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Independent Senate Candidates Ran in Deep-Red States and Lost Despite Democratic Support

The Democratic Party threw its support behind independent Senate candidates in deep-red states, but they came up short.

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Dan Osborn, an independent candidate for Senate in Nebraska, lost his race against Senator Pete Ricketts. Much of the state shifted to the right in a year where most of the country shifted left.
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In Alaska, Ranked-Choice Ballots Are Unlikely to Be Enough for Dan Sullivan

An analysis shows Mary Peltola is likely to keep her lead in the Senate race in part because of ballots she’d accumulate in ranked-choice tabulation from supporters of the other Dan Sullivan.

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Voters in Alaska are able to rank the candidates. If no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the first-choice votes, the race advances to ranked-choice tabulation.
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