Alaska and Mississippi Senate Races Remain Undecided as Counting Continues
Two U.S. Senate races were still undecided on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, one in Alaska and one in Mississippi, a day after voters went to the polls on Tuesday, November 3. Reuters reported that those were the only two Senate contests still open.
In Alaska, Democrat Mary Peltola held a 626-vote lead over Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan, according to Al Jazeera. Under Alaska law, if neither candidate wins more than 50 percent of the vote, the race goes to ranked-choice voting, a system in which voters rank candidates in order of preference. Alaska's Senate, House and governor races were all still pending on Wednesday.
In Mississippi, Democrat Scott Colom led Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by 43 votes, with an estimated 96 percent of ballots counted. The figures come from the same Al Jazeera report.
Alaska's governor race is also close to settled but not yet called. Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins had 49.2 percent of the vote, against Republican Bernadette Wilson, with an estimated 74 percent of ballots counted.
Other contests are still being tallied. In Kansas, Democrat Cindy Holscher led Republican Ty Masterson by 5,557 votes with about 98 percent counted. In Los Angeles, incumbent Karen Bass had 48.9 percent of the vote to challenger Nithya Raman's 51.1 percent, with roughly a third of ballots still uncounted. Raman is backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, a political organization.
Nationally, Reuters reported that Democrats took control of Congress in Tuesday's midterm elections. House Speaker Mike Johnson said he was "disappointed" by the gains Democrats made.
The election has also drawn legal and political attention before the final count. On October 28, President Donald Trump called for Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola to be prosecuted, accusing her of voter fraud, according to the Associated Press. On November 2, the Supreme Court rejected Trump's push for California to set aside thousands of disputed mail ballots, according to the AP.
Alaska's Division of Elections has published results for the November 3 general election, which the state labels as unofficial.
