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Democrats’ ‘Decoy Dan’ plot to oust Sen. Dan Sullivan
Posted on 8/25/26 at 11:07 am
Posted on 8/25/26 at 11:07 am
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The Democrats’ ‘Decoy Dan’ plot to oust Sen. Dan Sullivan would be hilarious if it weren’t actually happening.
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He even initially tried to register with the Alaska Division of Elections as “Dan S. Sullivan,” adopting the incumbent’s middle initial so that the two names would appear identical on the ballot.
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f you want to know what a “rigged” election looks like, look no further than the U.S. Senate primary race still underway in Alaska. As of this writing, the Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan trails Mary Peltola, a Democrat and former member of the House, by about 5 points.
Some 30,000 votes are still uncounted, but it won’t change the fundamentals going into the November general election thanks to Alaska’s insane and fraudulent ranked-choice voting regime. In Alaska, the primary purpose of ranked-choice voting (or RCV) is to prevent conservative Republicans from winning statewide office and to keep Sen. Lisa Murkowski in Washington.
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Ranked-choice voting, or RCV, replaced our party primary system with an open or “jungle primary” in which any resident of the state can sign up as a candidate and appear on the ballot. But we have RCV, which means after the primary the top four candidates advance to the general election, in which voters are supposed to rank their preferred candidates instead of simply choosing one.
That means you could potentially have two Republicans and one Democrat on the general election ballot, which all but guarantees the Democrat will win. And of course that’s exactly how Mary Peltola was elected in 2022. She ran in a special election to replace the late Rep. Don Young, a Republican who had held Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat for 49 years. The Republican vote split between Sarah Palin and Nick Begich (now a member of the House), and Peltola eked out a victory in the “second round” of vote-counting.
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In this election cycle it has produced not just embarrassment but straightforward rigging in the form of the “Decoy Dan” spectacle. Daniel J. Sullivan, a retired teacher who has never before run for office and was not a registered Republican until two days before filing his candidate declaration, managed to get on the primary ballot and capture 2.4 percent of the vote, coming in third and guaranteeing him a place on the ballot in the general election.
Decoy Dan is a fraudster propped up by Democrat Party operatives and support. As The New York Times just reported, veteran Democrat consultant Amber Lee has been assisting the fake Sullivan in his bid to trick Alaskan voters into voting for the wrong candidate. Make no mistake, the entire purpose of this man’s candidacy is to siphon votes away from Sen. Sullivan by confusing voters. He even initially tried to register with the Alaska Division of Elections as “Dan S. Sullivan,” adopting the incumbent’s middle initial so that the two names would appear identical on the ballot. He then created a website that was markedly similar (in format, color scheme, etc.) to Sen. Sullivan’s reelection site. LINK
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Posted on 8/25/26 at 11:37 am to Jbird
The real Dan Sullivan needs to sue over the website similarities.
Thanks a lot Murkowski for refusing to concede your multiple primary losses.
Thanks a lot Murkowski for refusing to concede your multiple primary losses.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 11:46 am to Jbird
Posted on 8/25/26 at 11:53 am to Jtomka
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All of this is enabled and incentivized by RCV. In plain terms, it’s allows the Democrats to cheat — and in the most blatant, low-IQ way imaginable. There’s a very real chance that this fake candidate, who filed his candidacy in bad faith for the purpose of deceiving voters, who shouldn’t even be allowed on the ballot, will garner just enough votes in the general election to hand the victory to Peltola.
This is what Democrats and RINO Republicans do in Alaska to keep control of its infamously corrupt state politics. Consider how RCV even came to Alaska. It was passed in a statewide referendum by a narrow majority in 2020 after an expensive pro-RCV campaign, paid for by out-of-state funding. Ironically, the $15-million campaign (a huge sum in Alaska politics) framed RCV as a way to get “dark money” out of state politics. They outspent the homegrown opposition 12 to one.
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What was the impetus behind switching to an RCV system in the first place, you ask? To ensure that Murkowski would never have to face a Republican primary opponent. If she ever does again, she’ll almost certainly lose. She lost the 2010 state GOP primary to a Tea Party candidate named Joe Miller because Alaska Republicans realized she was a liberal member of the Washington establishment. In response, she launched a shady write-in campaign in the general election that November, managing to win largely because her last name was well known to voters; her father, Frank Murkowski, served in the U.S. Senate for 21 years. When he resigned to become a corrupt one-term Alaska governor, he gave his Senate seat to his daughter, Lisa Murkowski.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:28 pm to Jbird
Definitely dirty pool.
