DOJ set to appeal ruling in Alaska Senate race dispute over ‘Decoy Dan’

The DOJ is appealing a federal judge's dismissal of its lawsuit seeking to halt certification of Alaska's Senate race, citing concerns that a candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. (dubbed "Decoy Dan") was recruited to confuse voters and siphon votes from Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan in a race won by Democrat Mary Peltola. The case centers on whether voter confusion from two similarly named candidates affected the outcome and now heads to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.