More ballots have been counted by the Division of Elections on Tuesday, including many from the Fairbanks region.
Some 3,789 ballots were counted in the latest release of data. More early and absentee results are expected later today from Region 2, Anchorage and possibly elsewhere around the state.
There are 245,013 votes counted so far in the Nov. 8 election.
These results were updated after 6 pm.
Senate race:
- Kelly Tshibaka: 103,972, 43.34%. On election night she was at 44.84%
- Lisa Murkowski: 103,407, 41.11%. On election night she was at 42.13%
- Pat Chesbro: 24,013, 10.01%. On election night she was at 9.67%
- Buzz Kelley: 6,880, 2.87%. On election night, he was at 2.88%
In the Senate race, it becomes increasingly clear that a majority of registered Democrats voted for Sen. Lisa Murkowski first. There are but 77,000 registered Democrats in the state, and with a current turnout in this election of 36.83%, only 20,864 Democrats voted for the Democrat candidate.
Congressional race:
- Mary Peltola: 116,322, 47.40%. On election night she was at 48.13%
- Sarah Palin: 63,025, 26.08%. On election night she was at 26.77%
- Nick Begich: 57,437, 23.76%. On election night he was at 24.56%
- Chris Bye: 4,114, 1.70%. On election night he was at 1.75%
It is possible that Peltola will reach the 50%+1 threshold to avoid the ranked-choice reshuffle of votes, and if every Begich voter marked Palin second, it is also possible for her to reach 50%+1.
It’s increasingly clear that in addition to Democrat votes, Peltola swept up the nonpartisan and undeclared votes, and may have even gotten some Republican voters to mark her first.
Governors race:
- Dunleavy/Dahlstrom: 123,479, 51.04%. On election night, they were at 51.73%
- Gara/Cook: 57,609, 23.81%. On election night they were at 23.34%
- Walker/Drygas: 49,398, 20.42%. On election night they were at 20.18%
- Pierce/Grunwald: 10,789, 4.46%. On election night they were at 4.54%
Gov. Dunleavy and Nancy Dahlstrom are reigning as the top vote-getters in this election, and at 123,479 has almost 6% more votes received than the next candidate, which was Congresswoman Mary Peltola, who received 116,322 votes (so far).
In 2018, Dunleavy won with 51.4% of the vote, and he is holding slightly below that number this time, and may avoid going through the ranked choice system.
In Senate Seat P, Sen. Scott Kawasaki has made it past the 50%+1 threshold and now has 50.87%. If it holds, he will not have to go through the ranked-choice process.
