Other Dan Sullivan can stay on ballot, judge rules

An Alaska judge ruled on Friday that a candidate with the same name and party affiliation as Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) can stay on the ballot to challenge the incumbent senator for his seat, overturning a previous ban on his candidacy. 

Superior Court Judge Thomas Matthews ruled that Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. could remain on the ballot for the state’s primary on Aug. 18, after the candidate appealed an election official’s decision earlier this month that he was ineligible to run. 

Matthews found that the decision to remove Sullivan Jr. from the ballot was not based on stated election rules or constitutional requirements, but rather on a “good faith” requirement. Division of Elections Director Carol Beecher disqualified Sullivan Jr. citing “credible allegations” that he........

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