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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

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

Left 20%(9)Centre 43%(20)Right 37%(17)

Percentages are shares of the 46 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 5 of the 51 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

45/100

Craft

55/100

Hype

15/100

51 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.

Tags:#USMidterms2026#AlaskaSenateRace#TrumpCampaignEvents#SenateControl

Coverage settled. We checked this 11 times and stopped on 8 Sept 2026, 13:30. The figures above are what it finished at.

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

9 rated outlets

  • All six left-rated outlets reported that Donald Trump will campaign in Alaska for Republican Senator Dan Sullivan. The digests agreed the visit is tied to the midterm election and the battle for control of the U.S. Senate.
  • Four of the six digests, from the News-Herald, Watauga Democrat, El Paso Inc. and Fairfield Sun Times, led on the Senate race as the context for Trump’s appearance. USA Today’s digest framed the race as a Democratic opportunity to gain a Senate seat.
  • None of the digests quoted Sullivan or Democratic opponents. The timing of Trump’s visit, described by NOTUS as part of a 30-day pre-election blitz, was mentioned by only one outlet.

Centre

20 rated outlets

  • 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

17 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 46 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 20% are rated left, 43% are rated centre, 37% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 51. 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?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 46 rated outlets on this story, 20% are rated left, 43% are rated centre, 37% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
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 51 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?
51 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.

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