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Peltolan suomalainen sukunimi on peräisin hänen edesmenneeltä aviomieheltään.

The race between Senator Dan S. Sullivan and Ms. Peltola, a former congresswoman, is the only Senate contest that hasn’t been called.

An Alaska judge ruled Wednesday that a request by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign for a list of absentee voters whose ballots have been rejected is "not reasonable," particularly given the time crunch election officials face as they continue counting ballots from last week's election.

The campaign of Alaska Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola is seeking a list of absentee voters whose ballots have been rejected in one of the most closely watched races of the midterm elections.

Votes are still being counted in Alaska's Senate race between incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola. CBS News' Taurean Small reports.

President Donald Trump's Department of Justice has sued Alaska, demanding the state not certify the election if the incumbent Republican loses.

Beyond hotly contested Senate and governor’s races, Alaskans will decide Tuesday whether to scrap the state’s unique ballot. The campaign of Mary Peltola may have bolstered critics of the system.

La démocrate est soupçonnée d’avoir tenté de manipuler le scrutin du 3 novembre en incitant un homonyme du sénateur républicain sortant, Dan Sullivan, à se présenter afin de lui siphonner des voix.

Alaska's Senate race is under investigation amid claims that Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign recruited a candidate who shares a name with Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan. CBS News' Taurean Small is in Anchorage, Alaska, where voters are reacting.

The DOJ is acting to "intensely and swiftly" escalate its probe, the top federal prosecutor in Alaska said.

Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola denied Thursday that she knew anything about an effort to put another candidate on the Alaska ballot with the same name as the Republican incumbent as the Justice Department escalated a criminal investigation with new grand jury subpoenas.

"I am not interested in tricking voters," Democratic Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola said, after operatives were accused of recruiting a person with the same name as Sen. Dan Sullivan.

The governor of Alaska has requested an investigation into Mary Peltola's Senate campaign, as The New York Times reports that people aligned with her campaign were involved in recruiting candidate Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., who shares a name with the Republican incumbent. James Brooks, a state reporter for the Alaska Beacon, joins CBS News, and CBS News' Weijia

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Thursday that he is ordering an investigation into Democrat Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign after a report that it worked with allies to recruit a candidate with the same name as incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan in an effort to dilute his votes.

Republican Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has ordered an investigation into the Democratic candidate running for the U.S. Senate in the state after revelations that her campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting another candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.

Alaska's Republican governor is calling for a state investigation into Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola after a report from The New York Times alleged that her campaign recruited a man with the same name as her opponent, Dan Sullivan, to run. CBS News political contributor Joel Payne has more.

President Trump had lashed out at Mary Peltola after The New York Times reported that her campaign and national Democrats helped recruit spoiler candidates to the race. He offered no explanation of what crime may have been committed.

Mike Dunleavy a fait savoir qu’il allait diligenter une enquête pour déterminer si la campagne de Mary Peltola devait faire l’objet de poursuites pénales ou de sanctions civiles, rapporte le « New York Times ». Mme Peltola est accusée d’avoir recruté un homonyme du gouverneur dans le but d’éparpiller des voix potentiellement destinées au candidat républicain

A report alleged that people aligned with Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign helped recruit a candidate with the same first and last name as Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. Peltola denied the allegations.

A New York Times report alleges that Democrats launched a scheme to confuse voters in a race that could determine the power in Washington, D.C. Democrat Mary Peltola is running against incumbent Dan Sullivan. But there is a second Dan Sullivan on the ballot, and the report finds that Peltola's campaign was behind an effort to recruit the other Dan Sullivan a

President Donald Trump called for the criminal prosecution of the Democratic candidate running for Senate in Alaska on Wednesday after revelations that her campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.

Democrats pushed to get a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan to run for Senate in Alaska, with the involvement of Democratic nominee Mary Peltola's campaign, according to a New York Times report. CBS News' Ed O'Keefe has more.

President Donald Trump called for Mary Peltola to leave Alaska's Senate race and be prosecuted on Wednesday.

Alaskans for Mary said it "has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign."

The DOJ wants a judge to temporarily block certification of the Alaska Senate election if incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan loses due to voter confusion.

With Election Day less than a week away, more than 44 million Americans have voted early, and candidates in closely watched midterm contests are making their final pitches.

The winner of the Alaska Senate election could determine whether Republicans or Democrats have a majority in the Senate in the next Congress.

Peltola required medical attention after the accident, which happened when another vehicle crashed into the one transporting Peltola and her family, the campaign said.

Anchorage police confirmed a crash involving three vehicles occurred Saturday and said those involved sustained “non-life threatening” injuries.