Readers may have received mailers promoting Carol Hafner as a progressive Democrat for the U.S. Senate in Alaska and attacking candidate Mary Peltola as a “MAGA lite.” 

Trouble is, Hafner has never visited or lived in Alaska. A quick search online reveals that she has made other longshot forays into politics in both Alaska and Wyoming, taking about 14% in the Democratic primaries there. It’s also a family affair: her son Eric is simultaneously running…