House GOP launches probe into Peltola campaign ballot stacking allegations

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) launched an investigation Thursday into allegations that Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign sought to recruit candidates to peel votes away from Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) in the state’s Senate race.

A New York Times report found that Peltola’s campaign worked with national Democrats to recruit someone with the same name as her GOP opponent to run for the Senate and dilute the GOP vote. Peltola’s campaign and national Democrats denied any involvement. 

But Comer argued in a statement that, “Democrats are the party of fraud. Knowing they can’t win on the issues, Democrats schemed to rig the U.S. Senate election in Alaska by deliberately confusing voters. This is part of a broader pattern of misconduct by today’s........

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