Two Senate Seats Still Undecided After Democrats' Sweep
Alaska’s ranked-choice count and Mississippi’s possible recount could decide whether Democrats win 55 or 56 Senate seats.
- Two Republican-held Senate seats remained undecided on Wednesday, with Alaska and Mississippi races separated by narrow margins that will determine whether the new Democratic majority holds 54, 55, or 56 seats when Congress convenes in January.
- In Alaska, Democrat Mary Peltola leads Republican Sen Dan Sullivan by 626 votes out of about 213,900 cast, with a ranked-choice tabulation scheduled for Nov 18 to redistribute third-party votes.
- Democrat Scott Colom leads Republican Sen Cindy Hyde-Smith by 43 votes in Mississippi, where the campaign reports about 15,000 affidavit ballots remain outstanding with roughly 96% to 97% of expected votes counted.
- Recount rules differ significantly between the two states; Mississippi's narrow gap makes a court-ordered recount likely after the Nov 10 absentee deadline, while provisional ballots in Alaska can take up to five business days to count.
- While neither outcome changes which party controls the Senate, the final seat count affects committee ratios and leadership's room for defections; Democrats remain far from the 60 votes needed to end a filibuster or 67 to override vetoes.
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The Democrats are cheering: they have secured the majority in Congress. The final result is still pending.
What Senate races are left to be decided
Two Senate races remain too close to call Wednesday as votes continued to be counted in Alaska and Mississippi, where Democrats are mounting challenges that could further reshape the balance of power in the upper chamber. Democrats scored sweeping victories in Tuesday’s 2026 midterm elections, capturing control of both the House and Senate, but the outcomes in Alaska and Mississippi remain uncertain, with both races separated by just hundreds of…
In the mid-term elections in the United States, the Democrats won the majority in both Congress chambers. According to unanimous projections, they have secured 54 of the 100 seats in the Senate. Republicans have 44 seats. Alaska and Mississippi have no reliable information yet.
In the Senate, where 35 mandates out of 100 were in play, the votes of two races are still to be counted: Alaska and Mississippi. Democrats have so far obtained 54 mandates, while the Republicans have 44. With 96% of the votes counted, the difference between the Democratic candidate and the Republican senator in office is only 43...
Washington, Nov 4 (EFE).- The Senate races in the states of Alaska and Mississippi, among the most contested mid-term elections in the U.S., continue without a winner on Wednesday as the vote scrutiny continues and the Democrats celebrate historic victories that assured them majorities in Congress. [...] The Alaska and Mississippi entry continues to count votes amid historic Democratic victories was first published in HolaNews.
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