Judge allows Alaska Senate certification

Reposted by Ilya Somin, Michael D. McDonald, Daniel W. Drezner , and 4 more Ilya Somin, Michael D. McDonald, Daniel W. Drezner, Anna O. Law, Edgar Morgenroth, David Darmofal, Richard S.J. Tol

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Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Ilya Somin	29%	20	13.0%
🎓 Michael D. McDonald	22%	22	10.3%
🎓 Daniel W. Drezner	13%	45	8.7%
🎓 Anna O. Law	25%	4	5.0%
🎓 Edgar Morgenroth	8%	19	3.5%
🎓 David Darmofal	8%	11	2.7%
🎓 Richard S.J. Tol	0%	107	0.0%
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Kyle Cheney

@kyledcheney.bsky.social

BREAKING: A judge in Alaska has thrown out the Trump administration's lawsuit seeking to delay certification of the Senate election if GOP incumbent Dan Sullivan loses.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

November 1, 2026 at 6:10 PM

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele

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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan

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by Ilya Somin

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Reposted by Nazita Lajevardi, Simon Lester, Trevon D. Logan , and 1 more Nazita Lajevardi, Simon Lester, Trevon D. Logan, Jason A. Heppler

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🎓 Nazita Lajevardi	18%	17	7.4%
🎓 Simon Lester	15%	16	6.0%
🎓 Trevon D. Logan	8%	21	3.7%
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Mark Copelovitch

@mcopelov.bsky.social

The actual scandal in Alaska

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Democrats have filed a lawsuit in Alaska accusing election officials of failing to properly operate at least 18 rural polling locations. The complaint warns that several thousand voters across predominantly Alaska Native communities face disenfranchisement. trib.al/w62mYIa

People entering polling booths with striped red and white curtains. A headline reads: "Democrats File Suit Over Closed Polling Places in Rural Alaska" Photo by Lindsey Wasson/Associated Press

November 1, 2026 at 2:53 AM

Reposted by Timothy D. McBride

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The Wall Street Journal

Alaska Town Reckons With ‘Decoy Dan’ Election Fallout: ‘Now It Is Serious’

In an isolated island village, a namesake challenge to Sen. Dan S. Sullivan seemed harmless-until the candidate vanished and federal agents started knocking on doors.

Reposts 2 1d

Reposted by Michael E. Mann

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🎓 Michael E. Mann	5%	111	5.3%

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Norm Eisen

@normeisen.bsky.social

Trump's DOJ flew all the way to Alaska to meddle in its election & a judge just tossed their bogus suit right back

& GOP candidate Dan Sullivan says he'll accept the results win or lose

Trump's DOJ has NO business meddling in state-run elections & NO legitimate reason to try - TN

Sen. Dan Sullivan says he will accept Alaska’s election results even if he doesn’t win

The Justice Department has preemptively sued over the presence on the ballot of another Dan Sullivan.

www.washingtonpost.com

November 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM

by John R. Lott

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by Timothy D. McBride

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Judge Rejects Trump Officials’ Move to Challenge Alaska Senate Election www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/u...

Judge Rejects Trump Officials’ Move to Challenge Alaska Senate Election

In the latest defeat for the Trump administration, the ruling dismisses a lawsuit that pre-emptively contested the results of a race that includes two candidates named Daniel Sullivan.

www.nytimes.com

November 1, 2026 at 11:26 PM

Reposted by David Darmofal, Christina Pagel

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🎓 David Darmofal	8%	11	2.7%
🎓 Christina Pagel	-	33	-
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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar.com

Tim Scott repeatedly refuses to commit to accepting the Alaska election results if Dan Sullivan loses

November 1, 2026 at 2:44 PM

by Diane Ravitch

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🎓 Diane Ravitch	5%	36	9.0%

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by Timothy D. McBride

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Judge Dismisses a Trump-Backed Lawsuit in the Alaska Ballot Case www.washingtonsun.com/campaigns/ju...

Judge Dismisses a Trump-Backed Lawsuit in the Alaska Ballot Case

The Trump administration was seeking to block certification of Alaska's U.S. Senate race if GOP incumbent loses.

www.washingtonsun.com

November 1, 2026 at 11:27 PM

by Jacob T. Levy Reposted by Anna O. Law, Southern Africa, Rebecca Solnit

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🎓 Jacob T. Levy	27%	18	34.4%
🎓 Anna O. Law	25%	4	5.0%
🎓 Southern Africa	11%	14	4.1%
🎓 Rebecca Solnit	7%	19	3.1%
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Jacob T. Levy

@jacobtlevy.bsky.social

It takes halfway through the article for them to acknowledge that this makes no sense, since RCV means that confused voters who put the wrong Sullivan in position 1 will still end up voting for the correct Sullivan in position 2.

www.nytimes.com/2026/11/01/u...

Did the Peltola Campaign Seal the Fate of Alaska’s Ranked Choice Vote?

Beyond hotly contested Senate and governor’s races, Alaskans will decide Tuesday whether to scrap the state’s unique ballot. The campaign of Mary Peltola may have bolstered critics of the system.

www.nytimes.com

November 1, 2026 at 1:15 PM

by David Rothschild

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🎓 David Rothschild	9%	28	14.3%

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David Rothschild

@davmicrot.bsky.social

NYT thinks they can balance out trashing Democrats for two days with an absurdly stupid attack, by writing one little article about something the Republicans have done that is 100x more serious. You can either be truthful & objective or “balanced”: NYT choices “balance” over US.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

Democrats have filed a lawsuit in Alaska accusing election officials of failing to properly operate at least 18 rural polling locations. The complaint warns that several thousand voters across predominantly Alaska Native communities face disenfranchisement. trib.al/w62mYIa

November 1, 2026 at 3:48 AM

by Timothy D. McBride

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Judge throws out Trump admin suit seeking to stave off GOP defeat in Alaska Senate race www.politico.com/news/2026/11...

Judge throws out Trump admin suit seeking to stave off GOP defeat in Alaska Senate race

The judge concluded that the administration offered “no workable plan” to solve for potential confusion among voters about the presence of two Dan Sullivans on the ballot.

www.politico.com

November 1, 2026 at 11:46 PM

Reposted by Diane Ravitch

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by David Darmofal

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🎓 David Darmofal	8%	11	8.0%

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David Darmofal

@daviddarmofal.bsky.social

What if all these @nytimes.com stories on the Alaska Senate election have just served to piss off Alaskans about interference from the lower 48 by people who don’t understand Alaska?

November 1, 2026 at 2:14 PM

by Timothy D. McBride

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Federal judge dismisses Trump attempt to interfere in Alaska Senate race www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

Federal judge dismisses Trump attempt to interfere in Alaska Senate race

The president had requested that Alaska segregate ballots cast for a candidate with the same name as the incumbent. The judge said that would “violate Alaskans’ right to a secret ballot.”

www.nbcnews.com

November 1, 2026 at 11:23 PM

by Dean Baker

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🎓 Dean Baker	2%	21	2.7%

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by David Darmofal

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🎓 David Darmofal	8%	11	8.0%

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David Darmofal

@daviddarmofal.bsky.social

Josh Gerstein may be a great courts reporter but he's proving once again the adage that courts reporters don't know anything about politics. He looks foolish and ignorant about elections with this tweet of his about the Alaska election.

November 1, 2026 at 12:35 PM

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