2026年8月26日 美国东部时间上午9:55 / 福克斯新闻频道
与现任议员同名的伐木工在初选中获得2.5%的选票，将与沙利文参议员和佩尔托拉同场角逐
作者：莱奥·布里塞尼奥，福克斯新闻
佛罗里达青年共和党主席布兰登·路德维希加入《福克斯朋友早间版》，分析极左翼阵营推动废除移民海关执法局的竞选活动。佛罗里达州初选成为焦点之际，民主社会主义候选人挑战在位民主党人。与此同时，阿拉斯加州初选出现现任参议员丹·沙利文面临同名挑战者的局面。
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据美联社周三报道，阿拉斯加州联邦参议院候选人小丹·J·沙利文已正式晋级大选，他因与现任阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丹·S·沙利文同名登上新闻头条。
他与沙利文参议员以及阿拉斯加州民主党前众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉一同成为最终入围的四位候选人中的三位。阿拉斯加州尚未公布第四位候选人名单。
小沙利文的晋级早在上周二投票结束后就已显露苗头，这让共和党阵营的局面变得复杂——他们正争分夺秒地向选民解释为何会出现两位同名候选人，以及该为哪一位投票。与初选不同，大选采用的排序选择投票制（RCV）进一步加剧了局面的混乱，引发了更多关于选民将如何应对同名候选人的疑问。
**晨钟觉醒：阿拉斯加“真正的”参议员丹·沙利文在挑战者面前挺身而出
2026年6月26日，阿拉斯加州联邦参议院候选人小丹·J·沙利文在阿拉斯加州彼得斯堡拍摄肖像。（凯蒂·霍尔伦德/美联社摄）
根据这一投票制度，选民可以按照偏好为候选人排名。如果他们的首选候选人被淘汰，其支持票将转移给次选候选人。支持该制度的人士认为，它扩大了选民的权力，大幅提升了原本未必能成为首选的候选人的影响力，但批评者——包括沙利文参议员——认为该制度也会引发混乱。
“和其他许多在2020年反对排序选择投票的人一样，我至今仍认为这套新的选举制度给选民造成了不必要的困惑，”沙利文在2024年接受阿拉斯加当地媒体采访时说道。
第二位沙利文的出现加剧了人们对这种混乱局面的担忧。
作为伐木工的小沙利文以无党派身份出现在上周初选的16名候选人名单中，最终获得了2.5%的选票。小沙利文的竞选公告未列出党派归属，他的官网也未说明自己在任何政治议题上的立场。
反而，他的竞选活动主打同名牌。官网宣传语写道：“丹·沙利文挑战丹·沙利文角逐联邦参议院席位，敦促阿拉斯加民众击败现任议员，选出一位真正为阿拉斯加挺身而出的沙利文。”
阿拉斯加共和党人紧急向选民科普：疑似民主党“搅局者”同名候选人，“投票疲劳”威胁选情
2025年1月9日，阿拉斯加州联邦参议员丹·沙利文（共和党）在华盛顿特区美国国会山就莱肯·赖利法案投票。（艾莉森·罗伯特/法新社通过盖蒂图片社摄）
根据小沙利文的个人简历，他早年从事伐木、建筑、酒吧调酒和林业等蓝领工作，在对政府管理不善感到失望后决定参选参议员。
福克斯新闻数字频道今年早些时候对其竞选活动的调查发现，进步派顾问安伯·李曾帮助撰写小沙利文的部分竞选材料。李此前曾支持前议员佩尔托拉。
这一竞选活动遭到共和党人的批评，他们认为这是一场旨在让两位“丹·沙利文”出现在11月的选票上，并通过排序选择投票制故意分流现任参议员选票的阴谋。
阿拉斯加州共和党参议员詹姆斯·考夫曼表示，他个人仍对两位候选人的名字混淆感到担忧。
他认为，阿拉斯加州仍有部分选民——尤其是共和党选民——拒绝使用排序选择投票制，理由是反对该制度的实施方式。
“有些人持有非常强烈的传统主义观点：一人一票，”考夫曼说道。
法官裁定：与参议员丹·沙利文同名的共和党候选人可留在阿拉斯加初选选票上
2026年6月17日，阿拉斯加州共和党参议员丹·沙利文在华盛顿特区美国国会山参议院地铁通道内。（丹尼尔·霍伊爾/彭博社摄）
“因此会出现投票疲劳，人们可能因为不认同该制度而不愿进行排名。这里有相当一部分民众明确反对我们最终采用的排序选择投票制，他们未必愿意使用这套制度。”
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成功通过初选后，沙利文参议员、小沙利文和佩尔托拉将在11月3日的大正选举中正面交锋。
莱奥·布里塞尼奥是福克斯新闻数字频道国会组政治记者，此前曾任职于《世界杂志》。
SEEING DOUBLE: Second Dan Sullivan advances, setting up bizarre Alaska Senate ballot
August 26, 2026 9:55am EDT / Fox News
The logger who shares the incumbent’s name grabbed 2.5% of the primary vote and will face Sen Sullivan and Peltola
By Leo Briceno, Fox News
Florida Young Republicans Chair Brandon Ludwig joins ‘Fox & Friends First’ to analyze far-left campaigns pushing to abolish ICE. Democratic socialist candidates challenge established Democrats as the Florida primary elections take center stage. Meanwhile, Alaska’s primary features incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan facing a challenger with the exact same name.
