President Donald Trump is heading to the Last Frontier on Tuesday to stump for Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and will deliver remarks at 7:30 p.m.
Alaska is the latest stop on Trump’s midterm elections tour as he aims to rally the party’s voters and keep Republican control of the upper chamber.
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The Alaskan Senate seat is viewed as a must-keep for the GOP, but Sullivan is facing a challenge from Democrat Mary Peltola, and some forecasters have shifted the race to the left. RealClearPolitics shows Sullivan less than 2 points behind Peltola in the polls.
Trump is likely going to highlight his recent move to fast-track oil drilling in Alaska by exempting some projects from environmental reviews and other proposed investments in the state.
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[ H/T Washington Examiner ]
