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2025-04-10 22:07 Last Updated At:22:11

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla meet well wishers as they arrive at the Piazza San Francesco, in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla meet well wishers as they arrive at the Piazza San Francesco, in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla wave to well wishers in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla wave to well wishers in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla meet Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, left, in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla meet Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, left, in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Aerobatic squad aircrafts of the British Red Arrows and the Italian Tricolored Arrows fly over Rome during an official visit to Italy of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Aerobatic squad aircrafts of the British Red Arrows and the Italian Tricolored Arrows fly over Rome during an official visit to Italy of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Queen Camilla is offered some gelato outside the Italian Parliament where King Charles III was delivering his address in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Reuters via AP, Pool)

Queen Camilla is offered some gelato outside the Italian Parliament where King Charles III was delivering his address in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Reuters via AP, Pool)

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are greeted outside the Italian Parliament at the end of his address in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Reuters via AP, Pool)

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are greeted outside the Italian Parliament at the end of his address in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Reuters via AP, Pool)

King Charles III, top center, is welcomed by members of the Italian government inside the Italian parliament in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III, top center, is welcomed by members of the Italian government inside the Italian parliament in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III, center top, stands with the membrs of the Italian Government as they listen to national anthems inside the Italian parliament in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III, center top, stands with the membrs of the Italian Government as they listen to national anthems inside the Italian parliament in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III addresses the Italian parliament in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III addresses the Italian parliament in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive for an official dinner with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive for an official dinner with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive for an official dinner with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive for an official dinner with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III, right, and Queen Camilla arrive at Rome's Iternational Airport G.B. Pastine in Ciampino, for a four-day official visit, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III, right, and Queen Camilla arrive at Rome's Iternational Airport G.B. Pastine in Ciampino, for a four-day official visit, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III waives upon arrival at Rome's International Airport G.B. Pastine in Ciampino for a four-day official visit to Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III waives upon arrival at Rome's International Airport G.B. Pastine in Ciampino for a four-day official visit to Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III, right, arrive at the Quirinale Presidential Palace to meet Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III, right, arrive at the Quirinale Presidential Palace to meet Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Queen Camilla arrives at the Quirinale Presidential Palace to meet with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Queen Camilla arrives at the Quirinale Presidential Palace to meet with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Italian President Sergio Mattarella, right, and Britain's King Charles III on the occasion of their meeting at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Italian President Sergio Mattarella, right, and Britain's King Charles III on the occasion of their meeting at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Italian President Sergio Mattarella, center right, and his daughter Laura, right, pose for a family photo with Britain's King Charles III, center left, and Queen Camilla, left, on the occasion of their meeting at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Italian President Sergio Mattarella, center right, and his daughter Laura, right, pose for a family photo with Britain's King Charles III, center left, and Queen Camilla, left, on the occasion of their meeting at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Italian President Sergio Mattarella, center right, and Britain's King Charles III gesture on the occasion of their meeting at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Italian President Sergio Mattarella, center right, and Britain's King Charles III gesture on the occasion of their meeting at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

King Charles III, left, and Queen Camilla pay their homage at the Unknown Soldier's Monument, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, left, and Queen Camilla pay their homage at the Unknown Soldier's Monument, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, centre, and Queen Camilla pay their homage at the Unknown Soldier's Monument with Italy's Defense ministers Guido Crosetto, right, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, centre, and Queen Camilla pay their homage at the Unknown Soldier's Monument with Italy's Defense ministers Guido Crosetto, right, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Queen Camilla arrives at the Quirinale Presidential Palace to meet with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Queen Camilla arrives at the Quirinale Presidential Palace to meet with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III, left, and Queen Camilla stand in front of the Colosseum, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, left, and Queen Camilla stand in front of the Colosseum, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III arrives to pay his homage at the Unknown Soldier's Monument, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III arrives to pay his homage at the Unknown Soldier's Monument, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, right, and Queen Camilla walk as they visit the Colosseum archeological park, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, right, and Queen Camilla walk as they visit the Colosseum archeological park, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, right, and Queen Camilla walk through the Colosseum archeological park, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III, right, and Queen Camilla walk through the Colosseum archeological park, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Queen Camilla meets with primary school children of the Alessandro Manzoni Institute in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Queen Camilla meets with primary school children of the Alessandro Manzoni Institute in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, center, listens to Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, left, as he arrives with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, right, for a conference on climate inside the Rome's Mattatoio exhibition center, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III, center, listens to Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, left, as he arrives with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, right, for a conference on climate inside the Rome's Mattatoio exhibition center, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

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Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla meet well wishers as they arrive at the Piazza San Francesco, in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla meet well wishers as they arrive at the Piazza San Francesco, in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla wave to well wishers in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla wave to well wishers in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla meet Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, left, in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla meet Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, left, in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Ravenna, Italy, Thursday, April 10, 2025. (Massimo Paolone/LaPresse via AP)

