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Vance responds to question about 'insulting' Alaska election lawsuit
The Justice Department's suit would block certification of Alaska's Senate result unless the incumbent wins, and a judge has fast-tracked it; the defense was that voters are busy.
On air: Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance on BBN After HoursPublished
At a glance
- First reported by The Hill: “Vance responds to question about ‘insulting’ Alaska election lawsuit”, with reporting from Newsweek, Yahoo News and The New Republic.
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, at 4:54 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Chip Darnell and Gloria Vance.
- Topics: Vance, Alaska.
- BBN covered this story before: Murkowski endorses a Democrat for Alaska governor (October 28).
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- The HillVance responds to question about ‘insulting’ Alaska election lawsuit
- NewsweekJD Vance Alleges Election Fraud Over Alaska Candidate With Same Name - Newsweek facts used on air
- Yahoo NewsVance Drops Bonkers Excuse for Election Rigging Plot October 27, 2026 · facts used on air
- The New RepublicJD Vance Gives Worst Defense Yet of Trump’s Senate Election Lawsuit facts used on air
What BBN said about it
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorVice President Vance defended the Justice Department's Alaska lawsuit on Tuesday morning at Joint Base Andrews, saying that putting a person on the ballot explicitly to confuse voters is the definition of electoral fraud.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd the person in question is an independent named Daniel J. Sullivan Junior, running in the same race as Republican Senator Dan S. Sullivan.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOkay, I see the problem.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe lawsuit, filed last Thursday, seeks to block certification of the Senate result if the incumbent does not win.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMr. Vance said people are busy, people have lives, people have jobs.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo voters are too busy to read the ballot. Then who exactly is reading the lawsuit?
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA federal judge, Sharon Gleason. She imposed an emergency schedule on Monday, so somebody in this matter has found the time.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorEmergency schedule.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA Times and Siena poll late last month had Democrat Mary Peltola ahead of Sullivan, fifty percent to forty-three.
Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSeven points up. If any voter is confused, it's the one who wrote this lawsuit.
The story so far
- Trump's Alaska election suit, Rodgers in Paris, WNBA Game 6 · The New York Times
- Blanche Cuts Off Bash Over Alaska Election Lawsuit · The Daily Caller
- Record early voting; Alaska suit; Kane wins Ballon d'Or · ABC News
- Alaska campsite 13,800 years old yields thousands of artifacts · The Times of India
- iPhone Duo screens crack, a bear locks itself in a car · Fortune
- Murkowski endorses a Democrat for Alaska governor · NBC News
- Vance responds to question about 'insulting' Alaska election lawsuit (this story)
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