Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola Poised To Defeat Sarah Palin

Talking Points Memo reports:

With about 75 percent of the vote in, Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) leads with 47 percent of the vote in the ranked choice contest for Alaska’s sole congressional seat.

When she won the same seat for a partial term, she had 40 percent of the vote after round one, and went on to beat the same opponents: Republicans Sarah Palin and Nick Begich.

There are more ballots to be counted, and Peltola needs to surpass 50 percent to win. Remember, counting in Alaska is slow: It took a full two weeks for Peltola to be named winner of the August election.

Read the full article. Peltola is finishing the term of late Rep. Don Young, who died in March after representing Alaska for 49 years. We should have the final word on yesterday’s vote before Thanksgiving.

75% reporting from the #Alaska congressional district at-large.

Incumbent Mary Peltola (D) leads former Governor Sarah Palin(R) by 43,747 votes.

Votes currently:

?Peltola: 100,538
?Palin: 56,791
?Begich: 51,765#Midterms pic.twitter.com/MpQmVVefbZ

— Joshua Harcup (@harcup_joshua) November 9, 2022