Five Alaska State House Races Still Undecided, Two Separated by Five Votes
The latest vote counts released by the Alaska Division of Elections on the evening of November 12 show that at least five state House races remain undecided, with two of them separated by just five votes in simulated ranked-choice tabulations. The outcomes will not be known until the official ranked-choice tabulation on November 18.
The two closest races are in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. In District 30, Republican candidate Doug Massie leads incumbent Republican Rep. Kevin McCabe by five votes, with about 160 ballots in the district still uncounted. In District 29, incumbent Rep. Garret Nelson leads Republican challenger Steve Menard by five votes.
In District 27, which includes Wasilla, incumbent Rep. Elexie Moore trails challenger Stephen Wright by 43 votes. District 24 in Eagle River and District 6 in Homer are also undecided.
The division added more than 6,000 ballots to the count on November 12, most of them from the Matanuska-Susitna area. Under state law, overseas absentee ballots may arrive as late as November 18, and the division will conduct the official ranked-choice tabulation that day.
News organizations have run unofficial simulated tabulations using open-source software on the division's regularly updated data. The preliminary results show several races are extremely close, and the final outcomes remain uncertain.
Source: Alaska Division of Elections
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