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JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An outside group focused on defeating President Donald Trump in November and “Trumpism” is running an ad in Alaska in support of independent Al Gross in Alaska’s U.S. Senate race.

Gross is seeking to challenge first-term Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.

The ad, sponsored by The Lincoln Project and shared on its website, doesn’t mention Sullivan but an accompanying press release does. The release refers to Sullivan as “no longer a Republican nor a conservative” but a “Trumpist.”

Trump carried Alaska with 51% of the vote in 2016.

Sullivan campaign manager...