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Alaska Supreme Court rules that a man named Dan Sullivan can appear on the primary ballot against incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan.
The Alaska Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that Daniel J. Sullivan, a retired teacher, must be allowed to appear on the August GOP primary ballot despite sharing the same name as incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. State election officials had removed him from the ballot, arguing his candidacy was filed in bad faith to confuse voters. The court directed the Division of Elections to determine how to list the challenger within existing ballot design laws.
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Divergence score
3 outlets covered it, splitting into 3 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
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2 bias groups
The spectrum · how 3 outlets placed this story
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Washington Times
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The split, in one line
All three outlets report the same court ruling, but the conservative press frames the second Sullivan as a sham candidate and decoy deployed to siphon votes, while CBS frames it as a battle of the Dan Sullivans with more neutral language about the challenger's denials.
How each outlet covered it
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Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 3 outlets
CBSCBS NewsLEFT-CENTER1h ago
“Man with same name as Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan can appear on ballot, court rules”
WEWashington ExaminerRIGHT3h ago
“Alaska Supreme Court allows second Dan Sullivan to appear on ballot”
WTWashington TimesRIGHT4h ago
“Alaska Supreme Court says man with the same name as U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan can be on primary ballot”
