Election Director Carol Beecher on Monday struck Petersburg's Dan Sullivan from Alaska's U.S. Senate ballot, concluding his candidacy was not filed in good faith.
Four factors drove the decision: Beecher said he adopted the name Dan Sullivan, chose the Republican label, copied campaign imagery and hired a consultant in ways that suggested a deliberate effort to confuse voters.
Sen. Dan Sullivan's campaign praised the removal as protection against a sham candidacy, while Mary Peltola's campaign again denied any connection and local reporting said no direct coordination has been independently established.
Sullivan has called the accusations unsupported, said he legally ran under his own name and party choice, and can appeal within 30 days as critics question the state's authority to remove him.