2026-06-12T04:50:33.705Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
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阿拉斯加一名高级选举官员威胁取消一名美国参议院候选人的八月初选参选资格，该候选人与现任共和党议员丹·沙利文同名且同属一个政党。
州选举局局长卡罗尔·比彻在写给挑战者丹·沙利文的一封信中表示，她的办公室收到了两起关于其参选资格的投诉，并认定“大部分证据无法证明你有资格担任美国参议员”。
她给对方设定了周四的截止期限，要求其提交“任何补充信息和证据”作为回应。
挑战者沙利文未立即回复置评请求。比彻本人是注册共和党人，过去曾向共和党团体和竞选活动捐款。比彻的信件落款为周三，已由《安克雷奇每日新闻》公开，信中未具体说明认定其可能被移除初选 ballot 的证据，其办公室也未回应置评请求。
共和党籍参议员丹·沙利文对一名临阵出现的同名挑战者感到警觉：丹·J·沙利文
沙利文的参选资格在全美关注度最高的美国参议院竞选之一中引发了轩然大波。今年的中期选举中，民主党正试图夺回参议院多数席位，该席位正是他们的目标之一。
沙利文参议员指控其同名挑战者与民主党勾结，企图误导选民，提升其主要对手、前民主党众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉的胜算，这一说法遭到双方否认。这位居住在朱诺以南小型渔业社区彼得斯堡的挑战者本周早些时候告诉美联社，参选是“我的个人选择”。他表示自己与佩尔托拉的竞选团队没有任何联系——“完全没有，一点都没有，根本没有”。
本周，针对共和党副州长南希·达尔斯特伦宣布对其参选资格展开调查一事，这位挑战者也进行了反驳。
“法律禁止你的办公室仅仅因为沙利文参议员和全国共和党参议员委员会不希望我参选，就剥夺我的参选资格，”他在信中写道。
他将此次调查称为“对我作为候选人的权利以及阿拉斯加选民自主选择美国参议院代表的权利的前所未有的冒犯”。
目前尚不清楚他是否已聘请律师协助其留在参选名单上。
一些律师也对达尔斯特伦的调查提出了质疑，该调查要求沙利文解释其政党归属、以丹·沙利文之名活动的时长、与一名顾问的关系，以及他可能与其他竞选候选人或民主党之间的任何互动。
负责监督选举事务的达尔斯特伦在给挑战者的信中表示，此次调查涉及“可信指控”，即他申报参选“并非出于真诚参选的目的，而是为了迷惑选民，让他们误投给你，而非同名同党派的现任议员”。
这些问题与本月早些时候全国共和党参议员委员会的一名律师写给达尔斯特伦和比彻的一封信中提出的主张一致。
阿拉斯加美国公民自由联盟在一份声明中表示，“未听说副州长曾在其他情况下，仅以判断候选人是否符合联邦、州和地方参选资格之外的理由调查特定候选人”。该组织表示正在密切关注事态发展。
曾在独立州长任内担任阿拉斯加总检察长的贾娜·林德穆特表示，调查某人参选公职的动机“开始触及言论自由和宪法其他保护条款的范畴”。她表示，如果达尔斯特伦担心选民混淆，可以在选票上标注参议员为现任议员。
美国宪法规定，参议员必须年满30岁，成为美国公民至少9年，并在选举时居住在其所代表的州。将于本周末年满69岁的沙利文告诉美联社，他于1980年移居阿拉斯加，曾在美国林务局工作，后来转行成为教师，现已退休。
选举局要求候选人填写的参选声明需包含姓名、选票上显示的政党归属、地址以及希望如何呈现姓名。候选人在签署声明时，需确认自己符合公民身份、年龄和居住要求。
选举局此前已认证挑战者沙利文的参选资格，在候选人名单中将其标注为丹·J·沙利文。而该参议员则被标注为丹·S·沙利文，并注明为现任议员。
至少有一个支持沙利文参议员的广告投放团体“一国”（One Nation）已开始将其称为丹·S·沙利文参议员。
Alaska election official threatens to disqualify challenger Dan J. Sullivan in race against Sen. Dan Sullivan
2026-06-12T04:50:33.705Z / CNN
AP—
A top Alaska elections official has threatened to disqualify from the state’s August primary a US Senate candidate who shares the same name and party affiliation as incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan.
Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher in a letter to challenger Dan Sullivan said her office had received two complaints regarding his eligibility and determined “that the preponderance of evidence does not support your eligibility for the office of United States Senator.”
She gave him a Thursday deadline to submit “any additional information and evidence” in response.
Sullivan, the challenger, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment about the letter from Beecher, a registered Republican who in the past has donated to Republican groups and campaigns. Her letter, dated Wednesday and published by the Anchorage Daily News, did not specify the evidence it found to potentially remove him from the primary ballot, and her office did not respond to requests for comment.
GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan is raising alarms about an 11th hour challenger: Dan J. Sullivan
Sullivan’s candidacy has caused a stir in one of the most prominent US Senate races in the country. It’s a seat Democrats have targeted as they try to regain the majority in the chamber in this year’s midterm elections.
Sen. Sullivan has accused his namesake challenger of working with Democrats to try to trick voters and boost the chances of his top opponent, former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, a claim both deny. The challenger, who lives in the small fishing community of Petersburg south of Juneau, told The Associated Press earlier this week that the decision to run was “my choice.” He said he had no contact with the Peltola campaign — “zero, none, zilch.”
This week, the challenger also pushed back in response to Republican Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom’s announcement that she was opening an investigation into his candidacy.
“The law forbids your office from denying me access to the ballot just because Senator Sullivan and the NRSC would prefer I not be allowed to run,” he wrote, referring to the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
He called the investigation “an unprecedented affront to my rights as a candidate and the rights of Alaska voters to select their own representation in the U.S. Senate.”
It was not immediately clear whether he had retained an attorney to help him remain on the ballot.
Some attorneys also have raised questions about Dahlstrom’s investigation, which among other things demanded that Sullivan explain his party affiliation, how long he had been going by the name Dan Sullivan, his affiliation with a consultant and any interactions he might have had with other candidates in the race or the Democratic Party.
Dahlstrom, who oversees elections, said in her letter to the challenger that the investigation pertained to “credible allegations” that he did not declare his candidacy “with a good faith purpose to seek office but rather with a purpose to confuse voters and have them mistakenly vote for you rather than the incumbent with the same name and same political party affiliation.”
The questions are in line with claims outlined in a letter to her and Beecher earlier this month from an attorney with the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
The ACLU of Alaska, in a statement, said it is “unaware of any other instance where the Lieutenant Governor has investigated a specific candidate for reasons other than determining whether a candidate meets federal, state and local eligibility requirements.” The group said it was monitoring the situation.
Jahna Lindemuth, who was an Alaska attorney general under an independent governor, said investigating why someone would run for office “starts infringing on free speech concerns and other protections under the Constitution.” She said Dahlstrom could label the senator as the incumbent on the ballot if she were concerned about voter confusion.
The Constitution requires senators to be at least 30 years old, a US citizen for at least nine years and live in the state they’ve chosen to represent at the time of election. Sullivan, who will turn 69 this weekend, told the AP he moved to Alaska in 1980 and worked for the US Forest Service before switching careers and becoming a teacher. He’s now retired.
The declaration that the elections division requires candidates to fill out asks for their name, the party affiliation they want on the ballot, their address and how they want their name to appear. In signing the declaration, candidates are asked to affirm they meet citizenship, age and residency requirements.
The division previously certified challenger Sullivan’s candidacy, noting him on the candidate list as Dan J. Sullivan. The senator is listed as Dan S. Sullivan and as the incumbent.
At least one group running ads in support of the senator, One Nation, has begun referring to him as Sen. Dan S. Sullivan.