What's your opinion on Darline Nordone appearing as Darline "Graham" on the South Carolina ballot?
What's your opinion on Darline Nordone appearing as Darline "Graham" on the South Carolina ballot?
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:33 pm to IvoryBillMatt
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What's your opinion on Darline Nordone appearing as Darline "Graham" on the South Carolina ballot?
The name she was born with? Her brother's same last name? Is she doing it to sabotage another Darlene Graham that is on the ballot?
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:34 pm to IvoryBillMatt
quote:IDGAF
What's your opinion on Darline Nordone appearing as Darline "Graham" on the South Carolina ballot?
Is she running against Darline S. Graham and fronted by the Dem Party?Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:39 pm to BTROleMisser
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The name she was born with? Her brother's same last name? Is she doing it to sabotage another Darlene Graham that is on the ballot?
But "Graham" isn't her legal last name. I thought we could agree that name shenanigans for political purposes on a ballot was dirty.
Again, mindless tribalism. It's OK if our side (although I suspect the majority of PoliBoard are with me hoping Norman wins) does it, but it's the worst thing ever if the other side does it.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:43 pm to Jbird
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IDGAF ? Is she running against Darline S. Graham and fronted by the Dem Party?
As a matter of fact, she probably IS functionally a Democrat. Prior to her brother's death, about the only policy positions we knew she had supported were abortion and DEI.
Thanks.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:46 pm to IvoryBillMatt
quote:For what?
Thanks.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:50 pm to Jbird
Giving me your opinion. It explains why you don't see a contradiction.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 12:59 pm to IvoryBillMatt
quote:your wasting your breath. Half of this board or more would support DEI and abortion if trump came out for it tomorrow.
As a matter of fact, she probably IS functionally a Democrat. Prior to her brother's death, about the only policy positions we knew she had supported were abortion and DEI. Thanks.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 1:02 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
quote:Which has not a fricking thing to do with Alaska and two Dans,
your wasting your breath. Half of this board or more would support DEI and abortion if trump came out for it tomorrow.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 1:34 pm to IvoryBillMatt
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But "Graham" isn't her legal last name. I thought we could agree that name shenanigans for political purposes on a ballot was dirty.
Again, mindless tribalism. It's OK if our side (although I suspect the majority of PoliBoard are with me hoping Norman wins) does it, but it's the worst thing ever if the other side does it.
Horse shite
Graham's ONLY reason for being there is her relationship to her brother. By using this version of her name she is making herself known for being his sister in the clearest way possible.
You equate that to slapping a label on a phony specifically to trick voters into NOT voting for their selection.
Now give us some world salad bullshite.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 1:36 pm to Hawgnsincebirth55
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your wasting your breath. Half of this board or more would support DEI and abortion if trump came out for it tomorrow.
and the other half would oppose free beer if Donald Trump gave it to them
What is the fricking difference?
that YOU are in the second half?
Posted on 8/25/26 at 1:38 pm to Jbird
RCV practically eliminates this possibility, as much as the article tried to imply the opposite.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 1:40 pm to Indefatigable
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RCV practically eliminates this possibility, as much as the article tried to imply the opposite.
Tell us why this was done. Are you not curious?
Posted on 8/25/26 at 1:51 pm to RohanGonzales
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Graham's ONLY reason for being there is her relationship to her brother. By using this version of her name she is making herself known for being his sister in the clearest way possible.
So, she's lying about her last name for political purposes. Sullivan is telling the truth about his name for political purposes.
I think it's hypocritical to gripe about one and not the other. You don't because you value tribalism more than truth.
We value different things. No big deal.
Posted on 8/25/26 at 1:55 pm to IvoryBillMatt
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What's your opinion on Darline Nordone appearing as Darline "Graham" on the South Carolina ballot?
What is your opinion of Darlene Graham Nordone using her maiden name?
Posted on 8/25/26 at 1:55 pm to RohanGonzales
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and the other half would oppose free beer if Donald Trump gave it to them
HALF? You really are bad with numbers. I would be surprised if more than a dozen people who post here have documentable TDS.
This post was edited on 8/25/26 at 1:58 pm
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