Republican Nick Begich will have to wait until the final vote count on Nov. 20 but he looks likely to defeat incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola in the race for Alaska’s lone seat in the U.S. House.
As of the latest tally on Tuesday, Nov. 12, Begich has 142,023 votes, or 49.11%, to Peltola’s 132,473, 45.81%, with the two fringe candidates collecting 14,070 votes.
It takes 50% plus one to win the election.
The Alaska Division of Elections reported on Tuesday that there were more than 32,000 mail-in absentee and in-person early-voting ballots still to count, with an updated tally coming on Fr...
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