FBI secretly interviews Mary Peltola's ex-campaign manager, accelerating probe into 'decoy' Dan Sullivan while Alaska Senate race sits on knife's edge

On November 3, 2026, the FBI interviewed Elisa Rios, former campaign manager for Alaska Senate candidate Mary Peltola, in Chicago as part of an investigation into allegations that Peltola-aligned operatives recruited a same-name candidate to draw votes from Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. Peltola led Sullivan by fewer than 700 votes, with about 75 percent counted.