With the Alaska Division of Elections having counted more than 38,000 more votes on Tuesday, there are a few slight changes to note in various Alaska races, specifically the tight race between Rep. Mary Peltola and Nick Begich for Alaska’s one congressional seat. Here are the current numbers from the division on that race, released late Tuesday night:
Congressional race
In this raw-data analysis of the ranked-choice process, Begich gained 19,470 votes, and Rep. Mary Peltola gained 21,488 votes. Begich still wins.
With possibly 20,000 more votes yet to be counted, Peltola would have to win by a margin of over 10,000 to overcome Begich’s lead. This is not what the trends are indicating; instead, they show that Begich unseats Peltola in Congress.
The ballots counted Tuesday include a mix of absentee ballots, early voting, and questioned ballots.
The Division of Elections, however, will have the final word since this privately done analysis of the raw data may have errors. The division released the raw data to the public after Must Read Alaska filed a public records request. The division will not run its analysis and announce the final winner until Nov. 20, making Alaska the last state in the nation to announce results.