Aerobatic squad aircrafts of the British Red Arrows and the Italian Tricolored Arrows fly over Rome during an official visit to Italy of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Aerobatic squad aircrafts of the British Red Arrows and the Italian Tricolored Arrows fly over Rome during an official visit to Italy of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)

Queen Camilla is offered some gelato outside the Italian Parliament where King Charles III was delivering his address in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Reuters via AP, Pool)

Queen Camilla is offered some gelato outside the Italian Parliament where King Charles III was delivering his address in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Reuters via AP, Pool)

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are greeted outside the Italian Parliament at the end of his address in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Reuters via AP, Pool)

King Charles III and Queen Camilla are greeted outside the Italian Parliament at the end of his address in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Reuters via AP, Pool)

King Charles III, top center, is welcomed by members of the Italian government inside the Italian parliament in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III, top center, is welcomed by members of the Italian government inside the Italian parliament in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III, center top, stands with the membrs of the Italian Government as they listen to national anthems inside the Italian parliament in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III, center top, stands with the membrs of the Italian Government as they listen to national anthems inside the Italian parliament in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III addresses the Italian parliament in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III addresses the Italian parliament in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive for an official dinner with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive for an official dinner with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive for an official dinner with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive for an official dinner with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella at the Quirinale Presidential Palace in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III, right, and Queen Camilla arrive at Rome's Iternational Airport G.B. Pastine in Ciampino, for a four-day official visit, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III, right, and Queen Camilla arrive at Rome's Iternational Airport G.B. Pastine in Ciampino, for a four-day official visit, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III waives upon arrival at Rome's International Airport G.B. Pastine in Ciampino for a four-day official visit to Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III waives upon arrival at Rome's International Airport G.B. Pastine in Ciampino for a four-day official visit to Italy, Monday, April 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III, right, arrive at the Quirinale Presidential Palace to meet Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III, right, arrive at the Quirinale Presidential Palace to meet Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Queen Camilla arrives at the Quirinale Presidential Palace to meet with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Queen Camilla arrives at the Quirinale Presidential Palace to meet with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Italian President Sergio Mattarella, right, and Britain's King Charles III on the occasion of their meeting at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Italian President Sergio Mattarella, right, and Britain's King Charles III on the occasion of their meeting at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Italian President Sergio Mattarella, center right, and his daughter Laura, right, pose for a family photo with Britain's King Charles III, center left, and Queen Camilla, left, on the occasion of their meeting at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Italian President Sergio Mattarella, center right, and his daughter Laura, right, pose for a family photo with Britain's King Charles III, center left, and Queen Camilla, left, on the occasion of their meeting at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Italian President Sergio Mattarella, center right, and Britain's King Charles III gesture on the occasion of their meeting at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

Italian President Sergio Mattarella, center right, and Britain's King Charles III gesture on the occasion of their meeting at the Quirinale Presidential Palace, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025 (Roberto Monaldo/LaPresse via AP)

King Charles III, left, and Queen Camilla pay their homage at the Unknown Soldier's Monument, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, left, and Queen Camilla pay their homage at the Unknown Soldier's Monument, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, centre, and Queen Camilla pay their homage at the Unknown Soldier's Monument with Italy's Defense ministers Guido Crosetto, right, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, centre, and Queen Camilla pay their homage at the Unknown Soldier's Monument with Italy's Defense ministers Guido Crosetto, right, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Queen Camilla arrives at the Quirinale Presidential Palace to meet with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Queen Camilla arrives at the Quirinale Presidential Palace to meet with Italy's President Sergio Mattarella, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III, left, and Queen Camilla stand in front of the Colosseum, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, left, and Queen Camilla stand in front of the Colosseum, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III arrives to pay his homage at the Unknown Soldier's Monument, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III arrives to pay his homage at the Unknown Soldier's Monument, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, right, and Queen Camilla walk as they visit the Colosseum archeological park, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, right, and Queen Camilla walk as they visit the Colosseum archeological park, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, right, and Queen Camilla walk through the Colosseum archeological park, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III, right, and Queen Camilla walk through the Colosseum archeological park, in Rome, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

King Charles III meets with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni at villa Doria Pamphilj in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Queen Camilla meets with primary school children of the Alessandro Manzoni Institute in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Queen Camilla meets with primary school children of the Alessandro Manzoni Institute in Rome, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

King Charles III, center, listens to Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, left, as he arrives with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, right, for a conference on climate inside the Rome's Mattatoio exhibition center, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

King Charles III, center, listens to Rome's Mayor Roberto Gualtieri, left, as he arrives with Italian President Sergio Mattarella, right, for a conference on climate inside the Rome's Mattatoio exhibition center, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska U.S. Senate candidate Dan Sullivan acknowledges that sharing a name and party affiliation with the incumbent Republican gives him “an instant megaphone" in the crowded primary race. But Sullivan said his campaign isn't a sham or something Democrats put him up to doing.

