Source: SFGate
“Alaska’s Republican governor has ordered an investigation in response to President Donald Trump ‘s demand for a criminal probe of whether Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola’s campaign was involved in recruiting a spoiler candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan. Political parties often support extra candidates on the ballot to try to pull votes from their rivals. In Ohio’s Senate race, Republicans have been tied to an effort to boost a socialist to votes from Sherrod Brown, the Democratic candidate challenging Sen. Jon Husted. A federal judge rejected a Trump administration request to stop California from processing the ballots of up to 20,000 people over allegations that they are likely noncitizens, warning it would ‘wreak havoc’ on the midterm elections. The ruling comes as more than 3.7 million people have already voted in the state.” (10/29/26)