The administration argued that confusion over another candidate on the ballot with a name nearly identical to the incumbent could taint the election.

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to preemptively block certification of the Senate race in Alaska if the Republican incumbent loses while another candidate with the same name is on the ballot.

President Donald Trump says he ordered the Justice Department lawsuit over Alaska’s U.S. Senate race.

Collins, who’s in a tough re-election fight in Maine, said she secured tariff exemptions on some agricultural and forestry items.