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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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batch → declare → Sullivan
Peltola, 53, a former House member, leads Sen. Dan Sullivan with 49.8% of the vote to his 46% — a nearly four-point lead with 96% of the vote in.
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Peltola → lead → vote
“Alaskans have spoken,” her team posted in a statement on X. “There is no mathematical path for Sullivan to win this race.
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Sullivan → speak → race
When the remaining votes are counted, Mary will decisively be elected as Alaska’s next United States Senator.”
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Mary → remain → Senator
Sullivan hasn’t posted since Nov. 4, when he told his state: “Alaska, you might be seeing a blue wave in the Lower 48.
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you → post → 48
Peltola remains just shy of the outright majority needed to avoid a ranked-choice runoff, with third-party candidates Gerald Heikes and Dan R. Sullivan Jr. accounting for the remaining votes.
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candidates → remain → votes
President Trump had called the latter independent candidate “fake” following reports that operatives close to Peltola pushed his candidacy to siphon off votes.
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operatives → call → votes
If Peltola finishes short of a majority, lower-ranked candidates will be eliminated and their votes redistributed according to voters’ next available preferences under Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system.
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votes → finish → system
“You will not be surprised to learn that there are reports that more Fake Dan Sullivan voters listed Peltola as their second choice than listed Real Dan Sullivan.
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voters → learn → Sullivan
If that is the case, Peltola will likely win then,” wrote Byron York, a columnist for the Washington Examiner.
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York → win → Examiner
In another major Democratic victory early Saturday, former Alaska state Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins defeated three Republicans — Trump-endorsed Bernadette Wilson, Dave Bronson and Treg Taylor — to become Alaska’s first Democratic governor elected since 1998.
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Tomkins → defeat → 1998
Kreiss-Tomkins also secured a cross-party endorsement from Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
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Tomkins → secure → Murkowski
Democrats are now poised to control governorships in 30 states following a string of midterm victories.
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Democrats → poise → victories
Alaskans also voted to retain ranked-choice voting in a ballot measure this month, marking the third time voters have backed the system.
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voters → vote → system
A win by Peltola would give Democrats a sizable 56-seat majority, although still short of the 60 votes needed to defeat a Republican filibuster of legislation.
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win → give → legislation
President Trump has demanded the votes that went to minor candidates go to the Republican, and last week declared the race “over” and that Sullivan had “won” it.
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Sullivan → demand → it
The Trump Justice Department sued before Election Day to block “any election result that may be impacted by voter confusion.”
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that → sue → confusion
The Post could not immediately reach Sen. Sullivan for comment.
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Post → reach → comment
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