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Donna Brazile Calls Alleged Peltola Scheme "Fishy"

By C-SPAN on YouTube · October 29, 2026

C-SPAN's "Ceasefire" — Former DNC Chair Donna Brazile called the Peltola campaign's alleged involvement in recruiting a spoiler candidate "fishy," describing the effort as "trickery." "I was astonished that they went, you know, to that degree of trickery to try to recruit somebody when, in fact, you didn't have to do that," she said. "I mean, Mr. Sullivan, like every other status-quo politician had enough headwind that they didn't need to do that." The New York Times reported Wednesday that members of U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola's (D-AK) campaign were involved in efforts to recruit another "Dan Sullivan" to enter the race in hopes of drawing votes away from her Republican opponent, incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK). Her campaign has denied involvement. "If she did it with the DNC, that's a problem," former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel said. "I mean, if she did it and she knew about it and she's lying, I definitely think this is not where she wants to close." The Justice Dep