Sullivan Cuts Alaska Deficit by 275 Votes as 5,578-Ballot Mat-Su Drop Disappoints
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Updated · Newsweek · Nov 12
Sullivan Cuts Alaska Deficit by 275 Votes as 5,578-Ballot Mat-Su Drop Disappoints
3 articles · Updated · Newsweek · Nov 12
Summary
5,578 newly counted ballots narrowed Dan Sullivan’s gap with Mary Peltola by just 275 votes, leaving him 3,975 behind in Alaska’s Senate race.
Mat-Su supplied most of the absentee ballots, but Sullivan won them only 2,836 to 2,561 in a region considered one of Alaska’s strongest Republican bastions.
With 86% counted, Peltola led 48.9% to 47.3%, and VoteHub’s Zachary Donnini said the update badly hurt Sullivan because his strongest remaining vote source was not red enough.
Peltola’s campaign argued the Mat-Su showing proved she is overperforming in conservative areas and said outstanding early and absentee ballots from Anchorage and rural Alaska should favor her.