He said friends for years have jokingly referred to him as senator and asked if he has ever thought about running. He said he’s been considering it for more than a decade.

“This is my choice,” Sullivan, who lives in the small fishing community of Petersburg, said in a telephone interview Monday.

Last week, Sen. Dan Sullivan accused the challenger Sullivan of “trying to trick” voters to help his main rival in the race, Democratic former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola. The senator suggested the other Sullivan's entrance in the August primary was part of a coordinated effort by Democrats and Peltola's campaign to confuse voters, an accusation they deny. He threatened litigation to get to the bottom of it.

The issue is of national concern to Republicans because they are seeking to hold onto their majority in the U.S. Senate in what is expected to be a difficult midterm election year for the party in power. Sullivan, the challenger, dismissed claims that his candidacy is a merely a ruse to undermine the senator's reelection chances.

He said he has had no contact with Peltola's campaign — “zero, none, zilch” — and said “no” when asked if anyone from the state Democratic Party or any national Democratic operatives had contacted him to run.

A Peltola spokesperson, Harry Child, has said the campaign “has no involvement with either Sullivan campaign.” The executive director of the Alaska Democratic Party, Jenny-Marie Stryker, said her organization “is in no way affiliated with either Dan Sullivan.” A Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokesperson, Monica Robinson, replied “no” when asked if the group had been involved in urging the challenger Sullivan to run.

Sullivan called sharing a name with the Alaska's incumbent U.S. senator “a matter of fate” and said he had done nothing wrong.

“I have every right to run for whatever office I'm qualified for, and I’m qualified for this office,” the challenger said, adding: “I think I’m doing what most Americans would think would be a patriotic thing to do when you’re unsatisfied with the status quo. You stand up and say, I’m going to fight for things I believe that are going to make my community better.”

Ballots in prior years in Alaska have not identified the incumbent, but the Alaska Division of Elections’ current candidate list online does. It also distinguishes the candidates using a middle initial — Dan S. Sullivan for the senator and Dan J. Sullivan for the challenger.

Alaska has open primaries in which the top four vote-getters, regardless of party, advance to the ranked choice general election in November. Sen. Sullivan's campaign worries having two Dan Sullivans on the ballot could confuse voters.

Sen. Sullivan's campaign, in a statement Monday, said, “Alaskans deserve a fair and honest election — not political games meant to manipulate the ballot and benefit Democrats.”

The challenger said he was registered with the limited government-leaning Alaskan Independence Party for decades, until the party's dissolution late last year. Election officials had said voters registered with the party could change their affiliation but if they did not, they'd be shown as “undeclared.” Sullivan said he then was listed as undeclared until filing to run for office, when he registered as Republican.

He said he was motivated in part by his late father, whom he described as a “true, compassionate, conservative Republican.” He said if he had to label himself, it would be “a pragmatic Republican centrist” — similar to Alaska's senior U.S. senator, Lisa Murkowski, but “with touches of a Rand Paul Republican in there.”

He said he grew up in the Chicago area but was drawn to Alaska and put down roots nearly 50 years ago in Petersburg. The fishing community of about 3,400 in southeast Alaska's Tongass National Forest is known as “Little Norway” for its many residents with Scandinavian roots. He worked for the U.S. Forest Service before changing careers and becoming a teacher. He has since retired.

Like most communities in Alaska, Petersburg isn't connected to the state's main road system and is accessible only by air or water. Juneau, the nearest city, is about 45 minutes away by plane.

Petersburg sits on Mitkof Island, which is distinguished by mountains, thick stands of forest and boggy areas called muskeg. Sea lions hauled up on buoys and humpback whales and orcas are common sights off its shores.

Sullivan, who will turn 69 this weekend, passed on an interview request last Friday, he said, because the king salmon were running and he wanted to fish.

As far as his run for office, the challenger said he plans to do some fundraising and hopes to campaign in the state's larger cities, including Anchorage and Juneau, but he so far has no firm plans to do so and is working on the details.

He finds the current dustup over his Senate run — and the incumbent's reaction — a bit surprising.

“I guess my thought would be, ‘Dude, why don’t you just run your campaign?’ If you’ve got a strong record, run on your record. People will love you for it and you’ll be swept back into office,” he said Monday. “Why would he be concerned that a guy out of Petersburg is this huge threat?”

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, heads to a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, heads to a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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