# Alaska governor orders investigation into Democrat Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign

https://mins.news/en/item/120808

- The Guardian, 2026-10-29 13:10 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/29/alaska-investigation-mary-peltola-dan-sullivan

> Republican Alaska governor Mike Dunleavy said he would direct the Department of Public Safety to investigate whether Mary Peltola’s campaign recruited a candidate named Dan Sullivan to confuse voters. Peltola’s campaign denied encouraging or soliciting the candidate, while Dunleavy said anyone found to have broken the law should be held accountable.

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