Donald Trump challenges Alaska Senate trace
With the US midterm elections less than two weeks away, concerns are growing over whether President Donald Trump would accept a major Republican defeat.
France 24 reports: With the US midterm elections less than two weeks away, concerns are growing over whether President Donald Trump would accept a major Republican defeat.
Trump has called for legal action to block the certification of Alaska’s Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses to his Democratic challenger, Mary Peltola, arguing that another candidate with the same name on the ballot could confuse voters. Our Washington correspondent Fraser Jackson has more.
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