Alaska ballot dispute deepens as Trump's attorney general backs lawsuit

Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared on CNN's State of the Union on Sunday to defend the Trump administration's lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska's Senate results if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses to Democrat Mary Peltola on November 3.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday, targets a ballot anomaly: a retired teacher and school administrator named Dan Sullivan, based in Petersburg, appears alongside the incumbent senator of the same name. The administration argues the duplication creates voter confusion sufficient to justify federal intervention before results are certified.

President Trump confirmed on Sunday that the decision to file was his. Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, has publicly criticised the action. Peltola called it corruption and a diversion.

Senate control is among the most actively traded questions in prediction markets for the November cycle. A contested Alaska certification, with federal litigation running against a November 3 deadline, introduces a resolution-delay risk that sits outside most models currently pricing Democratic or Republican majority outcomes. Contracts tied to Senate composition are exposed to that uncertainty regardless of which direction Alaska ultimately breaks.