Alaska's Senate race still has no winner. After Tuesday night's count, Democrat Mary Peltola leads Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan 118,926 to 114,676, a 4,250-vote lead, but neither has 50%, so Alaska will run its ranked-choice count on Nov. 18.

President Trump says "they stole it," and posted that "Dan Sullivan PLUS Dan Sullivan wins the Alaska Election by thousands of votes," pointing to a second candidate on the ballot, retired Petersburg teacher Dan J. Sullivan, who has 4,027 votes. His Justice Department sued to stop certification; a federal judge dismissed the case on Nov. 1, and the DOJ appealed. We add the two Dan Sullivans together, the way the President asked, then walk through the lawsuit, the federal probe, and what comes next.

00:00 "So they stole it"

01:51 Receipt #1: The two names and the count

03:10 Receipt #2: The other Dan Sullivan

04:12 Receipt #3: The lawsuit

05:50 Receipt #4: The investigators

07:04 Receipt #5: The math

08:53 It happened before: Florida 2020

09:51 What to watch: Nov 13, Nov 18, Nov 25

SOURCES

Original footage:

- The White House, President Trump remarks in the Press Briefing Room (Nov 9, 2026): https://youtu.be/Djn09HekpAs

- The White House, President Trump remarks and Q&A (Nov 5, 2026): https://youtu.be/6YLUH8zRzgk

- The White House, President Trump remarks (Nov 2, 2026): https://youtu.be/2xrn-nfxk2w

- Mary Peltola for Senate, election night speech (Nov 3, 2026): https://youtu.be/5qaqqBPfW6k

- Mary Peltola for Senate, "My Decision" (Jan 12, 2026): https://youtu.be/Mdgs-jID4T4

- AFP Action, "Dan Sullivan: Marine To Senate" (Sep 9, 2026): https://youtu.be/gHaIe6dLkIs

- Senate Leadership Fund, "Sold Out Alaskans" (Sep 9, 2026): https://youtu.be/_1QU6THDeIc

- Sen. Dan Sullivan, AFN convention speech (Oct 22, 2026): https://youtu.be/M5vRxeSUt9c

Documents and reporting (screenshots shown with highlights):

- Anchorage Daily News: Peltola adds to lead over Sullivan (Nov 10, 2026): https://www.adn.com/politics/2026/11/10/peltola-adds-to-lead-over-sullivan-after-large-batch-of-ballots-drop-but-alaskas-senate-race-is-still-tight/

- CNBC: Judge dismisses Alaska Senate election lawsuit; DOJ vows appeal (Nov 1, 2026): https://www.cnbc.com/2026/11/01/alaska-senate-doj-lawsuit-dismissed-sullivan-peltola.html

- Alaska Public Media: Judge tosses DOJ lawsuit (Nov 1, 2026): https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/elections/2026-11-01/judge-tosses-doj-lawsuit-that-sought-to-block-election-results-if-republican-sen-dan-sullivan-loses

- Alaska Public Media: New York Times report on recruited spoiler candidates (Oct 28, 2026): https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/elections/2026-10-28/peltola-campaign-and-national-dems-recruited-spoiler-candidates-including-petersburg-sullivan-according-to-new-york-times-report

- Alaska Public Media: Alaska Supreme Court orders a spot on the ballot for 2nd Dan Sullivan (Jun 29, 2026): https://alaskapublic.org/news/politics/elections/2026-06-29/alaska-justices-sound-skeptical-of-extreme-remedy-in-case-of-2-dan-sullivans

- Democracy Docket: Trump demands Alaska votes be awarded to the incumbent (Nov 10, 2026): https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-demands-every-alaska-vote-against-peltola-be-awarded-to-republican-incumbent-in-latest-assault-on-senate-race/

- Mediaite/Yahoo: Blanche on Fox News (Nov 3, 2026): https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/todd-blanche-lays-scenario-where-213508601.html

- CNN: Justice Department sends target letters in Alaska probe (Nov 3, 2026): https://www.cnn.com/2026/11/03/politics/justice-department-target-letters-dan-sullivan-alaska-democratic-party

- Al Jazeera: Alaska governor orders investigation (Oct 29, 2026): https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/29/trump-demands-alaska-candidates-be-removed-over-alleged-ballot-scheme

- Democracy Docket: New data on Dan J. Sullivan voters' second choices, citing The New York Times (Nov 6, 2026): https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/new-data-suggests-peltola-likely-to-win-alaska-voters-not-confused-by-2-dan-sullivans/

- WLRN: Frank Artiles sentenced in ghost candidate case (Nov 18, 2024): https://www.wlrn.org/law-justice/2024-11-18/frank-artiles-ghost-candidacy-sentencing

- U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 5 (Cornell LII): https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/articlei

- Also: Newsweek, Alaska Beacon, Fox News, The New York Times

- TV quotes shown as text only: Todd Blanche on CNN's State of the Union (Oct 25, 2026) and Fox News (Nov 3, 2026)

Photos: Sen. Dan Sullivan, AG Todd Blanche, Judge Sharon Gleason official portraits (public domain, Wikimedia Commons); Gov. Mike Dunleavy official portrait, State of Alaska (CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons). Peltola images from her campaign videos; Trump images from White House video.

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Two Dan Sullivans. One Senate seat.

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