Outcome Of Alaska Senate Race May Not Be Known For Weeks Authored by Mark Stricherz via The Center Square , The outcome of a tightly contested and controversial U.S. Senate race in Alaska may not be known until the end of the month or later . Republican candidate for U.S.
Senate in Alaska Dan Sullivan, left, and Democratic candidate Mary Peltola, right. (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff / Flickr / CC BY 2.0) (Sullivan); U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Moises Vasquez / Flickr / Public Domain (Peltola) U.S.
Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, a Republican, is making a bid for a third six-year term. As of 1400ET today , he trails former U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, a Democrat, by 637 votes with 74% of ballots counted. He has 102,325 votes to her 102,962. The race has been the focus of controversy after The New York Times reported that Peltola's campaign helped recruit a candidate with the same name as Sullivan in an apparent attempt to confuse voters.
She has denied doing that.