Alaska governor orders investigation into Peltola's campaign amid candidate recruitment claims
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[0:00] Let's go live now to state reporter for
[0:01] the Alaska Beacon, James Brooks. James,
[0:04] great to be with you. What are we
[0:06] hearing from both Democ Democrats and
[0:08] Republicans surrounding this situation
[0:10] where you are?
[0:11] >> From Democrats, we've heard a lot of
[0:14] people saying, "Well, you know what?
[0:15] Republicans do this too in various
[0:17] different ways to boost spoiler
[0:19] candidates." And from Republicans, I'm
[0:22] hearing a lot of vindication. They've
[0:24] been calling Dan J. Sullivan of
[0:26] Petersburg decoy Dan for months now and
[0:29] have argued that he's not a legitimate
[0:31] candidate. And so both sides feel they
[0:35] feel very strongly about this issue. But
[0:38] the question is how will this
[0:41] affect the people who have not decided
[0:43] how they're going to vote yet? There's
[0:45] not that many of them at this point.
[0:47] Alaska's been inundated by campaign ads
[0:50] and mailers, but there are a few and
[0:53] they may be decisiv