US President Donald Trump said Friday that he had instructed his administration to file a lawsuit to block the certification of the US Senate race in Alaska if Republican Senator Dan Sullivan loses, arguing that voters would be confused because two Republicans on the ballot have similar names. The legal battle is ramping up questions over whether Trump will accept a potential midterms defeat.
The Trump administration has sued Alaska to preemptively block the state from certifying the results of its US Senate race if the Republican incumbent candidate loses narrowly, saying voters could be confused because two Republicans on the ballot have almost identical names.
