An unknown Democrat operative has been unmasked as the person reportedly behind the scheme to recruit a random Dan Sullivan in Alaska in an effort to rig the state’s U.S. Senate election.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, The New York Times on Wednesday confirmed Peltola’s campaign successfully recruited a decoy Dan Sullivan in an attempt to confuse Alaska voters.

Over the summer, a Democrat operative worked to register a man named Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr. (the incumbent Senator’s name) as a GOP challenger.

Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr. is a Democrat and has a team of Democrats working for him. But Peltola’s cronies registered him as a Republican to cause chaos and confusion.

Now, the New York Times has revealed that Jerid Kurtz is the go-between who allegedly recruited candidates, including Decoy Dan Sullivan, to run for Senate.

Per the Times, here is how the operation unfolded:

The operation began in the summer of 2025 to lure potential spoiler candidates onto the state’s unusual four-person ballot, Ms. Rios said. In one early meeting, she said, aides with the D.S.C.C. introduced a veteran Democratic operative named Jerid Kurtz to Ms. Rios and Anton McParland, who at the time was Ms. Peltola’s chief of staff.

Mr. Kurtz, a native of Ohio, was introduced as a specialist in secret ballot maneuvers, Ms. Rios said.

Months later, in early 2026, Mr. Kurtz participated in a video call with members of the ballot composition team, Ms. Rios said. He told the group he had made contact with one of the Dan Sullivans. This Mr. Sullivan lived in the tiny village of Petersburg, and Mr. Kurtz described him as amenable to running if it would help Ms. Peltola, Ms. Rios said.

Mr. Kurtz “told us when he found him,” she said. He said Mr. Sullivan “said he hated Trump, and if it was going to help Mary, he liked Mary. He didn’t have any interest in being a politician, but if this could help.”

And the communication between Kurtz, the Peltola campaign, and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) went quite deep. In fact, the DSCC was responsible for scheduling several calls.

Kurtz also tried desperately to remain anonymous, possibly fearing legal consequences if his scheme was discovered.

Text messages viewed by The Times show officials with the D.S.C.C. and the Peltola campaign communicating for months about the project. Mr. McParland asked for updates from “Jarid,” “Jared” or “our friend,” and D.S.C.C. officials quickly scheduled calls, the messages showed. (Mr. McParland, who was demoted to a consulting role in August, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.)

Ms. Rios regularly participated in the calls. She said the members sometimes chatted casually, and Mr. Kurtz occasionally grew animated when describing his tactics, saying he used pseudonyms and cover stories to keep his activities under wraps.

But Kurtz was occasionally reckless, including when he posted an image of the Anchorage airport on Instagram.

“I am hearing that our friend in the state is being noticed,” McParland wrote in a January text message that was reviewed by The Times.

“We will check in,” replied Andrew Piatt, the D.S.C.C.’s director of campaigns.

Since being identified, Kurtz has deleted his social media accounts and the website for the firm he co-owns, Wingspan Strategies.

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