Alaska voter worries he voted for 'Decoy Dan' by mistake when he intended to choose real Dan Sullivan

“I don’t remember seeing the other Dan Sullivan. I totally forgot to look for two Dan Sullivans,” said voter Greg Martone, looking astonished.

The NewsNation reporter interviewing him in Anchorage on Sunday said, “The two were together on the ballot. You didn’t notice that?”

“You know, I might be just having a brain freeze,” he said, “but I don’t remember the second Dan Sullivan.” He said he “definitely intended to vote for the real Dan Sullivan.” He said there was a “slight possibility” that he voted for the wrong Dan Sullivan.

Early voting began in Alaska on October 19. The state uses ranked-choice voting, with both Dan Sullivans, Democrat Mary Peltola, and Gerald Heikes appearing on the ballot.

Just days before Election Day, however, the New York Times reported that Democrat operatives associated with Peltola’s campaign had coordinated an effort to recruit the second Dan Sullivan in an attempt to confuse voters.

Republicans had sought to remove Dan J. Sullivan, the second Sullivan, from the ballot. However, the Alaska Supreme Court rejected the challenge, ruling that neither state law nor the Constitution had a basis for removing the other Sullivan.

Speaking with Fox News at the polls on Monday, a man said that he had been considering voting for Peltola, however, after seeing the reports on the spoiler candidate, he said he was going to vote for the incumbent Dan Sullivan. “When The New York Times article came out, and I found out how that transpired, I was disgusted by the whole thing, so sleazy,” he said.