Peltola required medical attention after the accident, which happened when another vehicle crashed into the one transporting Peltola and her family, the campaign said.

“There is no legal excuse” for the failure of 18 polling sites to open for early voting, a state lawmaker said.

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President Trump told the Justice Department to intervene in the race, where polling shows Republicans at risk of losing a seat.

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No obvious legal authority supports a pre-emptive effort to block the certification of Alaska’s Senate election if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses.

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The department, in a highly unusual lawsuit, argued that confusion over candidates with similar names could taint the election result.

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