Republicans Ramp Up Investigation Into Democratic Plan to Pack Alaska’s Ballot NYT > Top Stories By: Kellen Browning · Anna Griffin and Glenn Thrush 30 October 2026 at 05:18 The Justice Department issued subpoenas, a House oversight committee sought interviews and the state opened its own inquiry into a Democratic plan to recruit a spoiler into a Senate race. © Kerry Tasker/ReutersRepublican anger grew on Thursday over a Democratic effort to stack Alaska’s Senate ballot with candidates to siphon votes from the G.O.P. incumbent.