Analyzing Alaska, Texas Senate races
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[0:00] And we're also closely watching the
[0:01] state of Alaska today. The Trump
[0:03] administration is arguing that a second
[0:05] Dan Sullivan on the ballot could hurt
[0:07] the Republican incumbent's re-election
[0:09] chances. And the incumbent himself is
[0:11] railing against his Democratic opponent
[0:13] over it.
[0:14] >> My opponent has literally been caught in
[0:18] the biggest election cheating scandal in
[0:22] Alaska history and she is bleeding
[0:24] support.
[0:28] Sullivan's rival, Mary Pelatollah, has
[0:30] been uh saying that she doesn't know
[0:32] anything about the alleged effort to add
[0:34] another Dan Sullivan on the ballot. So,
[0:36] let's bring in CBS News political
[0:38] director Finn Gomez to talk more about
[0:40] this. Um, yeah, there was some I saw a
[0:43] sound bite. I think it was on CNN or
[0:44] something where some guy was like, I
[0:46] might have voted for the wrong Dan
[0:47] Sullivan. But, I mean, I feel like that
[0:48] was sort of a joke. I mean, it's very
[0:50] clearly labeled incumbent, not Is this
[0:54] really something that could fool a
[0:55] voter? I feel like we sometimes are
[0:58] almost condescending the media is
[0:59] condescending to the