{"id":2646499,"date":"2026-08-18T12:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sends-election-day-impostor-warning-to-alaska-voters-dont-let-these-fraudsters-get-away-with-this-hoax\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T12:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T16:30:29","slug":"trump-sends-election-day-impostor-warning-to-alaska-voters-dont-let-these-fraudsters-get-away-with-this-hoax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-sends-election-day-impostor-warning-to-alaska-voters-dont-let-these-fraudsters-get-away-with-this-hoax\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Sends Election Day &#8216;Impostor&#8217; Warning to Alaska Voters: &#8216;Don&#8217;t Let These Fraudsters Get Away with This Hoax&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-sends-election-day-impostor-warning-to-alaska-voters-dont-let-these-fraudsters-get-away-with-this-hoax%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2646499&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses the upcoming Alaskan senate race, emphasizing a controversy involving two candidates with similar names. President Donald trump issued warnings via social media, urging voters to be cautious and vote for the legitimate incumbent, Senator dan Sullivan, to prevent confusion and misidentification that could benefit Democratic candidate Mary Peltola. Trump highlighted Sullivan&#8217;s achievements and reinforced his endorsement of the real Dan Sullivan, framing the other candidate as a potential &#8220;imposter&#8221; or &#8220;fraudster&#8221; aiming to disrupt the election. The article details the legal challenges faced by the challenger, Daniel J.Sullivan Jr., who was accused of filing a misleading candidacy to create chaos and influence the election outcome. The race is critically important as alaska&#8217;s top-four primary system and its potential to affect control of the Senate make the outcome pivotal for the balance of power in the U.S. Senate. Recent endorsements and aggressive campaigning from Trump underscore the importance placed on the election&#8217;s result.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>With Alaska voters heading to the polls on Tuesday for a race that could help determine control of the Senate, President Donald Trump issued a stark warning on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Republican voters, he wrote, should not be fooled by a candidate on the ballot with the same name as the Republican incumbent. Essentially, he wrote an imposter could gum up the works for Republicans seeking to keep the Alaskan Senate seat this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t let these Fraudsters get away with this HOAX,\u201d Trump declared.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ALASKA: Be careful, VOTE FOR THE REAL DAN SULLIVAN TODAY. Through me, he\u2019s brought HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BACK TO YOUR STATE. The Dumocrats know how good he is and have put up an imposter of the same name. Vote for the \u201cINCUMBENT SENATOR.\u201d Don\u2019t let these Fraudsters get\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/62wizVXdy7\">pic.twitter.com\/62wizVXdy7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Commentary Donald J. Trump  Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TrumpTruthOnX\/status\/2089643113073848379?\">August 18, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At issue is Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, running for his third term representing Alaska, and candidate Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., a retired teacher and registered Republican who told the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/alaska-senate-dan-sullivan-primary-ballot-7ab7729f59ada83a498e91bf5ae0b67f#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> in June that he is running because \u201cI just decided it was something I needed to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not trying to trick people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans \u2014 including Sen. Sullivan and Trump \u2014 disagree.<\/p>\n<p>The state Division of Elections originally rejected Sullivan Jr.\u2019s candidacy on the grounds that it was not a \u201cgood-faith candidacy\u201d but was \u201cinstead filed with a purpose to confuse or mislead and to thereby compromise the ballot\u2019s fairness or neutrality,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/alaska-senate-dan-sullivan-primary-ad88336170d376a646911609cf3a51e0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>As the case <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/court-looks-decide-fate-decoy-candidate-name-senator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">went to court<\/a>, Sullivan Jr.\u2019s opponents claimed, among other things, that he\u2019d changed his party affiliation to Republican just before filing \u2014 without any previous Republican affiliation.<\/p>\n<p>They argued that Sullivan Jr.\u2019s run was \u201ca sham candidate intent on sowing chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That chaos, they argued, was to benefit Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, who is seeking the Senate seat.<\/p>\n<p>However, the state Supreme Court gave him the go-ahead to be in the race.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate ballot has 16 names, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/ballotpedia.org\/Primaries_in_Alaska,_2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ballotpedia<\/a>, including the two Sullivans and Peltola.<\/p>\n<p>Because Alaska uses a top-four election system, the four top vote getters will appear on the general election in November.<\/p>\n<p>As the conservative website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juneauindependent.com\/post\/alaska-s-us-senate-races-vital-to-determining-control-of-upper-chamber\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Center Square<\/a> noted, the eventual outcome of the Alaska Senate campaign could be critical in determining which party controls the Senate next year, and Trump\u2019s warning indicated how seriously he\u2019s taking the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe careful, VOTE FOR THE REAL DAN SULLIVAN TODAY,\u201d he wrote. \u201cThrough me, he\u2019s brought HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS BACK TO YOUR STATE. The Dumocrats know how good he is and have put up an imposter of the same name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans now have a 53-47 majority, with two independent members of the Senate caucusing with the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>If Democrats can flip the Last Frontier, it will leave them with only three Senate races in the Lower 48 to win to assume control.<\/p>\n<p>Having a Republican incumbent eliminated in the primary voting process would put them a long way in that direction.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Trump issued a similar social media blast to drum up support for Sullivan.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">ALASKA \u2013 The Crooked, Radical Left Dumocrats are working to STEAL votes from YOUR Great Incumbent Senator, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanSullivan_AK?\">@DanSullivan_AK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSULLIVAN, DAN S.\u201d is the Trump-endorsed Dan Sullivan to vote for!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OKZ7m5vBIJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/OKZ7m5vBIJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e9UjbXYiAF\">pic.twitter.com\/e9UjbXYiAF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TeamTrump\/status\/2089489722280153516?\">August 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSULLIVAN, Dan S has my Complete and Total Endorsement for Re-Election,\u201d Trump wrote with characteristic emphasis on uppercasing words. \u201cHE WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN.\u201d<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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