Money continues to pour into primaries, including Alaska where Super PACs have spent more than $2 million to help their preferred candidate by trying to game the state's unique voting system. The primary schedule leading us to November is winding down, but there are three more states holding nominating contests today - Alaska, Florida and Wyoming. Senate seat in Alaska is drawing a lot of money from thousands of miles away - from the Lower 48, as they say.
That's because it's one of the seats that could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate after the midterms. PFEIFFER: Joining us now is Alaska Public Media correspondent Liz Ruskin.
PFEIFFER: Liz, this Alaska U.S. Senate race is considered a toss-up. That means the top four candidates of any party are going ahead to November.
Who's running in this one? RUSKIN: So the two big candidates are the incumbent Republican, Dan Sullivan, and his main challenger is Democrat Mary Peltola. She's a former House member, first Alaska native person elected to Congress.
There's a wildcard in this. We've got a second Dan Sullivan. His full name is Daniel J.
He's a retired teacher from Petersburg, Alaska. Republicans tried to keep him off the ballot, saying this was a trick, but Sullivan, the challenger, says he's just tired of a guy with his same name providing representation that he doesn't like, and he wants to provide an alternative. He is on the ballot with no party affiliation.
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