Alaska Senate: Peltola 157 Votes From 50%, New AP Count (Not Called)

Alaska's Senate race is NOT called. New AP count as of Nov 15, 00:49 UTC (about 97% counted, estimated): total 281,587 votes; Peltola 140,637 (49.9%), Sullivan 129,424 (46.0%), Heikes 6,002 (2.1%), Sullivan Jr. 4,652 (1.7%), write-ins 872. Our arithmetic: half of the votes counted so far is 140,793.5, so Peltola needs 157 more to be above it and Sullivan would need 11,370; on the earlier AP count Peltola was 444 votes short of half. Peltola's lead is 11,213 (it was 10,412). No candidate is above 50% in AP's count; Alaska uses ranked-choice voting and the ranked-choice tabulation is set for Nov 18 (Alaska Public Media). Votes are still being counted and second choices are not in these counts. These are our sums, not a prediction. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:13 The new count 0:24 The percentages 0:34 The half line 0:49 The shortfall shrank 0:59 And Sullivan 1:19 Why 50% matters 1:33 A caution Watch next, Senate control math from Election Desk Daily:    • Senate Control Math: 55 Seats Now, Alaska ...