Trump Declares Dan Sullivan Winner in Alaska Senate Race as Vote Count Continues
President Trump declares Dan Sullivan the winner of Alaska's Senate race as thousands of ballots await counting, but the race remains too close to call.
POLICY WIRE — Anchorage, Alaska — President Donald Trump has announced the Senate race in Alaska is over, declaring incumbent Senator Dan Sullivan the winner even though thousands of ballots remain uncounted and the margin is razor‑thin.
Trump’s statement, posted on Thursday, claimed Sullivan was “leading substantially” under a system that could invoke ranked‑choice voting if no candidate achieves a majority. He cited alleged fraudulent candidates to support his calculations.
Sullivan countered on his website that he would prevail once Alaska’s unique ranked‑choice tabulation is applied, explaining that a candidate must secure more than 50 percent of first‑choice votes to win outright; otherwise the process moves to a ranked‑choice round.
Former Representative Mary Peltola, the Democratic challenger, currently trails Sullivan in preliminary tallies, and the contest remains too close to call as all remaining ballots are still in play.
State officials have stated that the final count will determine the outcome, and no official result has yet been certified.
Reporting by Policy-Wire (PW)
