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By Rodrigo Santos Andrade
Voters ‘anxious’ for final Alaska midterm election results amid close Dan Sullivan-Mary Peltola race
visibility comment0 event November 5, 2026 timer 16:42
By Thursday, midterm election results showed that Democrats had flipped seven Senate seats and more than 30 House seats. But votes were still being counted in the U.S. Senate races in Alaska and Mississippi, as well as dozens of House contests.
In the northernmost state, the lack of clarity left some voters "anxious." As of Thrusday, Democrat Mary Peltola led incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan by 637 votes with 74% of ballots counted, according to the Associated Press. Peltola and Sullivan are both below the 50% threshold needed to avoid sending the race to Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system.
Alaska’s voting system can make results take longer to determine in close races. According to David Becker, a former Justice Department voting rights lawyer who runs the Center for Election Innovation & Research, election officials will have to wait "for some time" for votes to come in from remote areas.
Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/11/05/midterm-election-results-updates–live/92387129007/
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