Democrats are expanding their lead through suspicious early vote dynamics in Alaska, with a duplicate-name candidate set up to split votes.
Posted by Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov, Checked
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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica TarlovOct 27, 2026
The claim departs from the passage: the post only says the Democrats might have set up a same-name candidate, and never mentions early-vote dynamics or Democrats expanding a lead.
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What was said
… And my colleagues jumped down my throat about it, and even, ah, Dana Perino, you know. So this wasn't Greg or Jesse, was saying, you know, come on, this has to be a setup from the Democrats to have another guy with exactly the same name. Um, so I'm, I'm curious to see where all of that goes, but in general, I'm feeling pretty good and feeling a bit better about Maine, actually. Why do you feel better about men? …
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The New York Times reported that Peltola campaign aides and Democratic committee officials allegedly recruited a second Dan Sullivan to split votes from the Republican incumbent.[3][4]
Context. US Attorney Michael Heyman confirmed a criminal probe into the same-name candidate, and the Justice Department sought to isolate ballots listing Dan J. Sullivan; Peltola denied knowing of the effort.[1][2][5]
Context. The sources do not address early-vote totals or any Democratic lead expansion, so the 'expanding their lead through suspicious early vote dynamics' element is not supported or contradicted.[1][6]
Sources
6 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 3 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1Trump and Clinton rally as early voting surges, Alaska ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2Trump administration accelerates criminal probe into Alaska Senate racereuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 3New York Times report on Democrats' secret ballot-stacking effort ...alaskapublic.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Inside Democrats' secret effort to stack Alaska's ballotinquirer.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Trump, Murkowski hammer Peltola over Alaska ballot- ...politico.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 6Alaska’s two ‘Dan Sullivans’: How common is ballot stacking, does it work?aljazeera.com · not rated · cited for: context
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