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Democratic candidate Mary Peltola has extended her lead over Republican incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan as election officials continue counting ballots in Alaska. Peltola has declared victory and seen her lead widen following recent ballot drops. Meanwhile, an Alaska judge ruled against a Peltola campaign request for a list of voters whose absentee ballots were rejected.
Outlets across the spectrum agree that the Alaska Senate race between Mary Peltola and Dan Sullivan remains uncalled while votes are still being counted, and that a judge recently ruled against a Peltola campaign request for rejected absentee ballot data.
Right-leaning outlets such as New York Post and Washington Examiner emphasized Peltola's early victory declarations alongside the ongoing vote count, while outlets like Fox News and The Daily Signal highlighted her court loss regarding absentee ballot records. Left-leaning and center outlets such as NBC News, The Hill, and PBS NewsHour focused primarily on the updated vote totals and the procedural status of the ballot counting process and the court ruling.
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Peltola extends lead after new Alaska Senate ballots count
In the last uncalled Senate race of 2026, former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) gained an additional 5,000 newly counted votes Thursday and extended her lead over Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). Peltola leads Sullivan by 5,800 votes as of 9:30 a.m. Friday and surpassed Sullivan’s lead in the ranked choice run-off, according to a calculation by…
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Source context: Democrat Mary Peltola declared victory in Alaska's closely watched Senate race early Saturday after a fresh batch of ballots widened her lead over Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.
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As Alaska continues to count and report votes weeks after Election Day, it is increasingly unlikely that Republican Sen.
Democratic candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign had sought a list of absentee voters whose ballots were rejected in Alaska’s tight Senate race.
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In the last uncalled Senate race of 2026, former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) gained an additional 5,000 newly counted votes Thursday and extended her lead over Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). Peltola leads Sullivan by 5,800 votes as of 9:30 a.m. Friday and surpassed Sullivan’s lead in the ranked choice run-off, according to a calculation by…
An Alaska judge ruled Wednesday that a request by Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign for a list of absentee voters whose ballots have been rejected is "not reasonable," particularly given the time crunch election officials face as they continue counting ballots from last week's election.
Peltola netted nearly 2,000 votes from the latest batch of votes added.
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An Alaska judge rejected Democrat Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s bid for records on rejected absentee ballots. Peltola currently holds a slim lead over Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan in the last uncalled Senate race. As of Thursday, she had 121,487 votes to Sullivan’s 117,512, a lead of 1.6 percentage points, according to the Associated Press....
Former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola again claimed victory in her Alaska Senate race against Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK), after the latest ballot dump increased her lead over the incumbent. The race had yet to be called as of Saturday morning, with the Associated Press reporting 98% of votes have been counted. Peltola was leading the…
Democrat Mary Peltola declared victory in Alaska's closely watched Senate race early Saturday after a fresh batch of ballots widened her lead over Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.
Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola lost her court bid for ballot records and saw her narrow Alaska lead over Dan Sullivan shrink Wednesday.
