Ex-Alaska lawmaker details mystery recruiter as FBI, Congress widen 'Decoy Dan' scrutiny

Fox News · Charles Creitz · 2026-11-05 21:32 UTC

The FBI interviewed former Alaska Republican David Eastman after a Democratic operative allegedly posed as a conservative recruiter in the Senate race.

A former Alaska Republican lawmaker told Fox News Digital the FBI interviewed him after an apparent Democratic political operative allegedly posed as a conservative recruiter and tried to persuade him to enter the state's U.S. Senate race amid an intensifying congressional investigation into the controversial "Decoy Dan Sullivan" ballot scheme.

The allegations raise questions about potential federal criminal liability. Article III Project attorney Will Chamberlain argued that a coordinated effort to deceive voters about a candidate's identity could violate 18 U.S.C. § 241, the federal conspiracy-against-rights statute.

The revelations come after former campaign staff for Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola spoke to the New York Times about their knowledge of a reported scheme to stack Alaska’s four-person ballot with other "Dan Sullivans" to help siphon votes from incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan.

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