Peltola's campaign committee and the DSCC ask the court to dismiss DOJ's complaint
Democratic Senatorial Campaign CommitteeDemocratic Senate campaign committee, filing with Alaskans for Mary, Mary Peltola's campaign committee, through their lawyers in a proposed motion to dismiss
In a proposed motion to dismiss, the DSCC and Alaskans for Mary, Peltola's campaign committee, call DOJ's complaint baseless and say the decision to file it raises profound constitutional concerns.
“In short, DOJ’s Complaint is wholly baseless. The fact that DOJ nonetheless chose to file it raises profound constitutional concerns. The Court should dismiss the Complaint.”
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DOJ challenges Alaska Senate certification over two Sullivans; Murkowski objects
DOJ sued Alaska over the presence of two candidates named Dan Sullivan on the Senate ballot. It seeks to prevent certification under specified conditions involving an incumbent loss and the possible effect of namesake votes. Lisa Murkowski and Mary Peltola criticize the intervention.
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Proposed motion to dismiss, filed as an exhibit to a motion for leave by Alaskans for Mary, Peltola's campaign committee, and the DSCC, which asked to intervene on Oct. 23. Its arguments are the filers' positions. The court had not ruled on it as of Oct. 26.
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Reuters reports the filing by lawyers for Peltola's campaign and the DSCC, quotes the motion, and reports that the judge had not said when she would rule. It also reports Attorney General Todd Blanche's Oct. 25 defense of the lawsuit on CNN.
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Just before this passage, the motion argues that DOJ waited until the eve of the election to sue, although Daniel J. Sullivan's place on the ballot was decided in June and finalized in August.
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The motion's background section then says Peltola launched her campaign committee, Alaskans for Mary, on the day she declared her candidacy, Jan. 12, 2026.
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The case concerns DOJ's requested conditional intervention in certification of Alaska's Senate election. The proposed motion calls that request baseless and asks the court to dismiss it.
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