“I knew nothing about any other candidates on the ballot except for me and the incumbent. That is all I have ever known about. I am not interested in tricking voters.” - Mary Peltola, candidate for U.S. Senate, told a crowd of supporters in Juneau on Oct. 29.
U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, speaks at a rally featuring President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, in Wasilla. On Oct. 22, Trump ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to file a lawsuit that would prohibit anyone but Sullivan from being certified as the winner of the U.S. Senate election. (James Brooks photo/Alaska Beacon)
By James Brooks
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Trump administration that sought to block the state of Alaska from declaring a winner in the state’s U.S. Senate election.
In a 20-page order issued Sunday morning, U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Gleason said the federal government failed to explain how it has the authority to bring its lawsuit.
U.S. Attorney Michael J. Heyman for the District of Alaska speaks at an Oct. 30, 2026, news conference about U.S. Justice Department investigations into the Alaska U.S. Senate race. Next to him is Col. Maurice Hughes of the Alaska State Troopers. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
By James Brooks
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched criminal and civil investigations into groups affiliated with the U.S. Senate campaign of Democratic candidate Mary Peltola, Alaska’s top federal prosecutor confirmed Friday during a news conference with reporters.
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola speaks to supporters at a campaign event in Juneau on Oct. 29, 2026. (Photo by Corinne Smith/Alaska Beacon)
By Corinne Smith
Alaska Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola opened her remarks to a packed crowd at a Juneau campaign stop Thursday night by denying she had any knowledge of an alleged Democratic effort to recruit spoiler candidates in the race for the U.S. Senate.
People vote in the Halifax Volunteer Fire Department in Allen County, Kentucky, on Election. Day, Nov. 5, 2024. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Austin Anthony)
By Jonathan Shorman, States Newsroom
As the Trump administration waged a public legal fight with California over the ballots of suspected noncitizen voters in mid-October, behind the scenes a federal grand jury in Santa Ana issued a series of subpoenas to election officials in Los Angeles County at federal prosecutors’ urging.
A Government Hill Elementary School student walks on Oct. 29, 2026, on the overpass adjacent to the school and near the Government Hill gate of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. Federal law prohibits candidates from campaigning on military bases, but many candidates, including House District 18 hopeful Cliff Groh, have posted signs in strategic spots near the base. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
By Yereth Rosen
In the Alaska House district with chronic low voter turnout and high resident turnover, how do legislative candidates connect with voters?
Democrat Cliff Groh and Republican Dan Sager are trying to answer that question in the race to represent House District 18.
Protestors hold signs outside of the Fairbanks hangar where Vice President JD Vance delivered a speech at a campaign rally for U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon)
COMMENTARY
By David A. James
When I was in ninth grade, my parents sent me to counseling. The reasons were twofold. One was severe depression, the other standard teenaged snootiness about how unfairly I believed that the world was treating me.
The depression was something I could only be offered tools for managing, but the snootiness was more easily resolved.
You see, the counselor was a Holocaust survivor.
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