What's up, guys. This is Will Summer at the Bullwork here today with Catherine Rampel, the author of our Receipts Newsletter, to talk about something intriguing, some sort of perhaps dirty tricks, some mischief going on in the Alaska Senate race.

Catherine, what is happening? Okay, so we have a photo of two men. Do you know the difference between these two men? They're both kind of like old white guys with graying, thinning hair, I would say. If I was playing guess who, that's how I would maybe describe them. If you were playing guess who, you might also add that they are both named Dan Sullivan and they are both running for Senate in Alaska as

Republicans. The guy on the left is the sitting senator from Alaska, Dan Sullivan. The guy on the

right is a challenger for that seat, also Dan Sullivan. Again, both running as Republicans in what is

potentially a very flippable seat in the Senate. Mary Peltola is the Democratic candidate who will be

also running in this election. It's basically a jungle election where they all run together. And there is some questioning of how this

new Dan Sullivan entered the race and what his deal is. So the Republicans are the Republican

Party is suggesting, as you point as you point it, like that there are some dirty

tricks going on, like, where did this Dan Sullivan come from? Because he is, again, a relatively new

entrant. He is one of more than a dozen U.S. Senate candidates that have entered or have filed

the necessary paperwork to appear on the August 18th primary ballot in Alaska,

according to the Anchorage Daily News.

And so the Republicans say it's a trick.

The National Republican Senateorial Committee gave a statement to the Anchorage Daily News.

National Republican Senator editorial committee statement says, quote,

Mary Peltola and Chuck Schumer know that they can't beat Senator Sullivan on his record. So they're resorting to deceitful political maneuvers that attempt to trick Alaskans and buy a seat. Unquote. The Peltola campaign denies that it has any involvement here. But it does look a little convenient,

I would say, for Peltola. What do you make of it? Yeah, I mean, so as you said, I mean, this is a very

high-stakes Senate race. This is a sort of a battleground that's going to decide, help decide,

whether Democrats win the Senate in all likelihood. And then suddenly you have this, this guy, second Dan Sullivan, let's say.

At the end of last week, he pops up and he says, you know, I'm the new Dan Sullivan or I'm the Dan Sullivan you should really vote for.

As you said, this is all being announced by this, this woman who's a Democratic strategist.

And I think we'll get to her backstory.

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