Alaska's uncalled Senate race between Democrat Mary Peltola and Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan remains undecided as ballots continue to be counted.
Alaska's Senate race between incumbent Republican Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola remains uncalled more than a week after the midterms. Peltola leads by nearly 6,000 votes with about 48.9 percent of first-choice votes, short of the 50 percent needed to avoid ranked-choice tabulation. Officials expect all eligible ballots to be counted by November 18, 2026.
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Divergence score
2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
2 camps
2 bias groups
The spectrum · how 2 outlets placed this story
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The Hill
BBC
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International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
First to report
- BBCfirst
- The Hill+11.8 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
One outlet runs the horse-race math of how Peltola clears 50 percent or wins on rankings; the other explains why Alaska counts slowly, planes, mail deadlines, Juneau. Both note Trump's "rigged" claim, but only one dwells on it.
How each outlet covered it
No left-right split here
Coverage clusters in the center and international press. Here is each take as it stands.
Center & international coverage
“How the Alaska Senate vote count could play out from here”
“Why midterm vote-counting is taking so long in America's largest state”
7 tracked claims across 2 outlets
Fact ledger
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Claimed
President Donald Trump alleged Alaska's Senate election had been "rigged" due to the second Dan Sullivan's involvement.
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