Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Sunday that it was “appropriate to take a look at” the outcome of the Alaska Senate race, in which two candidates with similar names appear on the ballot, according to The Hill’s report on his comments.
The Hill reported that the ballot situation prompted a lawsuit from the Department of Justice (DOJ). The outlet’s headline describes the race as one with two candidates named Dan Sullivan, and the report was written by Ryan Mancini.
The Hill’s summary of Tillis’s remarks says he referred to a candidate who shares a name with a friend of his. The summary is cut off before the rest of his comments, so the full context of what he said is not available in the material reviewed for this story.
The available material does not describe the claims in the Justice Department lawsuit, the court where it was filed, or when it was filed. It also does not include any response from the candidates or from Alaska election officials, and it does not say whether any review of the race outcome has been scheduled.
The summary identifies Tillis as a Republican senator from North Carolina. The Hill’s account links the ballot issue to the Justice Department action, but the summary does not specify the legal basis for that action. Those details are not contained in the available summary of The Hill’s report.