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Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy announced Thursday that he is ordering an investigation into Democrat Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign after a report that it recruited a candidate with the same name as her Republican rival, Sen.

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.

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.