Sen Dan Sullivan brands Peltolas alleged ballot scheme a scandal at the highest order

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, told Fox News that Democrats will do "anything" to gain power while addressing reports that the campaign of his Democratic challenger Mary Peltola secretly participated in a months-long process to recruit people with his name to run in the Alaska U.S. Senate race.

The New York Times reported Wednesday that Peltolas campaign, as well as senior aides at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, carried out the alleged election scheme in hopes that voters would be confused by two Dan Sullivans and therefore draw support from the incumbent Republican senator.

"This is a scandal at the highest order," Sen. Sullivan said during an interview on "" Wednesday.

"She and her team, and at the highest levels of the DSCC, spent over a year scheming in a secret operation to trick Alaskans to get them to throw away their vote," Sullivan said. "It's remarkable. The Democrats will do anything to gain power."

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The Justice Department is moving to delay certification of Alaskas U.S. Senate election results since two individuals by the name of Dan Sullivan appear alongside each other on the ballot. Listed on the ballot as "Sullivan, Dan S.," is the states incumbent U.S. senator, while "Sullivan, Daniel J. Jr.," is a retired schoolteacher.

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"They've been lying for almost a year about it, and now they're caught," Sullivan told Fox News host Sean Hannity.

Peltola has dismissed reports of the alleged election scheme as "just another distraction," arguing that The New York Times report was solely purposed to "sell newspapers."

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Her campaign also continues to assert innocence, in part that the Alaskans for Mary campaign "has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign."

Republican Sen. Sullivan called out what he described as Peltolas hypocrisy, saying the alleged election scheme shows her "total contempt" for the people of Alaska.

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"She's run a campaign about supposed corruption. She's the corrupt one working with D.C. insiders to trick Alaskans," he said.

"[Peltola and the DSCC] think so little of Alaskans that they thought they can trick them," he added.

The Alaska senator argued that Peltola made a concerted effort to trick voters with another Dan