Alaska’s Fringe Playbook | Anchorage News

In Alaska’s razor-thin Senate race, a fringe Green Party candidate, Richard Grayson, is getting a massive boost from a new super PAC, Fair Deal Alaska — which is also backing rival Carol Hafner and running ads against Democratic frontrunner Mary Peltola. The goal? To get either Grayson or Hafner onto the ballot so they can siphon enough votes from Peltola to help Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan win. This tactic, seen before in 2014 and 2024, exploits Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system — which isn’t foolproof when voters don’t rank all candidates. Similar strategies are unfolding across states like Wisconsin, proving this is part of a growing national playbook to manipulate close elections through third-party boosts.

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