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Dan J. Sullivan Jr., a Senate candidate in Alaska who has made headlines for sharing a name with incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, R-Alaska, has officially advanced to the general election, The Associated Press announced on Wednesday.
He joins Sen. Sullivan and former Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, as the third of the final four candidates.
Alaska has yet to announce the fourth.
Sullivan Jr.’s advance, which seemed likely after the polls closed last Tuesday, complicates the picture for Republicans as they work against the clock to explain why two candidates have the same name — as well as which one to vote for. Unlike the primary, the general election picture is further clouded by ranked-choice voting (RCV), which raises more questions about how voters will react to the name overlap.
MORNING GLORY: ALASKA’S ‘REAL’ SENATOR DAN SULLIVAN STOOD UP OVER CHALLENGER
Dan J. Sullivan, who has filed to run for U.S. Senate in Alaska, poses for a photo in Petersburg, Alaska, on June 26, 2026.(Katie Holmlund/Associated Press)
Under this system, voters rank their preferred candidates. If their top choice is eliminated, their support passes on to their next-ranked option. While supporters of the process argue it expands voters’ power and greatly increases the influence of candidates that may not otherwise be a top choice, critics — like Sen. Sullivan — believe it also introduces confusion.
“Like many others who did not support ranked choice voting in 2020, I still believe that this new election system has created unnecessary confusion among voters,” Sullivan told local Alaskan media in 2024.
Fears of that confusion were amplified by the emergence of the second Sullivan.
Sullivan Jr., a logger, appeared among the 16 candidates on the ballot as an independent in last week’s primary, snapping up 2.5% of the vote. Sullivan Jr.’s campaign announcement did not list a party affiliation. His website does not state his position on any political issues.
Instead, it leaned into the name overlap. “Dan Sullivan challenges Dan Sullivan for U.S. Senate Seat, urges Alaskans to defeat incumbent, elect a Sullivan who stands up for Alaska,” it read.
ALASKA REPUBLICANS SCRAMBLE TO EDUCATE VOTERS ON SUSPECTED DEM PLANT AS ‘BALLOT FATIGUE’ THREATENS RACE
US Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) goes to vote on the Laken Riley Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 9, 2025.(ALLISON ROBBERT/AFP via Getty Images)
According to his biography, Sullivan Jr. spent his early career working blue-collar jobs like logging, construction, bartending and forestry but decided to enter his bid for Senate after growing frustrated with government mismanagement.
A Fox News Digital review of the campaign earlier this year uncovered that Amber Lee, a progressive consultant, had helped author some of Sullivan Jr.’s campaign materials. Lee previously supported Peltola, the former congresswoman.
The campaign has drawn criticism from Republicans who believe it’s an effort to put two “Dan Sullivans” on the ballot in November and, through ranked choice voting, intentionally draw away votes from the senator.
Alaska state Sen. James Kaufman, a Republican, said he personally remains worried about conflation between the two.
He believes there are still some voters in Alaska, especially Republicans, who refuse to use the RCV system, citing disagreements with its implementation.
“Some people have a pretty strong traditionalist perspective: one person, one man, one vote,” Kaufman said.
JUDGE RULES REPUBLICAN WITH SAME NAME AS SEN DAN SULLIVAN CAN STAY ON ALASKA PRIMARY BALLOT
Senator Dan Sullivan, a Republican from Alaska, stands in the Senate Subway of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 2026.(Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg)
“And so, the ballot fatigue where people just don’t rank because maybe they disagree with it; there’s a pretty strong segment of the population here that just patently disagrees with the ranked-choice voting system we ended up with. And they don’t necessarily believe in utilizing it.”
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Having cleared the primary, Sen. Sullivan, Sullivan Jr. and Peltola will face off in the general election on Nov. 3.
Leo Briceno is a politics reporter for the congressional team at Fox News Digital. He was previously a reporter with World Magazine.
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