NRSC Asks FEC to Probe Peltola Campaign Over Candidate

The National Republican Senatorial Committee has filed a supplemental complaint asking the Federal Election Commission to investigate Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee over alleged efforts to recruit a candidate named Dan J. Sullivan. The complaint asks the FEC to refer the matter to the Justice Department if it finds that violations were knowing and willful. The filing expands a request the NRSC made in June and seeks sanctions for violations the commission finds. It alleges that Peltola’s campaign and its allies recruited Dan J. Sullivan to draw votes from Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, who is seeking re-election in Alaska. The complaint also names Gerald Heikes as another candidate the campaign allegedly tried to recruit. These claims are allegations, not findings by the FEC. The Justice Department has separately amended its federal lawsuit concerning the race. The department alleges that Peltola’s campaign and the DSCC misled a federal court about what they knew of Dan J. Sullivan’s candidacy. Its motion relies heavily on a newspaper investigation reporting that the campaign and Democratic officials worked to recruit him. The...