2 Candidates With the Same Name Running in Elections: Who Is Behind the Ploy?

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At the center of the affair is another candidate named Dan Sullivan, who Republicans claim was recruited to confuse voters and harm the chances of the incumbent senator. According to Israel Hayom, Sullivan accuses his Democratic rival Mary Peltola and admits: "I will let the lawyers decide whether this is a violation of the law." According to Channel 14, a journalistic exposé about the alleged involvement of figures in the Democratic camp in recruiting the candidate led the state governor to order a criminal investigation.