Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and her family were hit by another vehicle Friday night while driving to the Alaska Federation of Natives Annual Banquet. Her campaign says the injuries were minor but required medical attention, and doctors advised her to postpone campaign events Sunday and Monday to recover. That delay pushes back the start of her eight-stop “Alaska Always Tour” with Election Day just over a week away.
Peltola, a former congresswoman and Alaska Native, is challenging Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. Alaska uses ranked-choice voting, and this year’s ballot lists two Sullivans, including Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a detail voters there will have to sort out. President Trump also said Friday he directed his administration to sue to block certification of the race if Sullivan loses, adding election-integrity questions on top of an already unpredictable contest.
We’ll track how the Peltola campaign adjusts its final-week schedule and whether the presidential threat over certification gets any legal traction. Either way, the votes are the thing that counts, and Alaska voters cast them next week.
What do you think? Should a campaign delay from a minor injury matter to voters, or is the ranked-choice two-Sullivan ballot the real complication here?
