Alaska’s count is on time, in public, and still moving

Alaska’s vote count is on schedule and public. Ranked-choice rounds are set for Nov. 18 and certification is targeted for Nov. 25.

On Friday evening, the state added another large batch of ballots. Democrat Mary Peltola’s lead over Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan grew to 10,412 votes, 49.84% to 46.09%, with about 96% of expected ballots in, according to Alaska News’ read of the Division of Elections reports and USA Today’s summary. She won about 59% of the new Senate votes and is 445 votes short of the 50% majority that would end the race outright.

If no one finishes with a majority, the state runs a ranked-choice count, scheduled for Nov. 18: the last-place candidate is dropped and those ballots move to each voter’s next choice until someone has more than half. On the ballots counted so far, Alaska News’ math on the ballot-level file projects Peltola would finish about 9,500 votes ahead after those rounds. About 10,500 accepted ballots were not yet in Friday’s results, and overseas ballots can still arrive through Nov. 18. These are unofficial results. The Associated Press has not called the race. Peltola’s campaign declared victory Thursday before Friday’s count, and Sullivan’s campaign says it is waiting for every ballot to be counted.

The process ran in public view.

Ten days after Election Day, under the heaviest national scrutiny of the cycle, Alaska’s election workers are still counting and still keeping the schedule the state posted in advance. You could watch updates on the Division of Elections site as they happened, and you can see when the final steps will occur next week.

Thank an election worker and keep watching the count to the last ballot.

• Send a thank-you note to your local election office or a poll worker you know
• Share Alaska’s official results link so neighbors can follow the count themselves
• Learn how Alaska’s ranked-choice rounds work before Nov. 18 and explain it to one friend
• Check your voter registration at Vote.gov

References

Alaska’s count holds up: Peltola’s lead widens to 10,412 with 96% counted. Nov 13, 2026
Alaska’s count holds up: Peltola’s lead widens to 10,412 with 96% counted. Nov 13, 2026
Alaska’s count holds up: Peltola’s lead widens to 10,412 with 96% counted. Nov 13, 2026