# Alaska Senate Race Between Dan Sullivan and Mary Peltola Still Counting Votes

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/alaska-senate-race-between-dan-sullivan-and-mary-peltola-still-counting-votes/
- Published: 2026-11-14T05:31:11+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-14T06:21:34+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Times (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/14/us/alaska-senate-race-ranked-choice-tabulation.html
- Topics: Elections, Government, Politics, World

## Key points

- Peltola leads Sullivan by nearly four percentage points.
- Ranked-choice tabulation may decide the race next week.
- A Peltola victory would give Democrats 56 Senate seats.

## Summary

Mary Peltola extended her lead over Republican Senator Dan Sullivan in Alaska’s still-uncalled Senate race, the only Senate contest outstanding after Democrats’ strong midterm results. The outcome matters nationally: if Peltola wins, Democrats would hold 56 Senate seats, their largest total since 2008.

With 49.8 per cent of votes counted in the latest incomplete tally, Peltola was nearly four percentage points ahead. If no candidate passes 50 per cent, ranked-choice tabulation next week will eliminate the lowest-ranked candidates and redistribute voters’ next preferences; two other candidates have together received about 4 per cent. Peltola is a centrist and would be the first Alaska Native elected to the Senate and the first Alaska Democrat to win a Senate seat in nearly two decades.

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