Mary Peltola widens lead in Alaska Senate count
Alaska just added roughly 24K ballots to the Senate race, & Mary Peltola won this batch by 7 percentage points over Senator Sullivan. This grows her lead from 1.1% to 1.8%. She is now up 49% to 47.2%. And Peltola now has more votes than the two Dan Sullivans combined.
Taniel497Also, this raises Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins to 49.9%. The AP estimates that this batch made Alaska go from 76 percent reporting to 84 percent reporting.
Harish D. Mandyam83This could be a campaign slogan: Peltola! More popular than TWO DAN SULLIVANS!
penguins18.bsky.social32Not quite enough to avoid RCV, by my count. Can still pull it off if the rest of the ballots are a little better. But it doesn't matter. She'll be around 49.7 or 8 and the first round of RCV will put her over the top. She can measure the drapes.
Alyssa Shulman25Funny enough, most of the Fake Dan Sullivan ballots listed Peltola as their second choice, presumably for the memes. TBH, if I lived in Alaska, I'd probably be tempted to do the same given that RCV nullifies the spoiler effect
elgenie19The race seems to be whether or not Peltola will need RCV, not who will be the next Senator from AK.
Nathan Kalmoe (he/him)15I still think the Dans Sullivan is the better formulation. 😂
Micah405I’ve seen enough (I saw enough on election night but I’ve seen enough now too)
Velodus 🦃🍁43The crucial mistake the Republicans made in this race was only running two Dan Sullivans against Peltola instead of three or four
Philip Gourevitch36Eh eh eh, not so fast ye Dem triumphalists… this doesn’t account for the machinations of the third Dan Sullivan!
Cathy Gellis12Trump will be very sad about that last bit in particular.
✨ Sara ✨ 🦄7Now I can go to bed. Between Colom’s lead and now this one, and the two House race wins in North Carolina, it’s been a good day for Democracy.
Chris W 64.9N6This is the top of the current information. I think it was a big batch of Interior early vote. Joy Beth Cottle is up 2 percentage points (was about 35 votes, now 200 more). Also, JKT is nearing the 50%. Bill Hill slightly improved, but not by much.
Adam Selzer6And that’s a good 3% of the entire state population right there.
JGFromNP6Little known fact, but the plural of Dan Sullivan is actually Dans Sullivan.
Nicholas [redacted]4Oh yeah, that’s the stuff…
Wes Miller2She’s up strongly, plus or minus one Dan Sullivan.
UPDATE: Mary Peltola’s lead in Alaska is growing! She’s now ahead by 4,250 votes! 👀
barbie68.bsky.social18Any number over 50% is a win for Mary Peltola. She is currently at 49%‼️ ❤️✊️
@SuzanaD316Even with both Sullivan's added together
Stewart Wolpin11It’s not the number of votes she’s ahead by that’s important. It’s getting over 50% to avoid ranked voting kicking in! Remember, the third highest vote getter is a Republican. Get her to 50%!
Lauren11If she wins in Alaksa, bobo officially loses in Colorado and Scott Colom wins, oh lawdy, the celebration...
Magnus Lehnsherr10In the future I want all my election results to come from a guy dressed like a Batman villain.
Tina - The #BlueWave has hit! | Resistbot Text RESIST to 504094This also pushes her closer to that 50% mark, this and the MS race are nail biters.
Yesterday’s ballot drop delivered positive results, and we expect more updates shortly. Our thorough counting process is something to appreciate. It means every ballot gets counted and every voice gets heard. That’s how the system is supposed to work.
biollante89.bsky.social7Alaska is a gigantic state. Makes sense it takes extra time.
mikkeljylland.bsky.social2It could be thorough without taking more than a week.
Jack the Tripper1Mary is another Wave Democrat about to be elected to the Senate.
Ra Cha Cha #SlavaUkraini1Politically engaged child: Dad, did Peltola win yet? Jokey dad: Idaho, Alaska.
Me: Mary Peltola now has more votes than the two Dans Sullivan combined My husband, not extremely online, not a reporter, who has closely followed the topline election results but not the details: Than the what
Mrs. Detective Pikajew, Esq.92Mixed marriages are so hard
Joe Katz68Thank you for using the grammatically correct term Dans Sullivan
J. Sam Drolet14You can completely blow his mind by mentioning the Secret Third Dan Sullivan.
Rotanen ♾️7The two Dan Sullivans combine to form Megasullivan
UTH 🔺 ENnotuber7You may ask the Dan Sullivans one question. One Dan only lies. One Dan only tells the truth. Choose wisely.
C6I'm a complete election nerd, following every detail of the midterms from over here in the UK. I've managed to get my husband to the point where he asks every so often what's happening in Alaska/Mississippi. This is progress!
I like how this kind of suggests both Dan Sullivans should hold the Senate seat at the same time.
Flim Flam34Why doesn’t the larger Sullivan just eat the smaller Sullivan?
Ed Overbeek7Two Dans at the same time, man
Curtis7More ominous, that the Dans Sullivan have to be stitched together before they-become-one can be sworn in
Alan the Baltimoron5Two Dan Sullivans in a trench coach For Senate!
Andrew A. Gill4It's like the Graeae, but instead of sharing one eye, they all share one Dan Sullivan
Rudely Van Gelder4What’s he gonna do if she gets more votes than The Dans combined?
