Donald Trump urged that votes cast for Senate candidate Daniel J. Sullivan be given to incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan as Alaska’s Senate count showed Democrat Mary Peltola narrowly ahead, according to the Gateway Pundit on Nov. 5, 2026.
“The vote totals for the Fake Dan Sullivan, plus the other ‘slug’ that the Dems put on the Ballot, should be immediately given to the REAL Dan Sullivan, and the Election is over – He easily wins,” Trump said, per the outlet. “There is no other fair solution!”
The numbers cited
The Gateway Pundit reported that Peltola led by about 600 votes, citing CNN, and that Daniel J. Sullivan and Gerald Heikes together held 8,446 votes. Earlier, the outlet said Peltola’s lead was 626 and that Daniel J. Sullivan had 3,583 votes, while Heikes had 4,821.
Legal fight described
The Gateway Pundit said the U.S. Department of Justice sued Alaska to block certification under a theory that Sen. Dan S. Sullivan would have won “had all votes cast for Daniel J. Sullivan been cast instead for Senator Sullivan and Alaska’s rank-choice process played out accordingly.” The outlet reported that a district judge appointed by President Obama dismissed the case this week, and that DOJ immediately appealed to the Ninth Circuit.
Allegations about a decoy candidacy
The Gateway Pundit alleged that Daniel J. Sullivan, described on the ballot as a Republican, is a lifelong Democrat recruited by a staffer for Mary Peltola to siphon votes from Sen. Dan S. Sullivan. The article cites a video by Nick Sortor in which a neighbor said of Daniel J. Sullivan, “He’s been a Democrat his entire life… always been a Bernie Sanders or a, you know, Kamala Harris supporter.” These are allegations reported by the outlet; they were not independently verified here.
What’s clear—and what isn’t
Based solely on the Gateway Pundit’s account, the race is close, two candidates named Dan or Daniel Sullivan are on the ballot, Trump wants votes for Daniel J. Sullivan reassigned to Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, and DOJ litigation over the outcome has already seen a district court dismissal and an appeal. Vote totals, legal filings, and recruitment claims were not independently confirmed for this report.
