{
  "id": 1463815,
  "title": "Two Republicans with the same name are running for Senate in Alaska. The bigger threat? Democrat Mary Peltola",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/two-republicans-with-the-same-name-are-running-for-senate-in-alaska",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T10:00:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/17/alaska-senate-dan-sullivan-mary-peltola"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Observers call Peltola, who won the red state’s House seat twice and is running to unseat Dan Sullivan, ‘a unicorn’ Dan J Sullivan is a retired schoolteacher and US Forest Service employee living in the town of Petersburg in south-eastern Alaska, who is running as a Republican for the US Senate. Dan S Sullivan is a Republican US senator, who has represented Alaska since 2015. Both candidates will…",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}