Alaska Election Night Live Blog: Trump wins! Begich leads! Check back for updates and photos

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We will be live blogging the Alaska results as they come in on election night, starting at about 5 p.m. Polls close at 8 p.m. in Alaska. National race news is in this Must Read Alaska live blog.

10:26 p.m. Here are some races around the state of note, per the 10 p.m. update from the Division of Elections

Senate Seat H: Matt Claman leads Liz Vazquez, 55.32% to 44.37%, with 11 of 13 precincts reporting.

Senate Seat L: Kelly Merrick leads Jared Goecker, 49.75% to 35.60%m with 12 of 13 precincts reporting.

Senate Seat N: Rob Yundt leads incumbent David Wilson, 52.88% to 28.90%, with Stephen Wright getting 16.81%, with 9 of 12 precincts reporting.

Senate Seat P: Scott Kawasaki leads Leslie Hajdukovich, 50.29% to 49.47%, with eight of eight precincts reporting.

Senate Seat R: Mike Cronk leads Savannah Fletcher, 51.45% to 42.40%, with Robert Williams at 5.88%.

House District 1: Jeremy Bynum leads Agnes Moran, 51.30% to 24.68%, Grant Echohawk at 23.87%.

House District 6: Sarah Vance leads Brent Johnson, 49.97% to 38.77%, Dawson Slaughter at 11.03%, with eight of nine precincts reporting.

House District 7: Justin Ruffridge leads Ron Gillham, 59.39% to 39.70%, with six of six precincts reporting.

House District 8: Bill Elam leads John Hillyer, 51.20% to 47.39%, with 11 of 11 precincts reporting.

House District 9: Ky Holland leads Lucy Bauer, 56.11% to 43.64%, with eight of nine precincts reporting.

House District 10: Chuck Kopp leads Craig Johnson, 61.82% to 36.90%, with five of six precincts reporting.

House District 11: Julie Coulombe leads Walter Featherly, 52.74% to 47.13%, with six of seven precincts reporting.

House District 12: Cal Schrage leads Joseph Lurtsema, 59.60% to 40.03%, with six of six precincts reporting.

House District 13: Andy Josephson leads Heather Gottshall, 53.53% to 46.23%, with five of five precincts reporting.

Read all the latest results here.

10:15 p.m. The Alaska Division of Elections posted a 10 p.m. update. It’s a 32% turnout so far in 62% of the state’s precincts.

In the presidential race, Trump has 108,976 or 55.06% and Harris has 80,982 or 40.91% of the Alaska vote, so far. This is out of the 199,361 votes cast, or 32.62% of the 611,078 registered voters in Alaska.

Nick Begich for Congress has 95,757, or 48.85% of the vote, with Mary Peltola getting 89,910 or 45.87%. John Wayne Howe has 8,007, and Eric Hafner has 1,929 votes.

There are 155 precincts outstanding.

9:45 p.m. Trump has 277 electoral votes and will be the next president.

9:44 p.m. On the Northern Kenai Peninsula, Senate Seat D, Sen. Jesse Bjorkman leads with 3,465 votes or 48.3% and Rep. Ben Carpenter has 2,995 votes, 470 votes behind Bjorkman. This is with 14 of 17 precincts reporting.

9:37 p.m. Republican Rep. Mike Cronk running for Senate Seat R has 4,430 votes and Democrat Savannah Fletcher has 2,922 votes, 14 of 48 precincts reporting so far.

Sen. James Kaufman in Senate Seat F, with nine of 13 precincts reporting, has 3,086 votes and Janice Park has 2,579 and Harold Borbridge has 568. Kaufman is almost at 50%.

9:20 p.m. The state Division of Elections website is now down again, second time today.

9:11 p.m. Alaska results are coming in. With 109 precincts out of 403 precincts reporting and 59,825 votes counted, Trump has 33,081 votes and Harris has 23,515 votes, for a 55-39 advantage for Trump.

Nick Begich is up in this same 109 precinct count, which are mostly urban. Begich has 28,574 votes, and Mary Peltola has 26,859, for a 48.6 to 35.6 advantage for Begich. John Wayne How has 2,696 votes, or 4.6% and Eric Hafner has 535 votes for .9%.

Since Sen. Jessie Kiel has around 3,000 votes, that means a large part of Juneau is in — nine of 18 of Juneau precincts are in. It’s highly likely Haines and Skagway are not in, so these are likely the urban parts of the Juneau – Skagway area.

On the Kenai Peninsula, nine of 17 precincts are in. Sen. Jesse Bjorkman has 2,100 votes and Ben Carpenter is at 1,800.

8:30 p.m. Video from the Mat-Su Valley Republican election watch party:

8:28 p.m. Photos from the Anchorage Republican election watch party:

8:05 p.m. Polls are closed in Alaska. Are there still lines where you are? Leave your comments below.

7:30 p.m. Republicans and other supporters of Nick Begich for Congress and Republican candidates are gathered at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Anchorage for an election night party. The party is open to all.

Nearby at the Egan Center, the Alaska Landmine has another election night party, also open to all. He is live-streaming interviews.

Must Read Alaska will be doing some live streaming on Facebook from the Marriott after the polls close. We expect that Nick Begich will be making remarks whether he wins, loses, or there is a draw.

Rep. Mary Peltola has an election night party at 49th State Brewery in downtown Anchorage.

Photos from the Election Night party in Fairbanks: