2026年5月29日 晚8:36 美东夏令时 / 福克斯新闻频道
阿拉斯加的排序选择投票制度极大提升了那些并非选民首选的候选人的影响力
作者：利奥·布里塞尼奥 福克斯新闻
福克斯新闻独家报道： 一名民主党策略师推出了一位候选人“分身”，共和党方面担忧此举可能起到诱饵作用，混淆选民对真正候选人的判断。
竞选材料的元数据显示，进步派顾问安伯·李发布了一份新闻稿，宣布第二位“丹·沙利文”参选联邦参议员。共和党策略师表示，该人物与现任阿拉斯加共和党参议员丹·沙利文毫无关系。
“玛丽·佩尔托拉和查克·舒默清楚，他们无法凭借政绩击败沙利文参议员，因此 resorting 到这种欺骗性的政治手段，试图误导阿拉斯加选民、窃取席位，”全国共和党参议员委员会发言人尼克·普利亚对福克斯新闻数字频道表示。
尽管共和党还有数月时间在8月的州初选前向选民澄清这一情况，但此次参选登记显示，有人试图通过制造混乱来左右这场高风险的参议院竞选。
前民主党众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉宣布参选联邦参议员：“将阿拉斯加放在首位”
新登记参选的参议院候选人丹·沙利文（左）与现任阿拉斯加州民主党参议员丹·沙利文（右）同框。（沙利文竞选美国参议院团队；布兰登·贝尔/彭博社/盖蒂图片社）
该竞选官网利用了两人同名的巧合。
“丹·沙利文对阵丹·沙利文，角逐美国参议院席位，呼吁阿拉斯加选民击败现任议员，选出真正为阿拉斯加发声的沙利文，”网站内容写道。
根据其个人简历，这位第二位沙利文早年从事过伐木、建筑、调酒和林业等蓝领工作，在对政府管理不善感到失望后决定参选参议员。
“随着时间推移，他对联邦政府的低效和政府缺乏长远规划的现状愈发不满，”简历中写道。
该竞选团队的Instagram页面没有发布任何帖子，仅有两名关注者。
当被问及沙利文是否受邀参选、该竞选团队是否已向联邦选举委员会提交备案、以及他是否将以独立候选人身份参选时，竞选团队未立即回应置评请求。
两位沙利文都将参与阿拉斯加的开放式初选，初选排名前四的候选人将进入大选。
如果这位第二位沙利文跻身前四，他将出现在11月的最终 ballot 上——这一情况可能会让阿拉斯加众多农村地区的选民格外困惑。
尽管这一拙劣的伎俩带有喜剧色彩，但此次备案在阿拉斯加意义重大——该州是仅两个实施排序选择投票制度的州之一。该制度允许选民按偏好顺序选择多位候选人。
在这种模式下，如果选民的首选候选人被淘汰，他们的选票仍可计入第二选择，有时甚至是第三选择。
前脱口秀主持人介入阿拉斯加州长竞选：能源政策是关键
前阿拉斯加州民主党众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉宣布参选，旨在在2026年中期选举中击败共和党参议员丹·沙利文。（贾宾·博茨福德/《华盛顿邮报》）
这一制度有时也被称为“即时决选投票”，极大提升了那些原本不会成为选民首选的候选人的影响力。
尽管民主党策略师安伯·李未立即回应福克斯新闻数字频道的置评请求，但从她的政治倾向记录来看，不太可能是偶然出现了另一位名叫“丹·沙利文”的参议院候选人并真诚地为其助选。
除了被《纽约时报》称为沙利文的民主党挑战者玛丽·佩尔托拉的支持者外，李的咨询公司安伯策略所合作的客户包括阿拉斯加女性崛起组织等一众进步派团体。
该组织旨在“培训支持堕胎权、支持LGBTQ权利、支持工会、反对种族主义、倡导种族正义的女性”，使其成为候选人和志愿者。
阿拉斯加历史上一直倾向于共和党，但2022年该州选出了佩尔托拉担任其唯一的全选区众议员。
10场参议院竞选或将决定2026年中期选举的参院控制权
2025年1月9日，华盛顿特区，丹·沙利文参议员就莱肯·赖利法案在国会参议院投票。（艾莉森·罗伯特/法新社）
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沙利文曾担任阿拉斯加州总检察长，2015年首次进入参议院，上一次连任是在2020年，以53.9%比41.2%的得票率击败无党派挑战者阿尔·格罗斯。
阿拉斯加的初选将于8月18日举行。
利奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字频道国会团队的政治记者，此前曾任职于《世界杂志》。
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Dan Sullivan vs. Dan Sullivan: GOP blasts clone candidate as lookalike enters Alaska Senate race
May 29, 2026 8:36pm EDT / Fox News
Alaska’s ranked choice voting system greatly increases the influence of candidates who may not be a voter’s first choice
By Leo Briceno Fox News
FIRST ON FOX: A Democratic strategist has deployed a candidate look-alike that Republicans fear may act as a decoy and create confusion around their real nominee.
