Democrats are projected to win control of both chambers of Congress. Alaska’s Senate race, now neck and neck, will help determine how large their Senate majority is. Alaska time, Democrat Mary Peltola led Republican Sen.
Dan Sullivan by 298 votes. She had 48.3 percent (79,017 votes) to his 48.1 percent (78,719), according to unofficial results from the Alaska Division of Elections. Heikes had 2 percent and independent Daniel J.
Sullivan had 1.6 percent, with 211 of 403 precincts reporting. CNN, CBS News, ABC News and Decision Desk HQ have projected that Democrats will control the Senate. Before Tuesday, Alaska looked like it could decide the majority.
Now it will help decide the margin. The size of a Senate majority shapes what that majority can do, and Alaska is one of the seats still in play. If Peltola wins, she is expected to be the 55th or 56th Democratic senator.
A Sullivan win would keep the margin narrower and give Republicans a firmer base for 2028. Before the election, Forrest Nabors of the University of Alaska Anchorage foresaw a split outcome. "It would not surprise me if the Democrats win the senate majority but Sullivan retains his seat," he told Newsweek.
It would be the party’s first Alaska Senate seat since Democrat Mark Begich lost to Sullivan in 2014. Peltola, a former U.S. representative, would also give Democrats a foothold in a state Trump has carried in each of his three campaigns. A Peltola win could also revive a legal fight.
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