Sanders criticizes Democrats’ alleged Alaska Senate tactic

Politics · First reported 1 Nov, 21:49 · Updated 22:10

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Bernie Sanders said Democrats’ reported involvement in recruiting a candidate with the same name as Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan seemed “pretty dumb.” The Washington Examiner also reports Sanders called the alleged conduct not illegal.

Sanders criticized what Democrats reportedly did in Alaska, describing it as seeming “pretty dumb.”
The reports concern the alleged recruitment of a candidate who shared a name with incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan, with the aim of diluting the Republican’s vote.
The Washington Examiner reports Sanders said the alleged conduct was not illegal and that attempts by either party to do this were at issue.

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Key facts

Speaker: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
State: Alaska
Incumbent named in report: Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
Reported allegation: Democrats participated in recruiting a candidate with Sullivan’s same name to dilute the Republican’s vote.
Sanders’s reported assessment: He called the alleged conduct “dumb” but “not illegal.”