Alaska governor criticizes ranked-choice voting as Senate race remains too close to call

Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy called the state's ranked-choice voting system "very confusing" as Democratic Senate nominee Mary Peltola leads incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan by just 637 votes, with the outcome potentially undetermined for weeks. The race remains frozen with no new tallies since Election Day on November 3. Peltola holds 48.17% support, and if no candidate reaches 50% by November 25, the contest will proceed to ranked-choice rounds. Key ballot dumps are expected on November 13 and November 18. Dunleavy also addressed the "Decoy Dan" scheme involving a candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan allegedly attempting to siphon votes from the incumbent. He confirmed ongoing investigations by Alaska's elections division and the Department of Justice into potential wrongdoing.