Former Anchorage Mayor Sullivan challenges Murkowski

File photo: Rachel Waldholz/KCAWFormer Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan is apparently challenging U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski in the Republican Primary.
The filing deadline passed at 5 p.m. Fifteen minutes later, the state Division of Elections had not included Sullivan’s name on its list of candidates, but Sullivan may have filed just before the deadline.
Alaska Dispatch News reporter Nat Herz broke the news on Twitter, with a photo of Sullivan’s declaration of candidac