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In Alaska there is a close race for the US Senate seat between incumbent Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola, who is currently only 0.3 percentage points ahead of him, according to the AP news agency. Dan J. Sullivan is at 1.7 percent. Vote counting there can take several days because there are many remote areas in the northernmost state.
US President Donald Trump is calling for the procedure to be changed in favor of the Republican candidate in the ongoing counting of the US senatorial election in Alaska. From Trump's point of view, this should include votes that were not cast for him, but for his namesake. They should go to the “REAL” Dan Sullivan immediately, Trump wrote on the Truth Social platform.
Trump thus renewed the accusation that the candidate Dan J. Sullivan was put on the ballot so that the Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan would lose votes due to the risk of confusion. Republicans accuse Democrats of being behind it. The Democrats reject this.
In Alaska there is a close race for the US Senate seat between incumbent Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola, who is currently only 0.3 percentage points ahead of him, according to the AP news agency. Dan J. Sullivan is at 1.7 percent. Vote counting there can take several days because there are many remote areas in the northernmost state.
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Vote counting in Alaska continues for several days.
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