November 12, 2026

Peltola Loses Court Fight Over Absentee Ballot Records As Her Alaska Senate Lead Narrows

<![CDATA[The Alaska election drama isn’t over yet, not by a long shot. While it’s looking increasingly like our at-large Republican Rep. Nick Begich III (AK-At Large) will keep his seat, the Senate race is still far from decided and will almost certainly go into at least one more round of ranked-choice ballots. In the latest development, the Peltola campaign has lost a legal bid to obtain records identifying rejected absentee ballots, and another tranche of ballots tabulated on Wednesday evening has once more narrowed her lead over Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK).]]>

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