The Alaska Division of Elections says it may keep Daniel J. Sullivan off the August 18 primary ballot, but it hasn’t explained why. See this story. The incumbent Republican U.S. Senator has the same first and last name, but a different middle initial.
Lt. Governor Nancy Dahlstrom, who in Alaska heads the Division of Elections (DOE), had sent a letter to Daniel J. demanding that he respond with sworn answers to questions about his candidacy. He responded to this letter, and Dahlstrom suggested that he would be removed from the ballot unless he did respond. If she does make a formal decision she likely will have to make something up.
Daniel J., had been registered with the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP), but when that party dissolved earlier this year, the DOE sent a letter to AIP registrants informing them of the removal, and apparently offering them an option to change their affiliation. If they did not respond within 30 days, they would have their affiliation changed to Undeclared (Alaska apparently has this process refined, but perhaps not on such a large scale). Daniel J. says he changed to Republican because that was what was a choice on the form – I have not seen the actual form but it sounds plausible.
Daniel S. was elected to the US Senate in 2014. In 2016, Daniel A. Sullivan (no relation to Daniel S. or Daniel J.), but mayor of Anchorage filed to run for the U.S. Senate against Lisa Murkowski, one day before the filing deadline, but later withdrew. Those who backed his candidacy may have hoped that some voters would confuse senate candidate Sullivan with Senator Sullivan, and vote for his re-election.
Other candidates for U.S. Senate include Richard Grayson (Green) who is also running as a write-in candidate for Congress in Arizona; Scott Kohlhaas (Libertarian); Earl Southworth (Alaskan Party, which is a successor/replacement for the Alaskan Independence Party); Carol “Kitty” Hafner (Democrat), perennial candidate for out-of-state offices. She lists her address as a mail drop in Box Elder, SD. In 2024, her son Eric Hafner ran for Alaska’s at-large House seat. He finished 6th in the Top 4 primary, but advanced to the general election after two other candidates withdrew. The Alaska Democratic Party sued to keep him off the ballot arguing that because he was incarcerated in federal prison in New Jersey he could not possibly reside in Alaska on election day; Richard B. Mayers (Republican) from Chicago, Ill, who was blocked from running in Illinois and Indiana in part because of his attempted use of an offensive slogan part of his name.
What election had the most cands with the same last/ first / middle names ???
John A. DOE
John M. DOE
John Z. DOE
@AZ,
Ballotpedia has done some studies. There are lots of local election cases, particularly for multi-candidate offices such as at-large city council elections.
In 2025, all three city council candidates were surnamed ‘Weis’ (Ballotpedia says it was a vote for 5 election). Galt has a population of 26.
@JimRiley Richard Grayson is not running for Congress in Arizona. Check the list of Arizona congressional candidates.
HOW MANY SR / JR / III / IV / ETC. SAME LAST NAMES ???
HOW MANY USA BALLOTS WITH PICS / SYMBOLS ON BALLOTS — AS IN MANY FORN REGIMES WITH MANY ILLITERATE VOTERS ???
IE VOTE THE DONKEY / ELEPHANT / PI / SQUARE ROOT OF 5 / ETC
@Alaska Green Party,
My mistake. Richard Grayson is running as a write-in in the Green Primary in the Arizona House of Representatives District 7.
The candidate application has the following instructions:
I request that the political affiliation on my voter registration record______________________________ appear on the ballot. *
OR I prefer to have nonpartisan or undeclared be designated on the ballot: Nonpartisan ☐ OR Undeclared ☐
* Note: If this is not the party affiliation currently on your voter registration record, it will be changed to reflect what you provided.
Rather than using the party affiliation on voter registration record, it literally allows a self-declaration and then changes the voter registration to match.
Daniel J. Sullivan has generally been an Undeclared registrant, but switched to Alaskan Independence in 2025?. When that party was dissolved, his affiliation would have been switched to Undeclared unless he switched it to something else.
Complaint from Alaska Republican Party:
https://www.elections.alaska.gov/election/2026/2026-06-10%20-%20Candidate%20Eligibility%20Complaint%20A%20(003)%20Daniel%20J%20Sullivan_Redacted.pdf
Complaint from Alaska Republican Party:
https://www.elections.alaska.gov/election/2026/2026-06-10%20-%20Eligibility%20Complaint%20B%20(004)%20-%20Daniel%20J%20Sullivan_Redacted.pdf
Nicholas Begich III is running for re-election as Alaska’s sole US Representative. He appears to be running as “Nick Begich”. He is the grandson of Nicholas Begich, Sr., who disappeared with Hale Boggs on a flight from Anchorage to Juneau in 1972. His uncle, Tom Begich is running for governor, Tom’s brother Mark was US Senator from 2009-2015.
Nicholas Begich III is a Republican, while Tom and Mark are Democrats.
I believe bpth Nicholas Begich, Sr. and Nicholas Begich III ran as “Nick Begich”
https://electionlawblog.org/?p=156741
ELB — S2 off the ballot
Why does the White Folks Movement keep getting bigger all the time? Is it because globalist scum are trying to make being White a crime?