Source: The Hill
“Former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) on Tuesday surpassed the combined vote total of Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and independent Dan J. Sullivan following the latest ballot drop in the to-be-determined Senate race. Peltola expanded her narrow lead over the incumbent, with 49 percent of the vote to the incumbent’s 47.2 percent, as of 11:13 p.m. EST on Tuesday; 84 percent, or 245,470, of the ballots have been counted so far, according to unofficial results from Alaska’s Division of Elections. Dan J. Sullivan received 4,027 votes, or 1.7 percent. … The state, under ranked-choice voting, will hold an instant runoff election if neither candidate collects 50 percent of the first-choice votes. The process repeats until a candidate notches the majority.” (11/11/26)