https://freerepublic.com/tag/endlesselection/ en-us Fri, 13 Nov 2026 05:38:51 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4402876/posts Democrat Mary Peltola extended her lead over Republican U.S. Sen. Dan S. Sullivan in Alaska’s Senate race after the state Division of Elections tallied an additional 5,000 ballots on Thursday, bringing the total number of ballots counted to over 256,000. In the governor’s race, Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins had over 50% of first-choice votes after the latest ballot count, ahead of three Republican candidates. Kreiss-Tomkins said Wednesday that he expects that after all ballots are counted, he will have a comfortable majority of votes on his way to becoming the state’s first Democratic governor since 2002. Thousands of absentee ballots remain... Anchorage Daily News https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4402876/posts#comment Fri, 13 Nov 2026 05:38:51 GMT