Only 1 Dan Sullivan will appear on Alaska’s ballot

There will still be one Dan Sullivan on the ballot, but election officials in Alaska determined a second man by the same name cannot run against him in the high-stakes Senate race.

Dan Sullivan for a Senate seat in Alaska has been deemed ineligible for this year’s primary by a top state elections official.

Dan J. Sullivan, a retired teacher, submitted his candidacy for the Senate three days before the June deadline.

Republicans in the state had accused Democrats of plotting to confuse voters by inserting Dan J. Sullivan, a former teacher, into the race, which could have taken votes away from the incumbent senator and boosted Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate seeking to oust him.