# DOJ issues subpoenas in Alaska Senate race: Reports

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/doj-issues-subpoenas-in-alaska-senate-race-reports/
- Published: 2026-10-30T13:23:31+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-04T00:28:49+00:00
- Original publisher: The Hill (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6183444-doj-subpoenas-peltola-alleged-ballot-stacking/
- Topics: Americas, Art, Business, Culture, Elections, Government, Markets, Politics, World

## Key points

- Federal subpoenas target allegations about a second Dan Sullivan on Alaska’s Senate ballot.
- Peltola’s campaign and the Democratic Senate campaign committee deny involvement.
- A judge dismissed a separate federal lawsuit seeking to delay certification.

## Summary

The US Justice Department issued a new round of subpoenas in its investigation into Alaska’s Senate race, according to reports published on 29 October. Investigators are examining allegations that Democrats sought to recruit retired teacher Daniel J. Sullivan to run against Republican incumbent Senator Dan S. Sullivan, whose first and last names he shares. The alleged aim was to confuse voters or draw support away from the senator in his contest with Democrat Mary Peltola. The allegations followed reporting based on interviews, messages and documents; the subpoenas do not establish that a crime occurred.

Peltola’s campaign said it had no involvement with either Sullivan campaign, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee denied involvement with Daniel J. Sullivan. Alaska’s governor ordered a separate state investigation. The Justice Department also sought to delay certification of the election result through a civil lawsuit, but a federal judge dismissed that case on 1 November, finding that the department lacked standing. The criminal investigation remained separate, and no one in the race had been charged at the time of that ruling.

## Coverage

- [The Hill: DOJ issues subpoenas in Alaska Senate race: Reports](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/6183444-doj-subpoenas-peltola-alleged-ballot-stacking/)
- [ABC News: DOJ issues new wave of subpoenas in criminal probe of Alaska Senate race, sources say](https://abcnews.com/amp/Politics/alaska-governor-orders-probe-alleged-effort-confuse-senate/story?id=137667167)
- [Alaska Public Media: DOJ launches law enforcement ‘surge’ in Alaska to investigate ballot-stacking allegations](https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/elections/2026-10-30/doj-launches-law-enforcement-surge-in-alaska-to-investigate-ballot-stacking-allegations)
- [CBS News: Judge tosses DOJ lawsuit seeking to delay certification of Alaska Senate race](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-doj-lawsuit-alaska-senate-race-dan-sullivan/)

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