Dan Sullivan Gets Bad News From One Of Alaska’s Reddest Regions
Summary
In Alaska’s Senate race, Mary Peltola led Republican Dan Sullivan by 1.6 percentage points with 86% of votes counted. A new ballot update narrowed Sullivan’s deficit, but a VoteHub analyst said he gained less than expected from ballots in the strongly Republican Mat-Su region.Key Facts
- The reported ballot update included 5,578 votes: 2,836 for Sullivan and 2,561 for Peltola.
- After the update, Sullivan trailed Peltola by 3,975 votes.
- Peltola had 48.9% of the vote and Sullivan had 47.3%, with 86% counted.
- Most of the absentee ballots in the update came from the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, commonly called Mat-Su.
- VoteHub data science head Zachary Donnini described the update as poor for Sullivan because his gains in Mat-Su were smaller than expected.
- The article said more early and absentee ballots from Anchorage and rural Alaska remained uncounted.
- Peltola’s campaign said it expected Sullivan to perform more strongly in Mat-Su and argued the results showed her support in conservative areas.
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