Is alleged Alaska spoiler candidate scheme illegal?

New reporting alleging Democratic efforts to prop up a spoiler candidate has roiled Alaska's all-important U.S. Senate race.

Federal authorities are investigating whether Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign's reported effort to recruit a candidate in the Alaska Senate race with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) violated the law, the state’s top federal prosecutor announced Friday. U.S.

Running against a candidate who shares your name is not illegal in Alaska or under federal law.

The RNC says Democrats recruited a second Dan Sullivan onto Alaska's Senate ballot to confuse voters as the DOJ intensifies its criminal probe.