Alaska

Blanche said the Alaska suit is not a takeover.

On Sunday he said the suit is not an attempt to give the president control of a state election. The photograph is Wednesday at the White House. Both men are in it.

The Rocket News · National Desk · New YorkOctober 26, 2026 · 2 min read

President Trump speaks at a White House table while Attorney General Todd Blanche sits beside him. Both faces are in the frame.

NEW YORK — Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that the Justice Department’s suit over Alaska’s Senate race is not an attempt to give President Trump control of state elections. “President Trump is not trying to take over a state election in any way, shape, or form,” he told CNN’s “State of the Union,” Reuters reported. “We’re not laying any groundwork for the president to do that.” The suit would stop Alaska from certifying if the Republican incumbent loses narrowly. This note is Sunday’s defense. It is not a reprint of the complaint.

Blanche said voters would be confused because two candidates have almost identical names: Senator Dan S. Sullivan and Dan J. Sullivan Jr. Dan J. Sullivan has denied he is running to confuse voters or to divert votes. Saturday’s note was the suit itself. This one is what the attorney general said about it.

We’re not laying any groundwork for the president to do that.

The photograph is Wednesday, Oct. 21, at a White House round table, not Sunday on television. Kevin Lamarque of Reuters made it. Trump speaks. Blanche sits beside him. Both faces are in the frame.

Wire and further reading: reuters.com

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