Trump: "That Dan Sullivan is a disgraceful fraud"

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President Trump urged Alaskans to vote for Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R-AK) in the November midterms, warning about voting for another "Dan Sullivan" on the ballot, Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a retired teacher who is challenging the incumbent as a Republican. "The Democrats put up another man in the race named Dan Sullivan. He's a fraud. That Dan Sullivan is a disgraceful fraud. They put it up for confusion and everything else," President Trump said Wednesday. In Alaska, the top four candidates from the nonpartisan primary advanced to the general election. The top two candidates, former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) and Sen. Dan S. Sullivan (R-AK), received 49.5% of the vote and 41.4%, respectively. Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. (R-AK) finished third with 2.5%, while David Leslie (D) finished fourth with 1.1% but later withdrew from the race, allowing fifth-place finisher Gerald L. Heikes (R-AK) to advance. That means there will be two people with the name "Dan Sullivan" on the ballot in Novembe