A phalanx of lawyers, observers and campaign officials are watching the counting of votes in the race for Senate, where a Democratic challenger has a slim lead.
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.
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.