Suddenly Finnish surname.
Peltola leads Sullivan by 5,800 votes as of 9:30 a.m. EST Friday and surpassed Sullivan in the Alaska Beacon’s calculation of how the vote will stand after the ranked choice votes are redistributed. If no candidate surpasses 50 percent of the vote, as is the current case, the race will be decided by ranked choice tabulation on Nov. 18.
Seems kinda meaningless unless she hits 50%, although it would be a funny surprise if the other Dan Sullivan votes all went to Peltola
She has surpassed all of the votes for both Sullivans combined, which is what matters. Hopefully her lead only strengthens further.
There was an (unofficial and preliminary) analysis of the initial batch that indicated second choices weren’t all for the Republican. Turns out people were able to figure out which Dan Sullivan was which.
So why did they vote for the one who wasn’t a real candidate?
I dunno. Because they thought it was funny, because they were his friends, because they support alternate candidates, etc. It’s all ranked choice so it doesn’t really matter.
