Peltola said she did not know about the other Dan Sullivan.

ANCHORAGE — Mary Peltola, the Democrat running for the Senate in Alaska, denied Thursday that she knew of an effort to put a candidate with the same name as Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan on the ballot, the Associated Press reported. The New York Times reported that her team helped recruit that candidate. The Associated Press said President Trump has accused her of voter fraud and would not commit to accepting the result if she wins Tuesday. Her campaign told USA Today: “The Alaskans for Mary campaign has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign.” USA Today also reported that Elisa Rios, her former campaign manager, told the Times that Peltola was aware of the effort but not directly involved. Those are three accounts. This desk is not collapsing them into one.

Sen. Tim Scott, chair of the Senate Republican campaign arm, told Fox News that Attorney General Todd Blanche was “acting expeditiously,” the Associated Press reported Friday. Scott said Peltola must be “absolutely concerned about her inability to win the election without lying, cheating, therefore stealing the results of this election.” On Wednesday, Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered an investigation. “Deliberately tricking voters into casting their ballots for someone else strikes at the integrity of our elections,” he said. “Anyone or any organization found to have broken the law must be held accountable.”

The Alaskans for Mary campaign has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign.

The photograph is Wednesday, Oct. 14, in Anchorage. Becky Bohrer made it for the Associated Press. Peltola is speaking to a reporter at a picket for Horizon Air flight attendants. It is not Thursday’s denial. The other person’s face is turned away.