So what's changed in that year?

Well, um, Ms. Peltola was not in the race a year ago, so that is one thing.

Um, I think, um, as Democrats nationally began to think that they could flip the seat, they started just pouring money into the race.

So in the last quarter, she raised $17 million, which is a lot for a state as small as Alaska, and that is, uh, amounts to about what, uh, Sullivan has raised the whole campaign if I recall correctly.

Um, so, you know, money has had an impact, and I think just a, a growing realization among Democrats that this could be a wave election and that the size of that blue wave could, um, you know, better their chances in Alaska.

What is it like to run a campaign in Alaska? Where do you put the resources? Where do you put your time?

Yeah.

You know, most of this state cannot be reached by road.

Two Dan Sullivans.

Yeah.

[laughs] His full name is Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. He's a retired teacher from Petersburg, Alaska.

Republicans tried to keep him off the ballot, saying this was a trick, but Sullivan, the, the challenger, says he's just tired of a guy with his same name providing representation that he doesn't like, and he wants to provide an alternative.

He is on the ballot with no party affiliation.

Tell us about the races to watch there.

Well, Florida, like Alaska, has no incumbent governor running.

Ron DeSantis is at his term limit.

How do you see President Trump playing into all of this?

Well, uh, as I said, uh, Sullivan gave a big speech to the Alaska Legislature recently, and he said, uh, President Biden's name, former President Biden's name a dozen times, and hardly mentioned Trump at all, maybe two or three times.

But he has stuck very close to President Trump's positions on everything, rarely votes against him.

Did one vote on healthcare that was, uh, against President Trump's position, but it was a, uh, a vote that we all knew was going to fail, and it did fail, so it wasn't, you know, all that meaningful of a vote.

But he seems to be taking great pains to not cross Trump.

Um, he has Trump's endorsement.

In some of his campaign literature, um, Trump's head was featured larger than Dan Sullivan's head.

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