President Donald Trump went off on Truth Social after things shifted against incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) in a critical race in the state of Alaska once again, thanks in large part to what the president called a scheme by the Democratic Party to cause confusion in the election by having another candidate named Dan J. Sullivan, an independent, run in the race as well.
“Daniel Sullivan is leading substantially in the Alaska Senatorial Race. When you add Daniel (3,600, 1.68%) into Dan, and Gerald Heikes (4,846, 2.27%), Senator Dan Sullivan is up by thousands of Votes. Remember, Heikes was also fraudulently put into the Race. I don’t know what takes so long to announce his win,” President Trump said on November 7, 2026. The president continued to rant about the allegedly rigged race later in the day, posting some more comments about it at 2:55 p.m.
“This should be immediate! Anyone voting for Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., a man who tried to change his middle initial, but was unable to get it done in time, and who was otherwise nonpolitical – Never even voted – is a vote for Senator Dan Sullivan. The Alaska Race is OVER. Dan Sullivan WON, BY A LOT!” the president continued in his post.
“Dan Sullivan PLUS Dan Sullivan wins the Alaska Election by thousands of votes. All votes going to the Fake Dan Sullivan, which was done solely for the purpose of fraud and confusion, should immediately be given to the Real Dan Sullivan (Senator!)” President Trump wrote in a post from November 10, regarding the next tallies for the yet-to-be determined race.
“Likewise the votes of the second fraudulent candidate, also put up by the Dems. There should be no question concerning this Rigged Election. Time is of the essence!!!” Trump continued in the post, which was published at 7:36 a.m. According to a report from The Hill, former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) surpassed the combined vote total for both Sullivans after the latest ballot drop.
Peltola’s very narrow lead over the GOP’s Sullivan climbed over 49%, compared to the Republican’s 47.2%. As of this writing, 84% of the overall vote in the state has been counted. Daniel J. Sullivan only received 4,027 votes. Zachary Donnini wrote about the results thus far on social media platform X, providing additional context.
Donnini said that Peltola “now has more votes than both Sullivans combined and a solid chance of reaching 50 percent to avoid [ranked choice voting], and will if the final drops are as blue as they were in the primary.” If neither of the top candidates pulls in 50% of the vote, there will be a runoff race, which will repeat until one of the candidates captures the majority of votes.
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Cheryl Bruce, Peltola’s campaign manager, claimed that Sullivan has no “viable path to reelection,” going on to add, “We remain exceptionally confident that Mary will be elected when every vote is counted, and Mary is eager to take her fight to the United States Senate.” Trump and other conservatives, both inside and outside of government service, have alleged that Peltola and Democrats worked together to get the second Sullivan involved in the race to confuse voters and cost the incumbent the election.