Trump to campaign in Alaska for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan
The former president will hold a rally for the incumbent ahead of the November midterm elections
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Trump to campaign in Alaska for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan
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What this story says
- President Donald Trump will campaign in Alaska for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan ahead of the 3 November midterm elections.
- Sullivan is an incumbent senator in a competitive race that could determine control of the U.S. Senate.
- The event is scheduled for October, though the exact date is not confirmed in the reports.
- No left-rated outlet carried the story, according to the reports below.
Who covered it
Percentages are shares of the 6 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. Coverage measured .
Trust
45/100
Craft
55/100
Hype
15/100
6 sources · methodology
President Donald Trump announced on 2 September 2026 that he will campaign in Alaska for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan. The event is planned for October, one month before the 3 November midterm elections. Sullivan is seeking re-election in a race that the reports describe as closely contested.
Trump made the announcement at the White House, as reported by the Washington Examiner. The Washington Times added that Trump referred to Sullivan’s Democratic opponent as a "phony" namesake on the ballot. The race is part of a broader battle for control of the U.S. Senate, which the reports frame as tense.
What the coverage left out
No left-rated outlet ran the story, according to the reports printed below. None of the digests, including the centre-rated one, mentioned the name of Sullivan’s Democratic opponent, Mary Peltola, or the exact date of Trump’s planned campaign event in Alaska.
Still developing. We have re-checked which outlets are covering this 1 time, most recently on 2 Sept 2026, 22:00, and will add the sides that appear.
How each side covered it
Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.
Left
0 rated outlets
No outlet rated left has run this story so far. We are still checking, and will say plainly if that does not change.
Centre
1 rated outlet
- The Columbia Gorge News digest led on Trump’s campaign event for Sullivan and described the race as part of a "tense midterm battle for control of the U.S. Senate". The report identified Sullivan as an incumbent Republican senator in Alaska. It did not mention Trump’s reference to Sullivan’s opponent or the timing of the event beyond its connection to the midterms.
Right
5 rated outlets
- All five right-rated digests carried Trump’s pledge to campaign for Sullivan. The Washington Times led on Trump’s description of Sullivan’s Democratic opponent as a "phony" namesake. The Washington Examiner noted that Sullivan is in a "statistical tie" with his opponent and that Trump expects to travel to Alaska one month before the election.
- The Marietta Daily Journal, The Herald Palladium and The Courier-Times digests, all sourced from The Center Square, described the race as part of a "tense midterm battle for control of the U.S. Senate". None of the right-rated digests omitted Sullivan’s incumbency or his party affiliation.
Questions about this coverage
- How did the left and right cover Trump to campaign in Alaska for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan?
- Of the 6 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 0% are rated left, 17% are rated centre, 83% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
- Is Trump to campaign in Alaska for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan left or right?
- Too few of the outlets on this story carry a published leaning rating to say. 6 of them do, and this site does not characterise a field under 12: at that size one newsroom filing moves the share by ten points. The percentages above are the count as it stands.
- Is the coverage of Trump to campaign in Alaska for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan biased?
- Trump to campaign in Alaska for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is one event reported by 6 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
- Which outlets covered Trump to campaign in Alaska for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan?
- 6 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
- Why is Trump campaigning for Dan Sullivan?
- Trump announced he will campaign for Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska ahead of the 3 November midterms. Sullivan is in a competitive race that could determine control of the U.S. Senate, and Trump’s support is seen as an effort to bolster his re-election bid.
- When will Trump hold the campaign event in Alaska?
- The reports confirm Trump will campaign in Alaska in October, one month before the 3 November midterm elections. The exact date of the event is not mentioned in the digests.
- Who is Dan Sullivan’s opponent in the Alaska Senate race?
- The Washington Examiner named Sullivan’s Democratic opponent as Mary Peltola. None of the other digests, including the centre-rated one, mentioned her name.
Read it at the source
6 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.
Left
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
Centre
1Right
5- Trump vows to campaign in Alaska for Sen. Dan Sullivan to beat 'phony' namesake on ballot (opens Washington Times in a new tab)
Washington Times — is Washington Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump to campaign for Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska (opens Washington Examiner in a new tab)
Washington Examiner — is Washington Examiner biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump to campaign with incumbent Sullivan in Alaska (opens The Courier-Times in a new tab)
The Courier-Times — is The Courier-Times biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump to campaign with incumbent Sullivan in Alaska (opens The Herald Palladium in a new tab)
The Herald Palladium — is The Herald Palladium biased? Our profile of this outlet
- Trump to campaign with incumbent Sullivan in Alaska (opens Marietta Daily Journal in a new tab)
Marietta Daily Journal — is Marietta Daily Journal biased? Our profile of this outlet
Not rated
0No outlet in this group ran the story.
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