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Alaska 2026 Election: Senate & Governor Races, Candidates & Poll Times

Facts checked Nov. 3, 2026 · Jamoke News does not project winners or call races; results link to the AP.

What was on the ballot in Alaska on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026: the U.S. Senate race, the governor’s race and the most competitive U.S. House districts, with candidates, Cook Political Report ratings, poll-closing time and the latest coverage.

Polls close: 12 a.m. ET (Wed., Nov. 4) for most of the state; 1 a.m. ET in the western Aleutians. All states. Results: AP Alaska results.

Alaska Senate race

Dan Sullivan (R) — incumbent vs. Mary Peltola (D)
Cook rating (Nov. 2): Toss Up · Result: Not yet called as of Nov. 9: Peltola (D) leads Sullivan (R) by 637 first-choice votes with tens of thousands of ballots still uncounted; next count Nov. 10, ranked-choice tabulation Nov. 18 (Alaska's News Source; AP results)

Top-four ranked-choice ballot: Republicans Dan J. Sullivan and Gerald Heikes are also listed. Former Rep. Mary Peltola is the Democrat.

Sources: Cook Political Report Senate ratings, Nov. 2, 2026 · Wikipedia: 2026 United States Senate elections (nominee lists, sourced to state election offices) · Alaska Division of Elections: election information and ranked-choice voting

Alaska governor race

Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins (D) vs. Dave Bronson (R) vs. Treg Taylor (R) vs. Bernadette Wilson (R)
Cook rating (Oct. 29): Lean D · Result: see AP results

Open seat (Gov. Mike Dunleavy is term-limited). Four tickets on a ranked-choice ballot.

Sources: Cook Political Report governor ratings, Oct. 29, 2026 · Alaska Public Media: What to know about Alaska's general election

Alaska House races to watch

Districts the Cook Political Report does not rate as solid (Nov. 2); incumbent or open seat as Cook lists them.

AK-AL (Begich III): Lean R

Sources: Cook Political Report House ratings, Nov. 2, 2026

What else to know

Alaska reports only first-choice votes on election night. Ranked-choice tabulation, where needed, happens after the last ballots are counted 15 days after Election Day; the Division of Elections has scheduled it for Nov. 18.

Sources: Alaska Division of Elections: 2026 general election results page · Alaska Division of Elections: ballot counting schedule

Latest Alaska election headlines

Dunleavy calls Alaska voting system ‘very confusing’ as razor-thin Senate race frozen in time 1 outlet Nov 8, 2026, 1:41 PM ET
Justice Department lawyer Stanley Woodward, a former Democrat, is often in the middle of controversies—including battles over the Alaska election and President Trump’s golf-course makeover 1 outlet Nov 8, 2026, 12:00 PM ET
Alaska governor gives vote count update in 'very close' Senate race 1 outlet Nov 8, 2026, 7:00 AM ET
Peltola campaign sues Alaska over rejected absentee ballot records 1 outlet Nov 7, 2026, 8:03 AM ET
Ex-Alaska lawmaker details mystery recruiter as FBI, Congress widen 'Decoy Dan' scrutiny 1 outlet Nov 5, 2026, 3:32 PM ET
Trump: Sen. Sullivan should get votes cast for Alaska's other Sullivan 2 outlets Nov 5, 2026, 8:55 AM ET
Peltola takes slight lead in Alaska Senate race 1 outlet Nov 4, 2026, 11:07 AM ET
Outcome of Alaska Senate race could take weeks to determine 1 outlet Nov 4, 2026, 10:32 AM ET
DoJ tells Democrats in letters they could be targets of Alaska ballot investigation 2 outlets Nov 3, 2026, 5:12 PM ET
Attorney and Trump foe targeted in Alaska ballot probe, sources say 1 outlet Nov 3, 2026, 2:59 PM ET
Justice Dept. Sends Target Letters to Democrats in Escalation of Alaska Inquiry 3 outlets Nov 3, 2026, 1:40 PM ET
Sullivan claims Peltola is 'still lying' about campaign's involvement in Alaska ballot controversy 2 outlets Nov 3, 2026, 10:30 AM ET

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