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Peltola widens narrow Alaska Senate lead over Sullivan as counting continues

Alaska's still too-close-to-call Senate race is expected to deliver another batch of ballot results Tuesday night after Monday's latest ballot drop expanded Democratic nominee Mary Peltola's lead over incumbent Republican Sen.

✦ Extractive summary — built from the sources' own reporting•From 1 source•2 min read•Updated November 10, 2026, 7:46 PM UTC
Key points
  • ALASKA SENATE FIGHT HEATS UP AS SULLIVAN MOVES TO BLOCK PELTOLA LAWSUIT OVER REJECTED ABSENTEE BALLOT RECORDS "After every vote is counted, it is clear that Mary Peltola will be elected Alaska’s next United States Senator," Peltola campaign manager Cheryl Bruce wrote in a statement Tuesday morning after that previous tranche of votes.
  • DOJ FACES ‘HEAVY LIFT’ IN ALASKA ELECTION APPEAL AS SEPARATE CRIMINAL PROBE CONTINUES Under Alaska’s system, if no candidate reaches a majority of first-choice votes, the lowest finisher is eliminated and ballots transfer according to voters’ rankings until one candidate surpasses 50%.
  • Democrats have won control of the Senate for the final two years of President Donald Trump's final term, holding a 54-44 edge with both Alaska and the Mississippi Senate races still too close to call.

Still current as of Tuesday midday ET, Peltola stands at 48.6% (106,321 votes) to Sullivan’s 47.5% (103,804) in the ranked-choice voting system that will kick in if neither candidate gets across the 50% threshold.

Additional details
  • TRUMP ADMIN PUTS ALLEGED 'DECOY DAN' CONSPIRATORS ON NOTICE IN ALASKA ELECTION SPOILER PROBE "We're still in the process of bringing in votes and counting votes," Dunleavy said Sunday.
  • Sullivan Jr., which some Republicans allege was intended to siphon votes from the incumbent; the governor has said the Division of Elections and the Department of Justice are reviewing related questions.
  • Right now, that would be the other Dan Sullivan, which might help Peltola break 50%.
  • The controversial race, punctuated by the "Decoy Dan" scheme exposed by The New York Times, has Republican Gerald Heikes at 2.2% (4,865) and independent Daniel J.
  • If Democrats win both those seats, their party would hold a 56-44 edge in the upper chamber, having gone 9-0 in seats flipped in these midterms.

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