# Trump demands Alaska candidates be removed over alleged ballot scheme

https://mins.news/en/item/120549

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-29 10:22 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/29/trump-demands-alaska-candidates-be-removed-over-alleged-ballot-scheme?traffic_source=rss

> A New York Times investigation linked Democratic campaign operatives to a namesake candidate in Alaska’s Senate race. The state’s Republican governor ordered an investigation into claims that Mary Peltola’s campaign recruited a man sharing her rival’s name to confuse voters. Trump called for Peltola and the man to be removed from the ballot and prosecuted.

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