Trump Says 'We Are Reviewing' Dan Sullivan's Spot on Alaska Ballot, Warns on Governor Race

U.S. President Donald Trump told Safir Arjan that Dave Branson, a Republican running for governor, should step down from his post after losing to his preferred candidate in the Republican primary.

President Donald Trump says federal authorities are looking into Dan Sullivan, an independent challenger who shares the same name as Republican candidate Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-AK, in the Alaska Senate race.

"We're looking, I can't say federally, but we're looking into it. It's a shame. We have, I'll call him the real Dan Sullivan, a great senator from Alaska. And in the race, they put a guy named Dan Sullivan who knows nothing about politics. His name is Dan Sullivan, by the way. They even wanted to change his middle initial, which I wanted them to change correctly. It's horrible that they did that. they did."

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"And actually, he won by two points or something in the primary. The real Dan Sullivan won it, but ... it's a terrible thing. It's another sham by the Democrats," he added.

Trump also weighed in on the Alaska gubernatorial race, where he endorsed Republican candidate Bernadette Wilson. Although Wilson won the primary, other Republican candidates were in the running.

Trump asked his Republican rival, Dave Branson, to drop out of the race.

He doesn't have to, but he should because, frankly, he lost Bernadette by a significant margin in the primary. Alaska politics, other than that I'd like to see Dan and Nick get in. So now there are three Republicans running against one Democrat. And I don't like that. I don't like these odds very much. "But there, he's great, and maybe he'll get in, but I thought I had an obligation to support him."

Trump went on to criticize Mary Peltola, a Democrat in the race, following her criticism that Sullivan had voted in favor of the war in Iran.

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The president argued that Americans understand that raising prices at the pump is a "small price" to pay to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Can you imagine them attacking our cities and attacking the places we are, including right here in Alaska? You will see a lot more confusion. We already have a lot of oil flowing almost in the strait, we control it. The war will end very, very soon. We will have a great victory soon. Very, very soon, and the oil will arrive soon. Gasoline will drop to where it was before, Trump said.

Sen. Dan Sullivan, a Republican from Alaska, stands on the U.S. Senate floor in Washington, D.C., on June 17, 2026. (Daniel Hoyer/Bloomberg)

I have reduced the price to $1.85 per gallon in some places like Iowa and many places. And I think we might even go higher than those numbers, but most importantly, Iran, the number one state sponsor of terrorism, will never have nuclear weapons. If they had one, you might not be standing here right now."

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