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The New York Times reported that campaign staff for Democratic candidate Mary Peltola recruited an independent candidate sharing the name of incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan

Democratic candidate Mary Peltola's campaign stated that the campaign had no involvement with either Dan Sullivan campaign in Alaska

Cenk Uygur released a political advertisement in the Michigan Senate race supporting candidate Abdul El-Sayed against Mike Rogers

The Russian influence network Storm-1516 targeted Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz with disinformation during the 2024 campaign

Vivek Ramaswamy's Ohio gubernatorial campaign released an attack ad featuring the estranged mother of Democratic candidate Amy Acton

A political advertisement supporting Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan stated that an additional 26 billion dollar aid package to Israel amounted to approximately 161 dollars per American taxpayer

Mary Peltola's former campaign manager stated to The New York Times that Democrats recruited third-party candidate Dan S. Sullivan to run for the Senate

In the summer of 2025, an aide on Mary Peltola's campaign instructed a staffer to identify individuals named Dan Sullivan residing in Alaska

The New York Times reported that operatives supporting Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee senior aides recruited candidates named Dan Sullivan to undermine Republican Senator Dan Sullivan's reelection campaign in Alaska

Ms. Rios, a former campaign manager for Mary Peltola, attempted to retract statements Ms. Rios had made to The New York Times concerning the 2026 Alaska Senate race

According to AdImpact data, both Republican and Democratic parties spent more than six figures each across 77 congressional districts ahead of the 2026 midterm election

Political advertising spending in the Kansas Senate race increased tenfold in the weeks preceding the 2026 midterm election

The New York Times reported Mary Peltola campaign staffers participated in an effort to recruit an independent challenger sharing the same name as Republican incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan

Former President Barack Obama campaigned for Democrats in Georgia ahead of the 2026 midterms, focusing his messaging on the issue of affordability

The Mary Peltola campaign denied multiple mistreatment allegations made by former staffers or claimed the incidents were exaggerated

Mary Peltola's campaign issued a statement denying any involvement with either Dan Sullivan campaign

Mary Peltola campaign aides and national Democratic operatives developed a plan to recruit alternative candidates to siphon votes from Republican Senator Dan Sullivan

Republican candidate Gerald Heikes was approached by an operative encouraging Gerald Heikes to run for the U.S. Senate instead of the U.S. House

Democratic operative Jared Kurtz visited Petersburg, Alaska, in late May prior to Dan J. Sullivan announcing his candidacy for the U.S. Senate

Democratic operative Jared Kurtz from Ohio used pseudonyms, including the name Zane, while recruiting candidates for the Alaska U.S. Senate ballot