Peltola denies knowing about Alaska spoiler candidate as Justice Department escalates investigation
Topics: Alaska Politics
4 outlets (PBS NewsHour, NBC News, ABC News and CBS News) are covering this story.
How outlets are covering this: 4 outlets ran their own headlines on this story. Words most headlines share: “Peltola”, “denies”, “Justice”, “Department”. Distinct wording: NBC News uses “accusations” and “offended'”; CBS News uses “Sullivan” and “nothing”. (Computed from the headlines below.)
- PBS NewsHour reports: “Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola denied Thursday that she knew anything about an effort to put another candidate on the Alaska ballot with the same name as the Republican incumbent as the J…”
- NBC News reports: “Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola told supporters at a rally in Anchorage that she is “deeply offended” by the accusations against her campaign.”
- CBS News reports: “"I am not interested in tricking voters," Democratic Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola said, after operatives were accused of recruiting a person with the same name as Sen. Dan Sullivan.”
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- PBS NewsHour: Peltola denies knowing about Alaska spoiler candidate as Justice Department escalates investigation
- NBC News: Peltola says she is 'deeply offended' by accusations over Senate campaign
- ABC News: Peltola denies knowing about Alaska spoiler candidate as Justice Department escalates investigation
- CBS News: Peltola says she "knew nothing about" the other Dan Sullivan
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