2026-08-26T04:26:44.996Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：阿丽娜·法亚兹
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发布于 2026年8月26日 美国东部时间凌晨12:26
小丹尼尔·J·沙利文（左）与现任参议员丹·S·沙利文（右） 美联社 摄
美国有线电视新闻网的决策台预测，11月阿拉斯加参议院席位的选票上将会出现两位丹·沙利文，这一结果可能有助于民主党前众议员玛丽·佩尔托拉争取翻转该席位的竞选。
尽管现任参议员丹·沙利文与佩尔托拉几乎锁定了上周无党派初选的晋级资格——无论党派归属，得票前四的候选人将进入大选——但政治新人、前学校教师丹·J·沙利文仅以数个百分点的优势成功拿到了参选名额。
与沙利文同名挑战者的参选，终于应验了共和党在阿拉斯加长期以来的担忧。该州11月将采用排名选择投票制度，而选票上出现两位丹·沙利文的情况，让共和党人愈发担心这位以共和党身份参选的新人会混淆选民，在这场注定竞争激烈的选举中分散共和党票仓。
若想夺回参议院控制权，民主党必须在11月至少净赢四个席位，而全国民主党已投入数百万美元，押注这位任职一届半的前国会女议员能够击败现任参议员。
竞选初期，沙利文参议员曾指责民主党领导人安插丹·J·沙利文参选以混淆选民——这一指控遭到丹·J·沙利文与民主党高层的否认——同时他在全国共和党参议员竞选委员会的支持下，敦促阿拉斯加州官员将这位挑战者的名字从选票上移除。
尽管阿拉斯加州选举局局长卡罗尔·比彻认定丹·J·沙利文没有参选资格并施加压力，但这位来自彼得斯堡的男子对这一决定提出上诉，最终将案件提交至阿拉斯加最高法院，法院下令官员将其列入初选选票。
不过，最终如何在选票上标注他的名字，由选举局决定。
这位挑战者在选票上被标注为小丹尼尔·J·沙利文，未提及党派归属，而现任参议员则被标注为丹·S·沙利文，并注明其共和党现任议员身份。
在申请取消丹·J·沙利文参选资格时，共和党方面援引了他过往的竞选捐款记录以及竞选公告的元数据，这些信息将文件与 amber 李——一位曾公开支持佩尔托拉的顾问——联系起来。
民主党候选人玛丽·佩尔托拉正在阿拉斯加参议院席位竞选中，她于2026年8月18日周二在阿拉斯加安克雷奇的选举观察派对上向支持者发表讲话。（美联社照片/马克·蒂森）
马克·蒂森/美联社 摄
根据美国联邦选举委员会的备案文件，近年来彼得斯堡的一位名为丹尼尔或丹·沙利文的人士曾向民主党主要筹款平台ActBlue捐款650美元，其中包括2022年和2024年佩尔托拉众议院竞选的定向捐款。联邦选举委员会的备案文件显示，没有证据表明彼得斯堡的丹尼尔或丹·沙利文曾向共和党竞选活动捐款。
丹·J·沙利文自称“务实的共和党温和派”，他在6月接受《彼得斯堡飞行员报》采访时表示，自己会支持两党候选人，还将自己与阿拉斯加另一位共和党参议员丽莎·穆尔科斯基相提并论。穆尔科斯基是参议院的摇摆票，经常与唐纳德·特朗普总统意见不合，不受共和党基础选民欢迎。这位前五年级教师还似乎证实自己确实聘请了李，称自己是在网上搜索顾问时找到她的。
尽管面临审查，这位挑战者仍坚称自己的竞选活动是合法的，并对选民会被混淆的担忧不屑一顾。
“我完全有资格参选，”他对该报表示，“这是我的名字，也是我祖父的名字：丹·沙利文。我父亲的名字也是：丹·沙利文。”
没有从政经验的丹·J·沙利文的竞选活动重点围绕他作为教育工作者以及在美国林务局阿拉斯加分部的工作展开。他表示，自己之所以萌生参选念头，是因为认为现任参议员没有足够高调地反对特朗普的第二任期议程。
Alaska’s Senate race will feature two Dan Sullivans and Mary Peltola, CNN projects
2026-08-26T04:26:44.996Z / CNN
By Aleena Fayaz
3 hr ago
PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2026, 12:26 AM ET
Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., left, and incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, right.
AP
Two Dan Sullivans will be on the ballot in November for Alaska’s Senate seat, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, an outcome that could benefit Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola’s bid to flip the seat.
While incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan and Peltola were virtual locks to advance from last week’s all-party primary, where the top four vote finishers regardless of party affiliation continue to the general election, political newcomer and former school teacher Dan J. Sullivan secured his spot with just a few percentage points of the vote.
The ascent of Sullivan’s same-name challenger realizes a long-held GOP fear in Alaska, where voters will use a ranked-choice voting system in November. With two Dan Sullivans on the ballot, Republicans are increasingly concerned that newcomer Sullivan, who filed to run as a Republican, will confuse voters and split the vote in what is shaping up to be a highly competitive race.
To retake the Senate, Democrats must secure a net gain of at least four seats in November, and the national party has poured millions into its bet that the one-and-a-half-term former congresswoman can defeat the incumbent.
Early on, Sen. Sullivan accused Democratic leaders of planting Dan J. Sullivan in the race to confuse voters — an allegation Dan J. Sullivan and top Democrats deny —and urged Alaskan state officials to remove his challenger’s name from the ballot, with the backing of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.
Despite pressure from Alaska Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher, who concluded that Dan J. Sullivan was ineligible for the ballot, the Petersburg man challenged the decision and ultimately took his case to the Alaska Supreme Court, which ordered officials to place him on the primary ballot.
It was left up to the elections division, however, to determine how he appeared on last week’s ballot.
The challenger was listed as Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., with no mention of his party affiliation, on the ballot, while the sitting senator was listed as Dan S. Sullivan, with his status as the Republican incumbent noted.
In making the case to disqualify Dan J. Sullivan, Republicans pointed to his past campaign contributions and the metadata of his campaign announcement, which ties the document to Amber Lee, a consultant who has publicly supported Peltola in the past.
Mary Peltola, a Democrat running for the U.S. Senate seat in Alaska, addresses supporters at an election watch party Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, in Anchorage, Alaska. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)
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According to Federal Election Commission filings, either a Daniel or Dan Sullivan in Petersburg has donated $650 to ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s main fundraising platform, in recent years, including contributions earmarked for Peltola’s House campaigns in 2022 and 2024. There is no evidence of contributions to Republican campaigns from a Daniel or Dan Sullivan in Petersberg, FEC filings show.
Describing himself as a “pragmatic Republican centrist,” Dan J. Sullivan told the Petersburg Pilot in June that he backs candidates in both parties, and even compared himself to Alaska’s other GOP senator, Lisa Murkowski, a swing vote in the Senate who is often at odds with President Donald Trump and out of favor with the base. The former fifth-grade teacher also appeared to confirm he enlisted Lee, contending he found her when looking up consultants online.
Despite the scrutiny, the challenger insists his campaign is legitimate and has dismissed concerns that he would confuse the electorate.
“I have every right to stand up and do this,” he told the newspaper. “It’s my name, my grandfather’s name: Dan Sullivan. My dad’s name: Dan Sullivan.”
With no political experience, Dan J. Sullivan’s campaign has focused on his work as an educator and with the US Forestry Service in Alaska. He said he felt called to run because he felt the incumbent had not done enough to call out Trump’s second term agenda.
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