2026-03-25
22 分钟Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
I'm Miles Parks.
I cover voting.
And I'm Domenico Montanaro, senior political editor and correspondent.
And Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin is here with us today.
Hi, Liz.
Hi, Miles.
It's great to be here.
I'm so excited to have you here in studio with us.
Ahead of this year's midterm elections, we are looking at interesting races.
So you all probably guessed it today.
We are focusing on Alaska, a red state that Democrats are hoping to pull off an upset in the Senate race this November.
So let's just start there, Liz.
This is a race, the Senate race, that has an incumbent.
What can you tell us about Republican Senator Dan Sullivan?
Well, Dan Sullivan, when he got into politics, I would say he was a George W. Bush Republican.
He served in the State Department under the Bush administration.
And he's evolved.
He was skeptical of President Trump at first, a candidate Trump in 2016 when the Access Hollywood tape came out.
He called on Trump to get out of the race.