 Comments
Democratic Senate landslide shifts spotlight away from Alaska

The stunning national victories by Democrats in the U.S. Senate races won’t eliminate the Trump claims of corruption about the contest in Alaska, but they guarantee that the future control of the Senate doesn’t rest on whether Trump and Sen. Dan Sullivan can promote their claim that a Sullivan loss is due to cheating by Mary Peltola.

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Dermot ColeNovember 3, 2026 Comments
Sullivan, echoing Trump, claims some Alaskans don’t know what incumbent means
Sullivan, echoing Trump, claims some Alaskans don’t know what incumbent means

Sen. Dan Sullivan has just started to repeat Donald Trump’s claim that some Alaskans don’t know what incumbent means, so they are unable to read the ballot and tell which Sullivan is which. Trump says you need a “190 IQ” to read the Alaska ballot.

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Dermot ColeNovember 2, 2026 Comments
JKT has what it takes to lead Alaska after 8 years of Dunleavy decline
JKT has what it takes to lead Alaska after 8 years of Dunleavy decline

It says a lot about Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins that even when he broke two bones in his right leg during a paragliding flight from Flattop four years ago, it was a bipartisan event.

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Dermot ColeNovember 1, 2026 Comments
Federal judge tosses Trump's Alaska election lawsuit

Federal Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed the Trump attempt to interfere with the U.S. Senate election in Alaska to benefit Sen. Dan Sullivan.

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Dermot ColeNovember 1, 2026 Comments
Alaska Department of Law attorneys push back on Trump's election tampering
Alaska Department of Law attorneys push back on Trump's election tampering

We can be thankful that Trump lackeys are not calling the shots on the state response to Donald Trump’s interference in Alaska’s U.S. Senate election to help Sen. Dan Sullivan, but that veteran and courageous attorneys in the Alaska Department of Law are managing to tell the truth in their court filings.

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Dermot ColeOctober 31, 2026 Comments
Trump's illegal attack on Alaska elections continues to wilt in the face of facts
Trump's illegal attack on Alaska elections continues to wilt in the face of facts

The Trump lawsuit to help Sullivan is likely to be dismissed this weekend by federal district Judge Sharon Gleason—mainly because the Department of Justice third-rate complaint is as credible as Trump’s plans to give $5,000 to every adult if the Republicans win.

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Dermot ColeOctober 30, 2026 Comments
Name one Alaska voter who is confused by the two Dan Sullivans
Name one Alaska voter who is confused by the two Dan Sullivans

I would like to find one voter in Alaska who is confused by the two Dan Sullivans and is unable to tell which is which on the ballot.

Trump says that a lot of people in Alaska are too dumb to know what the word incumbent means. Let’s find one.

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Dermot ColeOctober 29, 2026 Comments
Another New York Times investigation on Peltola's campaign
Another New York Times investigation on Peltola's campaign

The New York Times has a detailed account that says a man named Jerid Kurtz, a Democratic political operative, contacted Daniel J. Sullivan in Petersburg and raised the prospect of him running against Sen. Dan Sullivan.

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Dermot ColeOctober 28, 2026 Comments
State dismantles Trump's election interference case for Sullivan
State dismantles Trump's election interference case for Sullivan

Donald Trump and his corrupt attorney general are demanding that Alaska show favoritism to Sen. Dan Sullivan in the U.S. Senate election against challenger Mary Peltola.

All Alaskans should be grateful today that two key attorneys in the Alaska Department of Law have been allowed to give an honest and clear-headed assessment of Trump’s unconstitutional enterprise.

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Dermot ColeOctober 27, 2026 Comments
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