January 11, 2026
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By: James Brooks, Alaska Beacon Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mary Peltola, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins and Republican U.S. House Rep. Nick Begich III came closer to clinching victory in Alaska’s general election as the Alaska Division of Elections added almost 25,000 ballots to the state tally on Tuesday night. With 245,470 first-choice ballots counted, Peltola now leads incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan by 4,250 first-choice votes, or 48.8% to 47.1%. That’s an increase of more than 1,600 votes from Monday. If the race goes to a ranked choice runoff between Peltola and Sullivan preliminary, partial data published by the Division of Elections and analyzed by the Beacon shows Peltola winning that matchup as well.GET THE MORNING HEADLINES.SUBSCRIBE The Associated Press estimates about 84% of all ballots have been counted. A separate, independent estimate posted on Twitter found at least 37,000 votes remaining to be added to the statewide tally. In the governor’s race, Kreiss-Tomkins has 49.7% of the first-choice votes, ahead of three Republican competitors. In the U.S. House race, Begich has 48.8% of the first-choice votes, leading an independent challenger by a significant margin. In Alaska general election races, voters rank up to four candidates in

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