Trump claims Sullivan wins Alaska Senate race

What each leads with

Daily Beast ↗ — Headline calls claim "wild" and lede adds "president, 80" plus Stephen Miller reference; excerpt stresses Trump used "own version of election math" while Peltola leads.

New York Post ↗ — Headline links declaration to "Decoy Dan" scandal; excerpt quotes Trump’s post adding votes from Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. and Heikes, notes he declared race "over" with 74% reporting.


Donald Trump Makes Wild Election Claim as Stephen Miller Takes the Reins

Left: Daily Beast

Donald Trump is declaring victory in an election that hasn’t been decided—and using his own version of election math to do it. In a remarkably bold Truth Social post Saturday afternoon, the president, 80, insisted that Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan was “leading substantially” in Alaska’s razor-thin Senate race—even though Democrat Mary Peltola is ahead in…

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Trump declares Alaska Senate race ‘over’ in favor of GOP candidate following ‘Decoy Dan’ scandal

Right: New York Post

President Trump declared the Senate race in Alaska “over” and his favored candidate Sen. Dan Sullivan to have "won" – even though the the outcome of his race against former Rep. ) was far from certain.

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