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Peltola extends lead after new Alaska Senate ballots count

On Thursday, Democrat Mary Peltola extended her lead over Republican Senator Dan Sullivan in Alaska's Senate race after the state Division of Elections tallied an additional 5,000 ballots, bringing the total counted to over 256,000.
Calling the election "rigged," President Donald Trump demanded votes for Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. and Gerald Heikes go to the incumbent despite a federal judge dismissing his legal challenge on November 1; the administration appealed.
Separately, Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins won Alaska's governor's race, becoming the first Democrat elected to lead the state in two decades with over 50 percent of first-choice votes, avoiding a ranked-choice runoff.
Mary Campaign Manager Cheryl Bruce stated Friday that "Mary's victory is all but guaranteed," citing momentum from ballot drops in Anchorage and Juneau as Alaskans reject Sullivan's "D.C. self dealing."
The Alaska Division scheduled final ballot counting for November 18, with ranked-choice tabulation to determine the winner if no candidate reaches an outright majority of 50 percent.

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