Colom will unseat GOP incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, becoming the first Black person elected to statewide office in Mississippi since the Reconstruction era. Catch up on the latest.
Except that Alaska has ranked choice voting, so it may still end up Republican even if the Democrat wins the plurality of votes in the first round.
Say all of the 4100 votes for Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr. end up going to Daniel S. Sullivan (unlikely but possible), then Daniel J. Sullivan may get a majority and win.
I know how ranked choice works. I live in Alaska ffs. We know how the voting is split already and ~30% of Dan J Sullivan’s second choice votes are for Peltola. So she’s pretty much got this locked up.
Right on! Is it just Alaska’s senate seat that hasn’t been called yet now?
Yes. And it’s not looking good for Dan Sullivan there, so unless something wild happens there will be 56 Democratic senators in January.
Only need to get 11 Republicans (exactly 1/4 of the ones left) on board to have an impeachment-capable supermajority…
They can’t even get Dems to show up for a lower house popular impeachment
Except that Alaska has ranked choice voting, so it may still end up Republican even if the Democrat wins the plurality of votes in the first round.
Say all of the 4100 votes for Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr. end up going to Daniel S. Sullivan (unlikely but possible), then Daniel J. Sullivan may get a majority and win.
I know how ranked choice works. I live in Alaska ffs. We know how the voting is split already and ~30% of Dan J Sullivan’s second choice votes are for Peltola. So she’s pretty much got this locked up.
This video explains better than I can:
https://youtu.be/9KabG6gHKew