Why Legal Experts See the Justice Dept.’s Alaska Election Challenge as Dubious NYT - Top Stories By: Charlie Savage 24 October 2026 at 00:22 No obvious legal authority supports a pre-emptive effort to block the certification of Alaska’s Senate election if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses. © Kerry Tasker for The New York TimesSenator Dan Sullivan with Mary Peltola, his Democratic challenger, during a debate in Kodiak, Alaska, last month.