JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska's Division of Elections expected another batch of results after 6 p.m. Tuesday, covering questioned, early and absentee ballots, while several statewide contests remained short of a majority¹.

Alaska's News Source said a Monday afternoon release showed 220,859 ballots counted and 100 percent of precincts reporting in that batch¹. Democrat Mary Peltola led incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan by 2,517 votes at 48.47 percent, still below the 50 percent plus one needed to win without a ranked-choice runoff¹. A later live-blog update Wednesday night said Sullivan was trailing Peltola by 637 votes¹.

In the U.S. House race, Republican Rep. Nick Begich led independent Bill Hill by 18,283 votes at 49.11 percent in the Monday batch¹. Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins led the governor's race at 49.42 percent that day, with Republican Bernadette Wilson trailing by 44,666 votes¹. A Wednesday afternoon update put Kreiss-Tomkins at 49.2 percent and Wilson at 29.2 percent¹.

The Anchorage Daily News, citing state results as of Wednesday afternoon with more than 99 percent of precincts reporting, said Ballot Measure 2 was failing, with 51.9 percent of votes against it². The measure would repeal ranked-choice voting, open primaries and some campaign-finance reporting requirements².

Alaska adopted that election system by ballot measure in 2020 and has used it since 2022: all primary candidates appear on one ballot, and the top four advance to a ranked-choice general election². Ballot Measure 2 would restore partisan primaries and plurality generals².

The Daily News reported the Alaska Republican Party and President Donald Trump criticized the system before the election as confusing and prone to unexpected outcomes². Opponents of Measure 2, including the Alaska Federation of Natives, labor groups and leaders of bipartisan legislative coalitions, said the system favors more moderate candidates².

No on 2 raised more than $10.4 million, more than four times the $2.5 million raised by the measure's backers, with both campaigns funded mainly by out-of-state billionaires, the Daily News reported². A repeal initiative in 2024 also failed narrowly².

KTUU's live blog said a ranked-choice count, if needed, is scheduled for Nov. 18¹. Wilson said she would watch the Nov. 10 count of early ballots submitted between Oct. 30 and Nov. 3 and any Nov. 18 runoff tabulation¹. Sullivan's campaign said that if ranked-choice votes were counted, he would win, and accused opponents of what it called a cheating scandal; those claims were not independently verified in the coverage¹.

Preliminary results in the live blog also showed Ballot Measure 3, which would clarify that only U.S. citizens may vote in Alaska elections, passing with 69.6 percent¹. Final certified totals were not reported in either account^1,2.