Campaign material metadata reveals that Amber Lee, a progressive consultant, authored a press release announcing the Senate bid for a second “Dan Sullivan” — a figure Republican strategists say has nothing to do with incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska.
“Mary Peltola and Chuck Schumer know they can’t beat Senator Sullivan on his record, so they’re resorting to deceitful political maneuvers that attempt to trick Alaskans and buy a seat,” National Republican Senate Committee Spokesperson Nick Puglia told Fox News Digital.
Although Republicans have months to clarify the situation to voters before the state’s primary in August, the filing shows efforts to create confusion to sway a high-stakes Senate race.
FORMER DEM REP. MARY PELTOLA ANNOUNCES U.S. SENATE RUN: “PUT ALASKA FIRST”
Newly-introduced Senate candidate Dan Sullivan, left, pictured alongside Sen. Dan Sullivan, D-Alaska, right.(Sullivan for U.S. Senate; Brandon Bell-Pool/Getty Images)
The campaign website leans into the name overlap.
“Dan Sullivan challenges Dan Sullivan for U.S. Senate Seat, urges Alaskans to defeat incumbent, elect a Sullivan who stands up for Alaska,” it reads.
According to his biography, this second Sullivan spent his early career working blue-collar jobs like logging, construction, bartending and forestry, but decided to enter his bid for Senate after growing frustrated with government mismanagement.
“Over time, he became increasingly frustrated with what he saw as federal inefficiency and a lack of long-term thinking in government,” the biography reads.
The campaign’s Instagram page has no posts and just two followers.
The campaign did not immediately respond to questions if Sullivan had been asked to run, whether the campaign had made filings with the FEC, or if he intends to run as an independent.
Both Sullivans will appear in Alaska’s open primary system, where the top four candidates advance to the general election.
If selected among them, the second Sullivan may appear on the ballot in November — a development that could prove especially confusing to Alaska’s many rural communities.
Despite the comedic nature of the thinly-veiled ploy, the filing is especially relevant in Alaska — one of only two states that have implemented ranked choice voting. The system allows voters to select multiple candidates in order of preference.
Under this model, voters can still apply their vote to a second, sometimes even a third option if their first choice is eliminated from contention.
FORMER TALK RADIO HOST DIALS INTO ALASKA’S RACE FOR GOVERNOR, SAYS ENERGY IS KEY
Former Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, is running to unseat Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in the 2026 midterm elections.(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
The system, sometimes called “instant runoff voting,” greatly increases the influence of candidates that may not otherwise be a voter’s first choice.
Although Lee, the Democratic strategist, did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital, documentation of her political leanings appears to rule out an earnest attempt to campaign for another Senate hopeful who just happens to share the “Dan Sullivan” name.
In addition to being called a backer for Mary Peltoa, Sullivan’s Democratic challenger, by the New York Times, Lee’s consulting firm, Amber Strategies, lists a number of progressive clients, including Alaska Women Ascent.
The group aims to “train women who are pro-choice, pro-LGBTQ rights, pro-union, anti-racist and pro-racial justice” to serve as candidates and volunteers.
In the past, Alaska has historically voted Republican, but recently elected Peltola to its lone, at-large district in 2022.
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Sen. Dan Sullivan votes on the Laken Riley Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 9, 2025.(Allison Robbert/AFP)
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Sullivan, who previously served as Alaska’s attorney general, first came to the Senate in 2015 and last won reelection in a 53.9% to 41.2% victory over nonpartisan challenger Al Gross.
Alaska will hold its primary on August 18.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
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