Double vision: Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan faces a challenge from a familiar-sounding rival – Dan Sullivan

Alaska voters will have a confusing choice to make at the ballot box in the August primaries when they’ll be asked to vote for their next Republican Senate candidate: incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan or his challenger, Dan Sullivan.

Dan J. Sullivan, a former educator and U.S. Forest Service employee, announced Friday that he was throwing his hat into the race and challenging the incumbent senator with whom he shares a first and last name.