Alaska Senate fight heats up as Sullivan moves to block Peltola lawsuit over rejected absentee ballot records

What happened: Sen. Dan Sullivan's campaign filed a motion to intervene in Mary Peltola's Senate campaign lawsuit against the Alaska Division of Elections over records for preliminarily rejected absentee ballots. Key numbers: Peltola leads Sullivan by just over 600 votes as of Monday, with over 25% of votes remaining to be counted. Why it matters: Sullivan's campaign says the suit aims to "rig the system" and ignore Alaska law, while Peltola's campaign says it is following Alaska precedent to ensure every legally cast ballot is counted.

Sen. Dan Sullivan's campaign filed a motion to intervene in Mary Peltola's Senate campaign lawsuit against the Alaska Division of Elections over records for preliminarily rejected absentee ballots.

Sullivan's campaign says the suit aims to "rig the system" and ignore Alaska law, while Peltola's campaign says it is following Alaska precedent to ensure every legally cast ballot is counted.