The lawsuit seeks a court order preventing state election officials from declaring Sen. Dan Sullivan’s Democratic opponent, former Congresswoman Mary Peltola, the winner of the Nov. 3 contest. That’s if a candidate who shares the incumbent’s first and last name, retired teacher Daniel J. Sullivan of Petersburg, wins a share of the vote — pending an investigation on whether votes cast for Petersburg Sullivan were meant for Sen. Sullivan. The lawsuit represented a baseless effort by the Trump administration to interfere in the state’s elections, a range of Alaskans and legal experts said Friday.